China releases new set of documents on ‘Nanjing massacre’

China has released a new collection of documents on the 1937 “Nanjing Massacre” in which over three lakh Chinese were killed allegedly by Japanese troops in eastern Jiangsu Province. The provincial government has released the collection of historical documents which were complied during the last 10 years by more than 100 experts and scholars, the […]

We made mistakes, says James Murdoch

Hit by the phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch, chairman of News International, has admitted that the company made mistakes and announced the closure of the 168-year-old ‘News of the World’ tabloid at the centre of the row. The closure of the Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid was announced, following a ruckus over its news gathering practices […]

SC bars opening of Padmanabhaswamy Temple vaults

The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the seven-member committee from opening vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, which according to various estimates contains wealth worth over Rs one lakh crore. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik on Friday asked the petitioner Raja Marthanda Varma, erstwhile Prince of Travancore, […]

SC seeks status report on probe into ‘cash-for-vote’ scam

The Supreme Court has directed the Delhi Police to place before it the status report on the probe conducted by it in the “cash-for-vote” scam during the trust vote faced by the UPA govt in July 2008. Not satisfied with the Centre’s contention that an FIR has been lodged in the case and probe will […]

MPLADS’ annual allocation raised to 5 crore rupees

A massive hike raised to Rs five crore in the annual allocation for a scheme that enables every MP to recommend development works in their constituencies, was approved by the government on Thursday. The decision to increase the annual allocation for the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) from Rs two crore to […]

Dayanidhi Maran resigns

Pushed to the wall after CBI named him in the 2G spectrum allocation case, high-profile Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet, becoming the second DMK casualty in the scam. 44-year-old Maran met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a Cabinet meeting and tendered his resignation following a word from DMK chief […]

NKorea paid bribes to Pak military for nuclear know how: Khan

North Korea paid several million dollars to top Pakistani Army officials to gain access to secret nuclear technology and sensitive equipments required in manufacturing a nuclear bomb, disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has claimed by releasing a secret letter in this regard, a major American daily has reported. According to the letter posted by […]

2G scam: JPC to start quizzing telecom secretaries

The JPC probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam will start questioning from Thursday former telecom secretaries including Siddharth Behura who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, and ex-chiefs of TRAI. Behura will be produced before the committee on 12th July after the special CBI court dealing with the 2G spectrum allocation scam case agreed for […]

NATO intensify bombing to aid rebel push

A senior Libyan official is accusing NATO of intensifying its bombing of the country to lay the groundwork for a rebel advance toward the capital, NATO began airstrikes against Libya in March and is operating under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians. Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said in an interview early on Thursday that […]

CBI agrees to supply transcripts of recorded conversation of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to 2G scam accused.