Veteran Cong leader Karunakaran’s condition critical

The condition of ailing Congress leader K Karunakaran turned critical on Wednesday and he was put on ventilator support after suffering astroke. Ventilator support resumed for the 93-year-old leader in the morning after he suffered acute breathing trouble following a stroke, said a medical bulletin issued by Aanathapuri Hospital, where the former Kerala chief minister […]

BJP wants PM resignation on 2G scam

CBI to Quiz Raja in Delhi on Friday

“I will appear before the CBI on December 24 at 10 AM,” says former telecom minister A Raja.

Why Nira Radia lobbied for Raja?

By S K Visary If the taped conversation of the controversial PR executive Nira Radia  is to be believed  her prime motive was not to install Raja as the Communication minister at the Centre, but to prevent Dayanithi Maran from becoming a member of the union cabinet. Her taped conversation with Kanimozhi, the younger daughter […]

Intelocutors meet youth in Srinagar

As part of its efforts for a broad consensus on solving the Kashmir issue, the Centre’s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday met a delegation of youth who raised the issue of alleged human rights violations and fake encounter. The interlocutor team, headed by eminent journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, reached Srinagar Tuesday afternoon and began the day by […]

Govt likely to bring in ordinance to prevent sealing of shops

Government is considering promulgating an ordinance before 31st December to prevent sealing of shops and showrooms in residential areas in the capital. “There was an ordinance to this effect and we are considering to extend it,” Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said today on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi. The Delhi Laws […]

Iraqi parliament set to vote on new government

Iraq may finally have a new government on Tuesday after months of political deadlock following the inconclusive 7th March parliamentary election stalled economic development and raised fears of renewed sectarian violence. Iraqi lawmakers were scheduled to vote in the afternoon on a wobbly coalition government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that includes representatives of […]

Govt servants can claim promotion benefits post retirement: CAT

A government servant who has wrongly been denied promotion while he was in service can claim its benefit even after retirement, the Central Administrative Tribunal has ruled. “If the promotion has been denied wrongly to a government servant, who retired on superannuation, the same has to be operated retrospectively post-retirement,” the tribunal bench of members […]

Patil-Medvedev visit; Security beefed up in Mumbai

Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for the visit of President Pratibha Patil and her Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, arriving in Mumbai on Wednesday, police said today. “As two Presidents are in the city on the same day, we have made extensive security arrangements,” Joint Police Commissioner (Law and Order) Rajnish Seth said, […]

CBI questions Nira Radia

Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. Official sources said a team of CBI reached Radia’s farm house at Chhattarpur area at around 10 am to question her on several issues including her alleged involvement in the spectrum allocation. The […]