Amit Shah challenges apex court’s handing over of Sohrabbudin case to CBI

Gujarat’s former minister of state for home Amit Shah has moved the Supreme Court questioning its Jan 12, 2010, judgment handing over the investigations into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Kausar Bi abduction and killing case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB

CWG security to be ready by Sep 15: P Chidambaram

A four-tier security for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games was announced as the government on Wednesday finalised its security structure for the Games after a high-level meeting on security chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Speaking on CWG sec

Amit Shah hospitalised following medical complications

Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, a key accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout, was admitted to a government hospital in Ahmedabad Tuesday evening following medical complications.

Shah, who is in Sabarmati prison, had undergone a minor incision

Now, ministers need PMO approval for foreign visits

Union ministers will now require the prime minister’s prior approval before proceeding on official foreign tours and they will also have to keep the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) informed even about their private foreign travel.

“Proposal relating to offici

HMT signs MOU with REIL for marketing dairy machines

Public sector engineering goods maker HMT Tuesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) for the sale and marketing of its dairy machines and equipment.

According to the company, REIL

India can be food processing outsourcing hub: Subodh Kant Sahai

India could become a global outsourcing hub for food processing by 2012 to meet the world food demand, Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai said Tuesday.

“The food processing sector has the potential to become the outsourcing hub for th

Bhopal gas tragedy convicts get Supreme Court notice

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to all the seven convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy on a petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that seeks review of the court’s 1996 judgment which diluted offences against them.

The judgm

Government okays caste census, cabinet nod soon: Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi: The government has “more or less” decided in favour of a caste census, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday, adding that the issue would be taken up in the next cabinet meeting for an official nod.

“The government has more or less deci

AIADMK demands resignation of Telecom Minister A. Raja

New Delhi: The AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday demanded the resignation of Telecom Minister A. Raja over alleged corruption in the allocation of 2-G spectrum, provoking heated exchanges in the house with DMK members.

This led to a brief adjournment of th

Free foodgrains for poor: Sharad Pawar gets apex court flak

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court’s suggestion on free distribution of foodgrains to the poor was not binding on the government.

Referring to media reports attributed

New India-Swiss pact not to recover black money: Pranab Mukherjee

Finance MInister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday clarified that the revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement India signed with Switzerland will not help the country in getting back the black money stashed away by Indians in secret Swiss bank accounts.

“I would

CPI-M demands probe into Kashmir killings

New Delhi: Alleging that innocent citizens are being killed by the security forces in the Kashmir Valley, the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday demanded a probe into the killings.

In a zero hour mention in the Rajya Sabha, CPI-M leader Brind

Narendra Modi slams PM for CWG ‘mess’

Ahmedabad, Aug 31 : Taking pot shots at the Congress-led Central government for delay in completion of Commonwealth Games (CWG) venues, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the venues won’t be ready in time even if the prime minister ‘mops

Couple working in bank in south Delhi arrested for cheating

A couple working in a bank in south Delhi who fraudulently withdrew money from a customer’s account have been arrested, police said Monday.

According to police, Prem Prakash Singh and Kanchan, who work in a bank in Chittranjan Park, stole the cheques of Jag

Mumbai to get India’s first multi-level automated car parks in Andheri east

India’s first robot-assisted multi-level car parks that can collectively accommodate over 1,100 vehicles will come up at two private commercial building projects in the Mumbai, a company official said here Monday.

The fully automatic, multi-level undergroun

GoAir to fly to Patna, Pune, Leh and Lucknow from Delhi

Budget airline GoAir Monday said it is adding four new destinations– Patna, Pune, Leh and Lucknow– to its existing flight schedule from the national capital.

The services to the new destinations would start from Sep 2 for Patna and Oct 2 for Pune, Lucknow

R.K. Laxman ‘fine’ after minor procedure, says family

Eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman underwent a minor procedure at the Military Command Hospital here and is now fine, his family said Pune on Monday.

Laxman was admitted to the hospital two days ago to remove a tube which had been inserted in his nose after he

SAD-BJP alliance is solid and unbreakable: Yashwant Sinha

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday said the alliance between his party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab was solid and unbreakable.

“I want to tell you that the alliance will continue. There is no misunderstanding bet

RCom sets up 3G innovation lab in Mumbai

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications (RCOM) has set up an integrated third generation (3G) innovation laboratory to develop applications for mobile services consumers.

“The objective of the innovation lab is to facilitate the development

Police in action: Amitabh Bachchan on blogger harassing him

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who filed a police complaint against an unknown person who had been sending derogatory and abusive messages on his blog and mobile phone, revealed Monday that the police is investigating the matter.

“The Police has been