Bangalore | 19 hours ago
Police oppose bail to Maudany, final hearing on Sep 6
Bangalore, Sep 2 - Karnataka police Thursday opposed granting bail to People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Nasir Maudany, now in jail here for alleged involvement in the 2008 serial explosions in Bangalore.Maudany, arrested by the state police from his camp in Kerala Aug 17, has sought bail claiming he has been falsely implicated in the blasts that killed a woman and injured 15 others July 25, 20 ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Congress to bring 'chargesheet' against Mayawati government
New Delhi, Sep 1 - The Congress said Wednesday it would bring a 'chargesheet' against Uttar Pradesh's Mayawati government by collecting details of corruption allegations against the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party functionaries in each block of the state.Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who is in charge of Uttar Pradesh, said here Wednesday that the party will undertake a year-long 'yatra' - ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
CBI moves apex court against fresh probe into Rizwanur death
New Delhi, Sep 1 - The CBI Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that directed the investigating agency to treat Rizwanur Rahman's death as murder and conduct a fresh probe.The top court will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation's - plea Sep 6. The matter came up for hearing before the apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan. Rizw ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
CBI moves apex court against fresh probe into Rizwanur death
New Delhi, Sep 1 - The CBI Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging a Calcutta High Court order directing the investigating agency to treat the death of Rizwanur Rahman as murder and conduct a fresh probe.The top court will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation's - plea Sep 6. Rizwanur Rahman's body was found on the railway tracks near Patipukur in north Kolkata Sep 21, 2007. Rizwanur, a ... read more

Gandhinagar | 2 days ago
Gujarat High Court quashes FIR against police official
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 - A single judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Tuesday quashed the First Information Report - filed against senior IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma charging him with murder in a 26-year-old shootout case.In a setback to the Narendra Modi government and the police, Justice R.H. Shukla ordered quashing of the FIR and rejected the state's plea of stay on the order. The Gujarat polic ... read more

Darjeeling | 3 days ago
No senior GJM leader in Madan Tamang murder case charge-sheet
Darjeeling, Aug 30 - The West Bengal Police Monday filed a charge-sheet against 30 accused in the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League - leader Madan Tamang murder case. However, the names of several top Gorkha Jan Mukti - leaders, whose names figured in the FIR, were not mentioned.The 519-page chargesheet filed by the CID in the court of the Darjeeling Chief Judicial Magistrate S.P. Rajak, mentioned pri ... read more

6 days ago
A PIL that unravelled one of India's biggest scams
Itanagar, Aug 28 - Bamang Tago, a civil rights leader, did not have the faintest idea that a PIL - he filed way back in 2004 could eventually unravel one of India's biggest frauds involving over Rs.1,000 crore - of government funds allegedly pocketed by a clique of politicians-bureaucrats-contractors in Arunachal Pradesh.'I knew it was a big food scandal in the public distribution system -, but ne ... read more

Bangalore | 6 days ago
Maudany gets heart check-up, advised further tests
Bangalore, Aug 27 - People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Nasir Maudany, jailed here for suspected involvement in the 2008 serial blasts here, Friday underwent check-up at a government-run cardiology institute in the city.The tests showed him to be normal but he has been advised further check-up at a multi-specialty hospital, doctors at the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Researc ... read more

Bangalore | 7 days ago
Maudany sent to jail till Sep 7
Bangalore, Aug 26 - People's Democratic Party head Abdul Nasir Maudany, an accused in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore, was Thursday sent to jail till Sep 7 by a magistrate here.The 10-day police custody of Maudany ended Thursday and the police told the first additional chief metropolitan magistrate Venkatesh Hulagi that they have completed his interrogation in the case. The Bangalore police, w ... read more

Bangalore | 8 days ago
Police contradict minister on Maudany's role in Bangalore blasts
Bangalore, Aug 25 - A day after Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya said that People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Nasir Maudany had a hand in the twin blasts at a stadium here in April, the city police chief said Wednesday it has not been proved.'I would not like to comment on the home minister's statements,' Bangalore city Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari told reporters here. 'However, Mauda ... read more