New Delhi | 12 hours ago
Bailable warrant against Haryana legislator Abhay Chautala
New Delhi, Feb 15 - A city court Monday issued a bailable warrant against Haryana legislator Abhay Singh Chautala for failing to appear before it in a grafts case.Special Central Bureau of Investigation - Judge P.S. Teji directed Chautala, an Indian National Lok Dal - legislator, to appear before the court Feb 22. The court took the coercive action against Abhay Singh Chautala after CBI's counsel ... read more

Chennai | 6 days ago
Chennai police to file charges against Will Heum in 15 days
Chennai, Feb 10 - A charge sheet will be filed against alleged paedophile William Heum within 15 days, police here said Tuesday after the Dutch national was granted bail by a local court.Chennai Police Commissioner T. Rajendran said a strong charge sheet against Heum would be filed in 15 days time. Heum was given bail by a local court as the police had failed to file a chargesheet even after 80 ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
NHRC awaits report on Chatwal from Kerala government
New Delhi, Feb 8 - The National Human Rights Commission - has sought a report from the Kerala government following a complaint by a businessman that he and his associates were 'illegally detained' at the behest of NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, being awarded the Padma Bhushan this year.'We have sought a report from the state government recently to ascertain the facts. Once we get the report, we ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
After politics, is Bollywood Amar Singh's next destination?
New Delhi, Feb 8 - His career as a politician may have taken an unexpected turn with his expulsion from the Samajwadi Party, but Amar Singh says he has a lot on his plate right now, including a couple of movies. In one of these films, his character is sympathetic to the cause of Maoists.'Politics has not been a career for me. I have other things to do to keep myself busy in life,' Amar Singh told ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
Sajjan Kumar gets notice in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases
New Delhi, Feb 1 - A city court Monday issued notice to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar and others in two cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, taking cognisance of two chargesheets filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation - against them.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar issued notices to Sajjan Kumar and others, summoning them Feb 17. Prima facie the court is satisf ... read more

17 days ago
Jharkhand files chargesheet against Madhu Koda
Ranchi, Jan 29 - The Jharkhand vigilance bureau Friday filed a chargesheet against former chief minister Madhu Koda and ex-minister Kamlesh Singh and accused them of possessing assets four times more than their known sources of income. 'We have filed chargesheet against Koda and Singh in a disproportionate assets case,' Jharkhand vigilance bureau Inspector General of Police M.V. Rao told IANS. ... read more

19 days ago
Delhi government asked to expedite 1984 riot cases
New Delhi, Jan 27 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation - and the Delhi government for the appointment of special public prosecutors to expedite the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases pending before the various trial courts. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the CBI and the state government to respond ... read more

19 days ago
Government defends Padma Bhushan to Chatwal
New Delhi/New York, Jan 27 - Defending the decision to honour Sant Singh Chatwal with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third highest civilian honour, the government Wednesday said there was 'nothing adverse on record' against the US-based hotelier and 'due diligence' exercise was undertaken before announcing his name for the award. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party - had criticised the decisi ... read more

1 month ago
Kerala questions NIA taking over terror cases in state
New Delhi, Dec 27 - Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Sunday questioned the National Investigation Agency's - reported decision to take over two terror cases in the state. 'The state government was not consulted either by the central government or by the NIA before the taking over of the two cases - bus burning case of 2005 and terror recruiting case,' said Balakrishnan, who was in the ... read more

1 month ago
Rathore tried to influence investigation: Ex-CBI official
New Delhi, Dec 27 - A former joint director of the Central Bureau of Investigation - Sunday alleged that former Haryana Police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika, tried to influence him and the investigation team. 'He used to come to my chamber and even call up at my residence. He used to offer me favours at various joints. He also tried to influence my investigati ... read more