New Delhi | 22 hours ago
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Nupur Talwar's plea
New Delhi, May 16 - The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on Nupur Talwar's petition seeking review of its Jan 6 order directing her and her dentist husband Rajesh Talwar to stand trial for the 2008 murders of their daughter Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj.The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice J.S. Khehar reserved the verdict on the conclusion of arguments by ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 day ago
CBI arrests industrialist Prasad in Jagan case
Hyderabad, May 15 - The Central Bureau of Investigation - Tuesday arrested industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad in the case relating to alleged illegal assets of YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.The arrest was made Monday night after the CBI officials questioned him throughout the day. The CBI sources said he would be brought before a magistrate Wednesday.Prasad, popularly known as Matri ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Kings XI's Srivastava claims innocence in spot-fixing charges
New Delhi, May 15 - Kings XI Punjab pacer Shalabh Srivastava, who was shown demanding Rs.10 lakh to bowl a deliberate no-ball in a sting operation by a TV channel, has claimed innocence and said it was a conspiracy to malign him.I am innocent. The TV clips are doctored. I have told the BCCI - about the incident and I am waiting for instruction from them, Srivastava said.I fail to understand whate ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
CWG scam: High Court declines bail to Reddy
New Delhi, May 15 - The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of A.K. Reddy, arrested for alleged lapses in a Rs.141 crore contract for timing, scoring and result equipment for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Justice Mukta Gupta, while dismissing Reddy's bail plea, said: I don't find any merit in the contentions made by the petitioner's counsel. I hereby dismiss the petition.Reddy, an offic ... read more

Jodhpur | 2 days ago
Bhanwari murder trial begins in Jodhpur
Jodhpur, May 14 - The trial of former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi and 14 others -- accused in the case of nurse Bhanwari Devi's kidnap and murder in September last year -- commenced in a court here Monday, a lawyer said.The trial began in the additional chief judicial magistrate's court for the Scheduled Tribes and the Scheduled Castes cases. The C ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
CBI alleges lapse in awarding 2010 Games contract
New Delhi, May 14 - The CBI Monday told a Delhi special court, conducting trial in a Commonwealth Games - corruption case, that even before any bids were received, an accused had declared that the timing-scoring-result system contract for the 2010 sporting event here would be awarded to the firm Swiss Timing.The Central Bureau of Investigation -, while advancing arguments on charges against former ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
BJP appears keen to go for Chidambaram's jugular
New Delhi, May 11 - The Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday continued gunning for Home Minister P. Chidamabarm, as it protested in the Lok Sabha over his reading out a clarification from his son Karthi on charges about his business interests in telecom operator Aircel, saying it was against the rules.The party had Thursday attacked Chidambaram citing a newspaper report and Janata Party chief Subramani ... read more

Lahore | 6 days ago
Pakistani CM joins protests against federal government
Lahore, May 11 - Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, joined protesters who were upset with power outages and raised slogans against the federal government.Shahbaz Sharif said here Thursday that outages in the province were a conspiracy hatched by the federation and President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported Friday.He raised slogans against the federal government and w ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Working on cash-for-votes money trail, cops tell court
New Delhi, May 10 - The Delhi Police Thursday told a special court here that efforts are being made to unearth the money trail in the 2008 cash-for-votes case and they are following the Supreme Court guidelines in the probe.The investigation was taken up in accordance with the guidelines and directions of the Supreme Court to probe all the aspects from all corners, police said before Special Judge ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
CBI backs magistrate's stand against Talwars
New Delhi, May 10 - The CBI Thursday told the Supreme Court that discrepancies in the charge sheet could not be a ground for the recall of a magistrate's decision to take cognizance against the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder.The probe agency said the magistrate's decision to reject its closure report in the case could also not be questioned f ... read more