New Delhi | 8 hours ago
Chhattisgarh's power to appoint special cops stays
New Delhi, Feb 18 - The Supreme Court Thursday refused to interfere with Chhattisgarh government's power to appoint special police officers - drawn from the local populace to help regular police force fight the widespread Maoist extremism in the state.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice Aftab Alam refused to curtail the state's executive power brushing asid ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Urban development ministry to decide Sainik Farms' fate
New Delhi, Feb 15 - The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Urban Development Ministry to decide the fate of the Sainik Farms colony in south Delhi by the end of the year.A division bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Mukta Gupta directed the government to take a final decision on the status of the colony by Dec 31, as proposed by Urban Development Secretary M. Ramachandran, who appeared before the ... read more

5 days ago
'Vimukthi' - parallel cinema at its best
Film: 'Vimukthi'; Director: P. Sheshadri; Cast: Bhavana, Ramakrishna, Eknath Nagarkar, Venkata Rao, Hoda and Baby Sania Iyer; Music: Praveen Godkindi; Rating:****National Award winning film 'Vimukthi', which has released now in a few theatres in Bangalore, is certainly one of the best by director P. Sheshadri, who takes up stories revolving around contemporary social and political issues. 'Vimukt ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Give priority to policing in state budgets: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Feb 5 - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday asked the state governments to give high priority in budget allocation to the strengthening of their police forces.Addressing a meeting of the consultative committee of the home ministry, Chidambaram lamented that policing was not being given attention by states while allocating funds and urged them to modernize and augment police forces at th ... read more

Kochi | 13 days ago
Court stays Kerala dam demolition
Kochi, Feb 5 - The Tatas appear to have won the first round of their recent tiff with the Kerala government with the high court Friday staying the demolition of two check dams in Munnar.Tata Tea had approached the Kerala High Court Thursday against the order of the Idukki collector to demolish two check dams constructed on the land in their tea estates in Munnar. Delivering the interim verdict, Ju ... read more

New Delhi | 17 days ago
No move yet to form internal security ministry: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Feb 1 - There is no forward movement on a dedicated internal security ministry, Home Minister P. Chidamabaram said Monday about the idea he mooted in December.The minister said he had decided to create an internal arrangement in the ministry and delegated matters not related to security to his two junior ministerial colleagues -- M. Ramachandran and Ajay Maken -- till his December idea ... read more

New Delhi | 22 days ago
Maoist killing: Kerala police ex-chief's plea dismissed
New Delhi, Jan 27 - The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the trial of former Kerala police chief B. Vijayan for his alleged role in killing Maoist leader A. Varghese in 1970 in a staged gun battle.While dismissing Vijayan's plea, a bench of Justice P. Sathasivam, however, allowed the 85-year-old ex-police chief to approach designated Central Bureau of Investigation - court i ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 22 days ago
Muraleedharan feels 'unwanted' as Congress turns him away
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 - With the Kerala Congress Wednesday once again decided against readmitting K. Muraleedharan - the son of former chief minister K. Karunakaran, the man himself was disappointed but willing to wait.The decision to not take back Muraleedharan came at a state executive meeting of the party. 'I can't understand why, despite owning up to all my faults, I continue to be unwant ... read more

22 days ago
Congress says no to Muraleedharan again
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 - The state executive of the Congress party in Kerala Wednesday once again decided that K. Muraleedharan, son of former chief minister K. Karunakaran, need not be re-admitted to the party. State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala told reporters that a daylong meeting had been called to discuss Muraleedharan's re-entry after 91-year-old Karunakaran had requested for it. ... read more

1 month ago
Shrine that plays postman to god
Kaipadar -, Dec 27 - God's divine intervention can be sought in many ways -- you can pray silently, speak aloud or sing. Or you can drop a letter at a shrine in Orissa's Khurda district where devotees believe that god is a reader. The dome-shaped shrine at Kaipadar village, just 50 km from the state capital, is also a symbol of unity between Muslims and Hindus and has a crescent and a chakra at ... read more