Lucknow | 4 days ago
Third chargesheet filed in NRHM case
Lucknow/New Delhi, April 5 - The Central Bureau of Investigation - Thursday filed a third chargesheet in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission - scam in Uttar Pradesh, accusing another three people of irregularities in purchasing computers and peripherals.The agency filed the chargesheet in a CBI court in Lucknow against Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Public Sector Undertaking Shreetro ... read more

Agartala | 16 days ago
Telecom links in all Indian villages by 2014: BSNL
Agartala, March 25 - State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited - has undertaken an ambitious Rs.20,000 crore project to establish telecom links in all villages across India and to take e-governance to rural and far-flung areas in the next two years, a BSNL official said here Sunday.The Rs.20,000 crore project for the creation of a 'National Optical Fibre Network' - for providing internet and other ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
T.R. Ramachandran re-elected Press Club of India president
New Delhi, Jan 22 - The Press Club of India Sunday formally announced that veteran journalist T.R. Ramachandran of G-Files has been re-elected president and Anil Anand of Greater Kashmir is the new secretary general.Among the other office bearers, Nadeem Ahmed Kazmi of NDTV India was re-elected treasurer, Arun Kesri of Univarta is the vice president and Mohua Chatterjee of The Times of India the j ... read more

Agra | 3 months ago
Agra residents angry over erratic power supply
Agra, Dec 26 - Residents of Agra are a frustrated lot these days with the power supply in the city continuing to be erratic despite power distribution being handled by a private company.When Torrent Power Limited took over the electricity distribution in the Taj city 20 months ago, residents thought they had seen the last of the erratic power supply. But experience in the past few months has alrea ... read more

New Delhi | 5 months ago
Classic Italian opera in Indian avatar
New Delhi, Nov 10 - The classic Italian opera, 'Cavalleria Rusticana' by Pietro Mascagni, one of the foremost classics of realism in opera, will be unveiled in an Indian avatar here Nov 15.The opera will feature Italian and Indian performers, the Indian Council of Cultural Relations - and the Embassy of Italy said in a statement Thursday.The opera is a collaboration between ICCR, Italian embassy, ... read more

Agra | 5 months ago
Taj city frets in dark despite privatisation
Agra, Oct 23 - This Taj city turns dark for several hours daily despite privatisation of power distribution last year and a clear Supreme Court directive to ensure 'uninterrupted power supply' to the eco-sensitive Taj Trapezium Zone.Power distribution in the city was privatised in April 2010. The Torrent Power Company, which claimed it had done wonders in Gujarat, took over charge from state-owned ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
Jethmalani pleads Amar Singh's bail; order Tuesday
New Delhi, Sep 12 - Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani Monday made a very emotional appeal in a Delhi court while pleading for interim bail for former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in the cash-for-votes scam, saying his client's health parameters have reached an 'alarming level'. However, the judge was unmoved and reserved the order till Tuesday.Jethmalani told Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
Amar Singh's bail order reserved for Tuesday
New Delhi, Sep 12 - A Delhi court Monday reserved till Tuesday its order on the interim bail plea of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who is in jail for alleged involvement in the cash-for-vote scandal during the July 2008 trust vote in parliament.Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal reserved the order on Singh's interim bail application after hearing over an-hour-l ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
'Biscuit King' Pillai's widow wants more compensation
New Delhi, Sep 5 - The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a plea of Nina Pillai, widow of 'Biscuit King' Rajan Pillai, seeking enhancement of compensation awarded to her for his custodial death in July 1995.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also issued notices to Tihar Jail authorities after taking note of Pillai's pl ... read more

Gandhinagar | 7 months ago
Haren Pandya murder: Gujarat High Court acquits all 12 accused
Gandhinagar/New Delhi, Aug 29 - The Gujarat High Court Monday took the CBI to task for shoddy investigation and acquitted all the 12 accused in the murder of former minister and BJP leader Haren Pandya. It, however, upheld the other charges of criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder in another case that had been clubbed with Pandya's.Acquitting the accused of the murder charge, a division bench ... read more