Rape of even woman of easy virtues impermissible: SC
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:34 GMT

Even if a woman is of easy virtues, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not.

All's not well: Sushma to follow Advani, skip BJP rally
Fri, 25 May 2012 11:56:51 GMT

Differences in BJP seem to be far from over at its national executive meeting in Mumbai today with leaders LK Advani and Sushama Swaraj set to stay away from a rally scheduled for the evening.

Essar, Loop Promoters get bail, charges framed in 2G
Fri, 25 May 2012 10:44:49 GMT

Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom were today granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a case arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Reddy meets PM, sayspetrol price hike not discussed
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:08:04 GMT

Oil minister Jaipal Reddy today said that he didn't discuss fuel hike during his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is not going to meet Sonia Gandhi on the issue, according to reports.

Aarushi-Hemraj murder: Trial to begin on June 4
Fri, 25 May 2012 08:47:47 GMT

Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were on Friday charged with murder of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and their domestice help, Hemraj, by a local court which said trial in the four-year-old case will commence on June 4.

BJP defends Advani's rally absence, says he is just busy
Fri, 25 May 2012 06:47:13 GMT

BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman today said that senior BJP leader is not attending the party rally in Mumbai because of prior engagements and is not angry or upset, reports said.

Sulking Yeddyurappa to attend BJP national executive
Fri, 25 May 2012 05:53:44 GMT

Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will attend the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting in Mumbai today.

Modi and Gadkari to meet after Joshi's resignation
Fri, 25 May 2012 03:59:22 GMT

After the resignation of Sanjay Joshi, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will come face to face today at the party national executive.

CBI grills Jagan, to continue questioning tomorrow
Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:18 GMT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday day grilled YSR Congress Party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours in the illegal assets case and will continue questioning him tomorrow amid speculation that he could be arrested. CBI grills Jagan Reddy 

US cuts Pak aid for jailing doc who helped track Osama
Thu, 24 May 2012 20:42:33 GMT

US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.

IIT 2013: Centre likely to change exam pattern
Thu, 24 May 2012 19:09:09 GMT

Notwithstanding strong opposition from IIT senates, the government may go ahead with its plan to change the selection pattern for the premier institutes from 2013.

Petrol price hike fuels cabinet boycott, allies absent
Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:54 GMT

A day after the steepest hike in petrol price, the Union cabinet meeting on Thursday was marked by the absence of most of the alliance party ministers. Saubhadra Chatterji and Chetan Chauhan report. Bollywood tweets

Deportation from US will be death for me: Kairi
Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:59 GMT

It is a legal matter in the US and the government of India cannot interfere in it, say officials in ministry of external affairs. Chetan Chauhan reports. What next?

India can't afford to have any more of UPA's misrule: BJP
Thu, 24 May 2012 13:25:29 GMT

Another highlight of the BJP's Mumbai conclave was the NDA deciding to organise a day-long protest, including a country-wide bandh on May 31, against petrol price hike. BJP bigwigs in Mumbai  | Modi and Joshi: Comrades who turned foes

No outsider could have been involved, says CBI
Thu, 24 May 2012 09:15:53 GMT

During recent arguments over the framing of charges at the Ghaziabad sessions court, the CBI had contended that no outsider was involved in the Aarushi-Hemraj murders, and only four people were present inside the flat on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008. Video

J&K interlocutors for review of central laws
Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:04 GMT

The interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have recommended upholding its ‘special status’ under Article 370 of the Constitution while reviewing all laws extended to the state and creating an atmosphere for talks both with the separatists and Pakistan.

IPL molestation row: RCB player apologises
Thu, 24 May 2012 06:40:35 GMT

US citizen Zohal Hamid, who had accused Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB)  Luke Pomersbach of molestation and beating up her fiancé, moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday, seeking quashing of the FIR against the cricketer. The three had arrived at an out-of-court settlement late last night. Video

BJP flays UPA on price hike, to hold bandh on May 31
Thu, 24 May 2012 05:07:04 GMT

"The Congress has created problems, and the BJP will provide solutions." This was what Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari claimed before the party’s national executive delegates in his address on Thursday. India fumes over petrol price hike

Rupee trades at new record low of 56.38 against $
Thu, 24 May 2012 04:43:10 GMT

Continuing its slide against the US dollar for the seventh day in a row, the rupee hit new record low of 56.38 today amid firm demand for the American currency from importers and continued capital outflows in view of Greece's debt crisis.

Rape, murders of infants shock Goa and Agra
Wed, 23 May 2012 18:39:01 GMT

The sleepy village of Kukthala, around 25 km from Agra, is yet to recover from the shock of the rape and murder of a six-month-old girl.

No place for netas in govt’s attendance register
Wed, 23 May 2012 18:34:19 GMT

RTI report reveals unlike govt officials, ministers do not have to maintain a record of working days; on paper, they work 24-7.

Maya message to UPA: We are with you
Wed, 23 May 2012 18:11:20 GMT

Support for a UPA candidate in the Presidential polls is shoring up even as NCP leader PA Sangma — the ADMK and BJD’s nominee — has been canvassing for himself.

Mamata opposes petrol price hike but won't rock UPA
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:52:51 GMT

Sharply reacting to the steep hike in petrol price, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said her party would not accept it but said her party would not topple the UPA government on the issue.

Steepest ever hike hits petrol
Wed, 23 May 2012 12:53:02 GMT

In the first petrol price hike in six months, the state-owned oil marketing companies shocked the consumer on Wednesday by making petrol sharply costlier. Anupama Airy reports. Rs 7.50 up  | Unacceptable: Mamata | Unreasonable: BJP | In pictures | Oil's not well

Maoists plotting to kill me with ISI help: Mamata
Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:54 GMT

Targeting her Marxist opponents again, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that CPI-M was plotting with Maoists to kill her with the help of Pakistan's ISI and financed by North Korea, Venezuela and Hungary.