India

Mumbai, Jan 17: A special CBI court today framed charges of murder and criminal conspiracy against Indrani Mukerjea, her husband Peter Mukerjea and former husband Sanjeev Khanna for the murder of Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora in 2012. All the accused were explained the charges framed against them. They pleaded not guilty to the charges and said they would face trial. Judge H S Mahajan kept the

Lucknow, Jan 17: Prospects of a "grand secular alliance" in Uttar Pradesh today brightened with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav saying a decision on tying up with the Congress will be taken in a "day or two". "Decision on alliance (with Congress) will be taken in a day or two," he said, buoyed by the Election Commission's order recognising him as the President of Samajwadi Party and allowing him to

Chennai, Jan 17: Announcing her intention to take the political plunge, Deepa Jayakumar, niece of the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, today said she would disclose her political roadmap on February 24, the birth anniversary of 'Amma'. Deepa talked to the media after scores of AIADMK cadre thronged her residence here and appealed to her to assume a leading role. Days after announcing

New Delhi, Jan 17: In a significant breakthrough on GST front, the Centre and the states reached a consensus on the contentious dual control issue on Monday preparing ground for the rollout of the biggest tax reform from 1 July, said Ginance Minister Arun Jaitley. The Centre would assess 50 percent of the assessees under Rs 1.5 crore annual turnover and the states the other 50 percent. As much as

Thanjavur, Jan 17: M Natarajan, husband of AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, tonight accused "some sections" in the BJP of trying to split the AIADMK and get the state government dismissed. "They are trying to break the AIADMK and dismiss our government. They are trying to besmirch our government. There are also attempts to saffronise Tamil Nadu but they will not succeed. I will tour the

Lucknow, Jan 16: In a major boost to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the Election Commission today recognised the faction headed by him as the Samajwadi Party and alloted the reserved symbol 'Bicycle' to it for contesting the coming Assembly elections. The group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and is entitled to use its name and reserved symbol Bicycle, the three-member

New Delhi, Jan 16: The Supreme Court today sought responses of the government and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a plea seeking framing of privacy policy to regulate commercial exploitaion of private communication through social networking sites like WhatsApp and Facebook. A Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud also issued notice to WhatsApp and

Jan 16: Zaira Wasim, who played the childhood of Geeta Phogat in the Aamir Khan movie Dangal has put up an apology on social media, for "offending and displeasing people". Zaira also asked not to project her as a role model for Kashmiri youth. After her meeting with the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, she was trolled in social media. Mehbooba Mufti had appreciated Zara and spoke

New Delhi, Jan 16: Having joined Congress after hectic negotiations, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today said he was a "born Congressman" who was coming back to his roots and would be ready to work under anybody appointed by the high command and contest from where the party wants him to. Sidhu refused to comment on who would be projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate in poll

Srinagar, Jan 16: Three militants were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, the army said today. The militants were killed in the encounter at Awoora village in Pahalgam area of the district, an army official said. Acting on specific intelligence input about the presence of militants in the village, security forces yesterday launched a search