India

New Delhi, Oct 19: Indrani Mukerjea has claimed to have paid a bribe of US $5 million to former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram through offshore payments in Singapore, Mauritius, Bermuda, the UK and Switzerland, the Central Bureau of Investigation stated in the chargesheet filed in a special court on Friday in the INX Media case. The CBI also

New Delhi, Oct 19: Spending nights in forests, tripping over corpses and surviving without adequate food in refugee camps, after they spent lakhs of rupees to chase their US dream, was the common ordeal for over 300 Indians who landed here on Friday after being deported by the Mexican immigration authorities. Sent back to India on a chartered plane that took 11 hours, the deportees were first

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved judgement on a plea of former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram against the order of Delhi High Court that dismissed his bail petition in the INX media case. A bench headed by Justice R Banumathi reserved the judgement on the bail hearing plea after hearing arguments from the counsels of Chidambaram and CBI. Solicitor General

Lucknow, Oct 18: Kamlesh Tiwari, founder of the Hindu Samaj Party, was shot dead in broad daylight in Lucknow on Friday. Soon after the attack Tiwari, former state president of the All India Hindu Mahasabha, was rushed to the Trauma centre in a critical condition but succumbed. According to reports, the attackers, wearing saffron clothes, walked into Tiwari's office in Khurshid Bagh area on the

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Muslim parties have denied reaching a settlement by giving up their claim on disputed land in Ayodhya in the Supreme Court. Rejecting the report that Muslim parties have filed a statement for settlement in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case, advocate-on-record Ejaz Maqbool for the Muslim parties, issued a statement denying the settlement claims. On the final day of hearing of

Pune, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed on behalf of scam-hit PMC Bank account holders seeking lifting of restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on cash withdrawals. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, "We are not inclined to entertain this petition under article 32 (writ jurisdiction). Petitioner can approach the high court

Pune, Oct 18: The ongoing action against those who had indulged in corruption and frauds during the earlier regimes will continue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Pune on Thursday. Speaking at a rally ahead of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly elections, PM Modi said the middle class has made a great contribution to the economy. The city has a sizable middle-class population. "Over the

Kolkata, Oct 18: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused the BJP and its mentor Rashtra Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of trying to destroy the country's secular fabric and letting loose a "reign of fear and distrust" across the country by implementing the contentious National Register for Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Mr Yechury said the BJP is trying to propagate its

Oct 18: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday claimed they "fired in self-defence" during a flag meeting along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Murshidabad, in which one Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed and another sustained injuries. BGB troops opened fire on a BSF patrol earlier today killing Head Constable Vijay Bhan Singh and injuring another when the party was

Kochi, Oct 17: Dashing all the hopes, Vatican has rejected the appeal of Sister Lucy Kalapura, a nun who belonged to the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), against the decree expelling her from the congregation. A letter sent by Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio, to Sr Ann Joseph, superior general, FCC, Aluva, mentioned that the Congregation for Oriental Churches had rejected