India

Hyderabad, Jan 29: Delhi's Karkardooma court on Tuesday ordered further investigation in an FIR filed against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi in the alleged hate speech delivered by him in 2014. The Court's direction came after Ajay Gautam, the main complainant filed a protest petition against the Delhi police's closure report. The complainant, in his petition

Mumbai, Jan 28: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said political leaders who sell dreams to people, but fail to make them a reality get "beaten up" by the public. The minister, who handles a host of infrastructure-related portfolios in the Modi government, asserted he is a doer and delivers on his promises. "People like (political) leaders who sell them dreams. But if these dreams are not

New Delhi, Jan 28: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam related money laundering case. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and one surety of like amount each. The court had on January 19 extended the

Indore, Jan 28: VS Kokje, the chief of right-wing Hindu outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), has said that if the BJP-led government at the Centre makes a law paving way for the construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya, it will surely win the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “If the government makes law on Ram Temple then it will surely win the Lok Sabha elections 2019 but the government is

Kolkata, Jan 28: Taking potshots on Priyanka Gandhi's entry into politics ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said an election is "not a beauty contest" and people will cast their vote on the basis of past performance. "An election is neither a wrestling match, nor a beauty contest, nor is it a competition of some other

Belagavi, Jan 27: Karnataka Minister for Muzarai Parameshwar Naik on Sunday said that the BJP is feared of Ms Priyanka Gandhi after she entering politics as there is Congress wave and UPA will come to power in the country overthrowing the NDA Govt headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said that Mr Modi has failed to keep up party promises and has failed to

New Delhi, Jan 27: The CBI has transferred the investigating officer in the ICICI Bank case as its "discreet inquiry" suggested his role in leaking information related to searches, officials said Sunday. Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra was transferred to Ranchi, a day after filing the FIR in the case against former ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak and Videocon group MD

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27: Save Our Sisters (SOS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has written a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking government intervention to protect the nuns who led the agitation against Bishop Franco Mulakkal. "The rape survivor and the other five nuns who supported her in the case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal are facing an imminent threat of

Madurai, Jan 27: Holding black flags, black balloons and banners, the opposition MDMK staged demonstrations in Madurai on Sunday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi who visited the city. MDMK party leaders and volunteers walked with black flags, black balloons and festoons through the streets of Madurai, expressing their displeasure against the government at the Centre for not looking after the

New Delhi, Jan 26: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, in connection with a fresh case of possession of black money and money laundering, officials said Saturday. They said Khaitan was placed under arrest Friday night by the agency sleuths under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Khaitan was produced