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Nitish a parrot, communal forces stronger now in Bihar: Lalu
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday launched a scathing attack against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for rampant corruption, bribery and rising incidents of rape in the state and said he would throw him out of power in the next elections. ‘People of the state are...

Prisons IGP confirms receiving letter alleging threat to Sanjay Dutt
The IGP (Prisons) Vinod Lokhande has said that Arthur Road Central Jail authorities in Mumbai had received an anonymous letter alleging a threat to Dutt’s life. However, he did not divulge details. ‘We have taken cognisance of the letter received three days ago and shall be...

CBI Chief welcomes moves to free agency from external influence
New Delhi: As a high-powered Group of Ministers (GoM) gets down to work on how to free the CBI from external influence, the agency’s Director Ranjit Sinha cautioned that such welcome moves should go hand-in-hand with steps to ensure that it does not become a ‘rogue...

Blackbuck case: Rajasthan HC rejects revision petition against Salman Khan
Jodhpur: In a major relief to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday rejected the revision petition filed against him by the state government in the 14-year-old Blackbuck poaching case. With this decision, the High Court directed the lower court to initiate the...

HC issues notice to home ministry over PIL challening Delhi top cop’s appointment
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea challenging the appointment of Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on grounds that he faced charges of misusing power and rights violations. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and...

NIA opposes terror suspect Liyaqat’s bail plea
New Delhi, May 15: NIA today opposed the bail plea of suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah, who was arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, in a Delhi court. The agency has been which allowed to take the terror suspect’s...

Sanjay Dutt withdraws plea, will surrender before court tomorrow
After claiming his life and family were at risk if he surrendered before a Mumbai court, actor Sanjay Dutt today withdrew his plea seeking to surrender before the Yerwada jail in Pune to serve out the remainder of his sentence in connection with the 1993 serial...

Subhash Ghai’s Khalnayak with Sanjay Dutt in the lead role released on June 15, 1993. This was around two months after Dutt was first arrested on April 19, 1993, for his involvement in the Bombay bomb blasts which happened on March 12, 1993 (Bombay is now...

Another Navy scandal: Wife alleges husband forced her into sex with officers
New Delhi: The Navy has been hit by yet another alleged sex scandal as the wife of a senior officer has charged her husband with forcing her to get ‘sexually involved’ with his colleagues, prompting Defence Minister AK Antony to order a probe. The case has...

Delhi gangrape: Ram Singh arrested from bus identified by victim’s friend, says cop
New Delhi: A Delhi Police official today told a special court that the bus in which a 23-year-old girl was gangraped on 16 December night was identified by the victim’s friend and the main accused Ram Singh was arrested from the vehicle itself. Deposing as a...

Features & Analysis

India gets pat on back, while US slams China, Iran for religious bigotry
India gets pat on back, while US slams China, Iran for religious bigotry
New York: In an annual report, the United States said that it sees an increasing “climate of intolerance” on global religious freedom. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pledged to push restrictive countries, including US allies toward expanded...
Nitish says he can digest Lalu’s barbs, but others won’t
Nitish says he can digest Lalu’s barbs, but others won’t
Patna: Criticising Lalu Prasad for using unparliamentary language against him and his party leaders, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he could digest such comments, but those who could not would go to court. ‘I have capacity to...
83 percent Indians see China as major security threat: Survey
83 percent Indians see China as major security threat: Survey
New Delhi: Eighty three percent of Indians view China as a major security threat, even as 63 percent would like relation with the neighbouring country to be strengthened, an opinion poll has claimed. China’s possession of nuclear weapons, its...
Jagan Reddy’s wife blames CBI for delaying probe in DA case
Jagan Reddy’s wife blames CBI for delaying probe in DA case
Bharathi shot off a letter to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha alleging the investigation is being conducted in a ‘possibly politically motivated’ manner and said that she had reasons to believe that the ‘Congress run CBI intends to keep my...
Nitish allays fears of shaky NDA, says alliance intact
Nitish allays fears of shaky NDA, says alliance intact
Patna: With a survey indicating that the NDA will increase its tally in the 2014 polls if the JD(U) and BJP remain together and both parties will lose seats in case of parting, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today...
Coal scam: CBI to inform SC on arrest of chief investigator tomorrow
Coal scam: CBI to inform SC on arrest of chief investigator tomorrow
New Delhi: The CBI will tell the Supreme Court on Tuesday about the arrest of its Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt who was the Chief Investigator of the coalgate scam. The apex court had in its last hearing on...