Court order on Gadkari’s plea Nov 17

In Delhi a court fixed Nov 17 to pronounce its order on a plea filed by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari seeking initiation of proceedings against Congress leader Digvijay Singh for alleged defamation. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar Oct 16 reserved the order for Nov 2 on summoning Digvijay Singh over the defamation complaint by the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) chief. It was deferred for  [ Read More ]

Kasab’s mercy plea rejected (Second Lead)

On Tuesday, India’s home ministry recommended the rejection of the mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, lone survivor among the 26/11 attackers. The mercy petition made to the president by Kasab, after the Supreme Court Aug 29 upheld his death sentence, has been rejected and the recommendation in this regard forwarded to the president. A  [ Read More ]

Telangana protesters refuse to disperse

Braving heavy rain, thousands of protesters demanding a separate Telangana state refused to leave Necklace Road here even as the deadline set by police ended Sunday evening. The marchers earlier clashed with security personnel. Police used water cannons to disperse protesters after they squatted on the road on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake. Telangana  [ Read More ]

Plea on political donations to be heard Sep 26

The chief information commissioner (CIC) will Sep 26 hear a plea asking political parties to give out information on donations received by them, said NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) Saturday. The ADR approached the CIC in March 2011 as save for the Communist Party of India (CPI), no other national political party had provided  [ Read More ]

NHRC urged to help woman who tried to end life

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to help a woman who tried to end her life outside the Gurgaon deputy commissioners office on April 24 after being cheated in a land deal. The Bharatiya Janata Partys human rights cell has written to the NHRC chairman get the woman justice. We have requested the  [ Read More ]

Bangaru Laxman’s sentencing: Key points of the judgment

A Delhi court Saturday awarded four years’ rigorous imprisonment to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in 2001. The court also slapped him with a fine of Rs.1 lakh. Following are the key points of the verdict: 1. Character or class is not  [ Read More ]

Former BJP chief Bangaru convicted for taking bribe

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10-year-old graft case. He was convicted by Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora. Laxman was taken into juidicial custody and arguments on sentencing will be heard Saturday.  [ Read More ]

BJP seeks answers as Singhvi resigns amid CD row

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi should explain in Parliament why he has quit as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice. “It is a serious matter and the party has not given any statement on the standing committee, we hope he will make  [ Read More ]

Chhattisgarh gets notice for botched eye operations

The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday issued notice to the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on botched eye operations in September that left several aged persons blinded in one eye. The high court, which is based at Bilaspur town, some 100 km from Raipur, issued the notice as it took up a public interest litigation  [ Read More ]

Yeddyurappa faces police probe in one more case

In more trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, police Saturday began probing into a case of illegal land deal by him and housing minister V Somanna. The probe is on the direction of the Lokayukta (ombudsman) special court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao on a complaint by  [ Read More ]