Haryana whistleblower Chaturvedi win Ramon Magsaysay award
CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s whistleblower IFS officer has been chosen for this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award for his exemplary integrity and courage in public life. A Haryana cadre IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi is currently posted as deputy secretary at All India Institute of Medical Sciences... read more »
Supreme Court Judges Disagree on Yakub Memon’s Plea to Stop his Hangi...
1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon’s petition to stop his hanging on Thursday was referred to the Chief Justice of India after sharp differences between two judges today. One of the judges, Justice Anil Dave, said Yakub’s execution should not be stopped, because “if the king... read more »
Obama meets Lucy, an ancient ‘ancestor,’ in Ethiopia
Barack Obama came to Africa partially to connect with the continent of his forefathers. On Monday, he met an ancestor of an altogether different kind: “Lucy,” the 3.2 million-year-old partial skeleton of a hominid discovered in Ethiopia. “That’s amazing,” the U.S.... read more »
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s Body Brought to Delhi
GUWAHATI: The body of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday in Meghalaya, has been brought to Delhi from Guwahati in Assam. The three service chiefs were present at the airport, where a guard of honour was held. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also likely to arrive. Dr Kalam, 83,... read more »
Summons to Manmohan Singh: Congress leaders stop trains across UP
NEW DELHI: Congress leaders on Thursday took out rallies and stopped trains at several places across Uttar Pradesh to protest against the court summons issued against former Prime Minister... read more »
I am upset, Manmohan Singh says after court summons him as accused in coal scam case
NEW DELHI: Former PM Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he was upset over a Delhi court’s decision to issue him summons to appear as an accused in a coal scam case. “I am... read more »
Broke no rules, mailed no classified info to anyone: Clinton
New York: Breaking her silence over the email uproar, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she chose one account for both her personal and official communication out of... read more »
Coal scam: Former PM Manmohan Singh says truth will prevail
Extremely upset with the summons issued to him in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the truth will prevail in the... read more »
AAP MLAs fire letter salvo at dissidents Yadav and Bhushan, want ...
Demanding the expulsion of dissidents Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, more than 50 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators have signed a letter that will be sent to Delhi chief minister Arvind... read more »
