Chit fund scam: AT group chief held, sent to jail
Source: The Economic Times
Bhubaneswar :: India | updated 2013-05-13 06:30:53 -0700 | political-news
Artha Tatwa (AT) group Pradip Sethi , was arrested and sent to jail today on charges of cheating investors in different parts of Odisha. Sethi, who was playing hide and seek with police for the past three months, was finally...
Was the Chinese intrusion really a PLA strike against Xi?
Source: Rediff
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 05:41:36 -0700 | political-news
Could some frustrated Chinese generals have decided to teach India a lesson to sink Xi Jinping's world dream, asks Claude Arpi...Many theories have been propounded: Some say the Chinese leadership wanted to show its displeasure on the new coziness between...
Siddaramaiah's Rs 4,409.81-crore bonanza for poor
Source: The Economic Times
Bangalore :: India | updated 2013-05-13 17:14:05 -0700 | political-news
Acting swiftly on Congress' poll promises, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a Rs 4409.81-crore bonanza for the poor, SCs and STs, OBCs and minorities on the first day in office. At a meeting, Siddaramiah said it was decided to...
Over 6,400 railway employees under scanner
Source: The Economic Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 05:34:16 -0700 | political-news
Over 6,400 railway employees are facing departmental proceedings for being allegedly involved in corruption during 2012. Departmental proceedings were initiated against 6,454 employees, including 195 gazetted officials, working in different zones and allied departments of the Railways between...
Bar Council of India has become ineffective: SC
Source: The Economic Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 05:34:11 -0700 | political-news
The Supreme Court today questioned the Bar Council of India for not taking action against erring lawyers, saying it has become "ineffective" and courts become victims because of such legal practitioners. "Bar Council has become ineffective. No action is taken...
Italian special envoy arrives in India to follow marines
Source: Ansa
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 05:26:58 -0700 | political-news
De Mistura was confirmed to continue his post by the newly formed Italian government on May 3 to deal with the drawn-out affair that has put Italy and India at loggerheads. De Mistura escorted the marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore...
Andhra Lawyer held for FB comments against ex-CM
Source: The Hindustan Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 11:54:24 -0700 | political-news
A civil liberties lawyer has been arrested for posting comments on Facebook against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Tamil Nadu governor Konijeti Rosaiah and Congress MLA A Krishna Mohan...The advocate was booked under Section 66A of the IT Act...
Chopper scam CBI gets phone transcripts from Italy
Source: The Hindustan Times
Mohali :: India | updated 2013-05-13 04:58:08 -0700 | political-news
The transcripts of the telephone calls were handed over to the Defence Ministry, which has been made as an "affected party" by the Italian prosecutors, official sources said here today...The transcripts were in Italian language and the CBI was busy...
Delivering a baby is not as idyllic as people make it seem, says Shakira
Source: NewKerala
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | updated 2013-05-13 04:32:26 -0700 | political-news
The 'Gypsy' singer, who is dating Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique, said that delivering a baby is not as idyllic as people make it seem, the Daily Express reported. She said that one should not expect their child to...
Michelle Obama advises gen next to make friends across political divide
Source: NewKerala
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | updated 2013-05-13 04:32:19 -0700 | political-news
Engaging honestly with an open mind and an open heart will guarantee that they will learn something new, she said. Mrs. Obama noted that with today's techonology, people are more connected to each other than ever before, reports Politico. She...
'Enquiry to be done in language of preference'
Source: The Economic Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 16:36:37 -0700 | political-news
Departmental enquiry and proceedings against government employee must be done in the language of his preference, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside punishment meted out to an official on the ground that proceedings were not conducted in Hindi...
Argentina aims to double trade with India to $4 bn
Source: The Economic Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 03:18:34 -0700 | political-news
Argentina expects its trade with India to more than double to about $4 billion in the next five years. During 2012-13, the bilateral trade between the two countries was estimated at about $1.8 billion. "We expect that the bilateral trade...
Digvijay Singh takes a dig at judiciary for calling CBI a caged parrot
Source: The Financial Express
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 10:50:49 -0700 | political-news
I will request you to try and get access to all those who are calling our institutions chicken or parrot...Singh's remarks came in backdrop of the recent stinging criticism of the CBI by the apex court that the investigating agency...
Coal scam: CBI records statement of former ministers of state in Coal Ministry
Source: The Financial Express
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-13 14:01:39 -0700 | political-news
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recorded statements of the then Ministers of State in Coal Ministry Santosh Bagrodia and Dasari Narayan Rao in connection with the coal block allocation scam. CBI sources said the statement of both the...
Lalu Prasad hires 13 trains for his Patna rally
Source: The Hindustan Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-13 08:49:08 -0700 | political-news
Indian Railways got a boost to its business, thanks to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, whose party Rashtriya Janata Dal, has hired 13 special trains to ferry workers and supporters to Patna for his Parivartan in Patna on May 15. Over the...
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