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Jagan completes 35 days in jail

Jagan completes 35 days in jail

YSR Congress Party president and Lok Sabha member YS Jaganmohan Reddy completed 35 days in the Chanchalguda central prison on Monday as an undertrial in a disproportionate assets case. In his 10th mulaqaat with his family members, the famous Qaidi No. 6093 met his wife YS Bharathi, mother Vijayalakshmi...
MMS clip worsens athlete Pinki’s plight

MMS clip worsens athlete Pinki’s plight

The ordeal of international athlete Pinki Pramanik has worsened with a multimedia messaging service (MMS) clip, apparently recorded during one of the several rounds of medical testing conducted on her, going viral on the Internet since Monday. Questions about her gender came to the fore following allegations...
DMK’s jail fill stir could hit Pranab’s chances in Prez poll

DMK’s jail fill stir could hit Pranab’s chances in Prez poll

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is not used to being sidelined in Tamil Nadu politics but that is the unfortunate reality facing it now. Till the last Assembly elections, the party literally lorded it over the state. The kin of DMK chief M Karunanidhi dominated not only the political scene, they also...
2G scam: Vajpayee, Chidambaram in witnesses list

2G scam: Vajpayee, Chidambaram in witnesses list

An “exhaustive” list of witnesses, which includes former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, was on Tuesday placed before the JPC probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, but a decision whether to call them was deferred. The list is likely to be finalised...
Pranab’s nomination accepted

Pranab’s nomination accepted

The attempt to scuttle Pranab Mukherjee’s Presidential bid failed today with the returning officer rejecting the objection of his opponent P. A. Sangma, who had raked up the issue of office of profit. With this, Mr. Mukherjee and Mr. Sangma, whose nomination papers were found to be in order this morning,...
Pranab wins prez nomination war, Sangma’s objection rejected

Pranab wins prez nomination war, Sangma’s objection rejected

New Delhi, Jul 3: Despite all charges and controversies against him, Pranab Mukherjee’s nomination papers have been accepted by the returning officer after scrutiny on Tuesday, Jul 3. Earlier opposition’s Presidential nominee and former NCP leader PA Sangma in a political masterstroke had...
Gadkari uses son’s wedding reception to promote party unity

Gadkari uses son’s wedding reception to promote party unity

At a time when the BJP has been witnessing ugly squabbles, both within the NDA alliance and the party over several issues, the wedding reception of Sarang, the son of the party president, Nitin Gadkari, served as a great gluing factor. Gadkari used the occasion mainly to meet two aims. One, to project...
Setback for Modi govt as SC refuses to stay order on shrines

Setback for Modi govt as SC refuses to stay order on shrines

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Narendra Modi government’s plea for staying the Gujarat High Court’s February 8 order to pay compensation to over 500 shrines damaged during the infamous 2002 riots in the wake of Godhra train carnage. While declining to entertain the plea, a bench...
Jagan ready to announce decision on Pranab & Sangma as Prez?

Jagan ready to announce decision on Pranab & Sangma as Prez?

Hyderabad, Jul 3: YSR Congress supremo and the richest MP (Member of Parliament) of India, YS Jaganmohan Reddy might have taken his final decision that whom should he support during the presidential poll which is going to be held on Jul 19. Family members of the jailed MP on Monday, Jul 2 met him inside...
Sonia was ‘constitutionally’ eligible to be PM, claims Kalam

Sonia was ‘constitutionally’ eligible to be PM, claims Kalam

Noida, Jul 3: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was “constitutionally” eligible to become the Prime Minister in 2004, said former President APJ Abdul Kalam after he was heavily criticised for supporting the Congress President. “I have said already in the book because Constitutionally...