Narendra Modi will contest the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, BJP announced on Saturday, putting to rest all speculation and hoping to boost the party’s prospects in the electorally crucial state. Modi, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, will ...
Read More »Subrata Roy to remain in Tihar as SC refuses bail
Sahara chief Subrata Roy will stay in Tihar jail as the Supreme Court on Thursday refused him bail for not coming up with a “satisfactory” proposal to comply with the court’s August 31, 2012 order directing two Sahara companies to refund Rs 24,000 crore to over ...
Read More »Black money in LS polls: 700 IRS officers to be deployed for vigil
700 IRS officers would be deployed by the Election Commission as observers in ‘expenditure sensitive’ constituencies during the Lok Sabha polls. The EC has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) an the Central Board of Excise and Customs to finalise the ...
Read More »To plug holes in his party, Lalu stops up his swimming pool
In a sink-or-swim situation, filling up a pool with mud may sound like a strange remedy. But that’s exactly what a vaastu specialist has prescribed to RJD chief Lalu Prasad after his ‘hanuman’ — Ram Kripal Yadav — walked out ...
Read More »Detention order illegal, Sahara chief tells SC
ailed Sahara Chief Subrata Roy on Wednesday challenged his detention ordered by a two-member bench calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.” In a fresh petition filed before the Supreme Court, Roy has demanded his release and sought the March 4 order ...
Read More »Modi buzz getting louder as party men arrive in Varanasi
Members of a team, close to the BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi, arrived in Varanasi on Wednesday reportedly to prepare for the celebrations after his name is announced as candidate from the India’s holiest city on Thursday. Gujarat CM and ...
Read More »Subrata Roy to seek hearing from Supreme Court on Wednesday
In civil prison under judicial custody since March 4, Sahara group chief Subrata Roy’s lawyers are likely to mention his case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and seek urgent hearing in the matter relating to refund of Rs 20,000 crore by two Sahara ...
Read More »Finish trial against MPs and MLAs in one year, Supreme Court orders
After ordering disqualification of MPs and MLAs immediately after conviction for heinous offences, the Supreme Court on Monday took a second big step towards cleansing the political process by directing that trial proceedings in cases of corruption and serious crimes against elected ...
Read More »Subrata Roy to stay in jail indefinitely till SC’s next hearing
Sahara group chief Subrata Roy will have to remain in jail for some more time with the Supreme Court deferring hearing of the Rs 20,000 crore refund case that was slated for tomorrow. On the last date of hearing on March 7, the apex ...
Read More »Rolls Royce to return to govt Rs 18 crore paid to commission agents
Facing the heat of a CBI probe in an alleged bribery scandal, British firm Rolls Royce has written to the state-owned HAL that it was ready to return Rs 18 crore paid by it to its commission agents to the government. The ...
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