Over 88% rise in pending cases in Supreme Court since inception in 1950
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which had a meagre 690 pending cases after one year of its inception in 1950, is reeling under "mounting arrears" which has...
Lalu to campaign for Akhilesh Yadav in UP polls
Patna: RJD President Lalu Prasad, on January 18, said that his party would not field any candidate in Uttar Pradesh elections and would campaign for...
I cannot accept Sasikala in Amma’s place: Jaya’s niece Deepa
Chennai: Taking a political plunge and indicating that she may float a political party, Deepa Jayakumar, niece of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J...
5 Indian-American lawmakers get key Congressional panels
Washington (PTI): All five Indian-American lawmakers, the highest in the history of the US Congress, have been nominated to influential Congressional panels.
Congressman Ro Khanna representing...
Nagpur: MLC poll candidate hands over Rs 8500 in Re 1 coins as deposit
Nagpur: It was quite an uphill task for election officials to count money when an Independent nominee submitted Rs 8,500 in Re 1 coins as...
India reports maximum selfie deaths
New Delhi: At least 127 people have lost their lives in dangerous attempts to click a selfie in the last two years, of which...
FMCG sector’s highest paid CEO is a 94-year-old school drop-out
Mumbai: India's highest paid consumer product CEO is not a man known to grace magazine covers. But he is visually familiar to a vast...
US hopeful of commercial deal for N-plant in India by 2017
WASHINGTON: With the US and India making "progress" over the commercial and financing aspects of their civil nuclear agreement, the Obama administration is hopeful...
Election Commission gives Akhilesh Yadav license to ride the ‘cycle’
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission granted the disputed 'cycle' symbol of the Samajwadi Party to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on January 16.
The EC's decision comes as a huge...
12-yr-old girl raped by principal, three teachers in Bihar
Jehanabad: A 12-year-old student of a government school was allegedly raped by the principal and three teachers here, police on January 16 said. Principal...
