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Case filed against Anbumani Ramadoss for violation of MCC

India | Apr 23, 2014, 09:03 AM IST

Dharmapuri(TN) : Police yesterday registered cases against Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, former union Health Minister and PMK candidate for Dharmapuri Lok Sabha seat, and eight others for violation of Model Code of Conduct as they continued

Defamatory pamphlet against Hema Malini: Admin registers case

India | Apr 22, 2014, 08:05 AM IST

Mathura: A case was yesterday registered against an unknown publisher, printer and distributer for allegedly defaming BJP candidate Hema Malini, a senior district official said.A pamphlet, questioning the qualification and religion of the actress-turned-politician, was

RBI shifts to consumer prices to value Indian rupee against other currencies

Apr 06, 2014, 08:49 PM IST

New Delhi: Governor Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India will start using consumer prices instead of wholesale prices as the inflation benchmark for valuing the Indian rupee against other currencies, a move that could make

Magician PC Sorcar Jr granted bail in row over making remarks against Mamata

India | Apr 02, 2014, 04:21 PM IST

Barasat: Barasat BJP candidate and magician P C Sorcar today surrendered before a local court and was granted bail in connection with a case of making alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He

Bangladesh court rejects libel plea against Khaleda Zia

World | Mar 31, 2014, 08:17 PM IST

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court today rejected a libel suit filed against former premier Khaleda Zia on charges of “distorting the history” by claiming that her late husband Ziaur Rahman was the nation's first president. Dhaka's

India abstains from voting on UNHRC resolution against Lanka

World | Mar 27, 2014, 07:22 PM IST

Geneva: In a significant development, India for the first time today abstained from voting on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged human rights violation which was passed by 23 votes in favour as

Gujarat 2002 riots: Zakia moves HC against SIT clean chit to Modi

India | Mar 18, 2014, 11:09 PM IST

Ahmedabad: The widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri today moved the Gujarat High Court challenging a lower court order giving a clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the

SP fields actor Kamal Khan against Mahesh Manjrekar, Gurudas Kamat

India | Mar 14, 2014, 06:07 PM IST

Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party today decided to field controversial actor Kamal R Khan to contest against Bollywood director Mahesh Manjrekar and Congress leader Gurudas Kamat from Mumbai North West constituency.Mahesh Manjrekar has got the Maharashtra

Amit Shah challenges Kejriwal to contest against Modi in Gujarat

National | Mar 07, 2014, 10:48 PM IST

New Delhi: With Arvind Kejriwal questioning claims about development in Gujarat, Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah today asked him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls against the Gujarat Chief Minister in the state

Govt decides against ordinance route on anti-graft measures

India | Mar 03, 2014, 06:15 AM IST

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet ;ast night rejected the ordinance route for a set of anti-corruption measures despite pressure from Rahul Gandhi for bringing such laws. The Union Cabinet, which met here this evening, discussed

Ready with charge sheet against Italian marines: NIA to court

India | Jan 30, 2014, 06:09 PM IST

New Delhi: The NIA today told a special court here that it was “ready” with a charge sheet against two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012, and would

India asked to end violence against women, minorities

World | Jan 21, 2014, 05:36 PM IST

New York: The Indian government's inability to protect women and children from rape and sexual violence undermines its commitment to uphold the rights of all Indians, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.During 2013, the authorities

South Africa's warmup against Pak ends in draw

Cricket | Oct 10, 2013, 11:19 PM IST

Sharjah(UAE): South Africa chose to give its lower middle-order some batting practice as its three-day warmup match against Pakistan A ended in a draw on Thursday.Faf du Plessis scored 42 off 76 balls before being

PIL against proposed sale of Indian warships to Sri Lanka

India | Sep 30, 2013, 08:11 PM IST

Madurai: A PIL petition seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel the proposed sale of two Naval warships to Sri Lanka has been filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.Petitioner K

Tens of thousands rally against Taiwan's president

World | Sep 29, 2013, 07:18 PM IST

Taipei, Taiwan: Tens of thousands of Taiwanese were rallying Sunday against President Ma Ying-jeou amid plummeting opinion polls and bipartisan anger over the wiretapping of legislators.Local television reports said about 50,000 protesters were gathered in