India

New Delhi, Feb 8: Former Additional Solicitor General K N Bhatt today said he was not consulted on the Jan Lokpal Bill but only on the validity of some rules. Bhatt was reacting to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's statement yesterday that the government had taken opinion of four lawyers including Bhatt and all of them were of the view that the Home Ministry order was "unconstitutional". The Home

Mumbai, Feb 8: Temper tantrums, drunken rants, physical and verbal abuse: these are some of the occupational hazards that female cabin crew face in airplanes. Jet Airways recorded 84 incidents of passengers behaving indecently with airhostesses, while Indigo recorded 48, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in reply to a query in the Lok Sabha this month. The national carrier recorded a considerably

New Delhi, Feb 8: Notwithstanding opposition from within Congress and outside, the Union Cabinet today cleared the Telangana Bill which will be introduced in Parliament on February 12. The controversial Telangana bill will be presented in the Rajya Sabha in the present form and the government will move 32 amendments when it is taken up for consideration. The proposed legislation does not provide

New Delhi, Feb 7: In an U-turn in Kerala fishermen killing case, the Union Home Ministry today asked NIA to dilute the charges against the two accused Italian marines from murder to violence, thus sparing them from the possibility of getting death penalty. Revising its earlier decision, the Home Ministry gave sanction to National Investigation Agency (NIA) to prosecute the Italian marines under

New Delhi, Feb 7: As BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi reaches out to Muslims through a business conclave for them in Gujarat, Congress today said if he is really keen on taking everyone along, then he should severe ties with RSS. Rubbishing BJP's attempts to woo Muslim community, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said BJP seemingly has "one face for the elections while there are various other

New Delhi, Feb 7: Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him. The Supreme Court also stayed the operation of the high court order that had permitted Kejriwal to approach the lower court for his discharge in the defamation suit filed by Amit Sibal, son of Law Minister Kapil Sibal. The

New Delhi, Feb 7: The AAP government's plans to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill in a public venue next week faced fresh hurdles with Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran insisting that Lt Governor's prior approval is necessary while key ally Congress toughened its opposition. Parasaran, whose opinion was sought by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on the constitutionality of the Delhi Government's proposal to enact

New Delhi, Feb 6: Former IB officer Rajendra Kumar has been named as the main accused, while three serving IB officials--- P Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede--- too have been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy. HT had first reported on December 2 that the CBI supplementary chargesheet may not name Shah due to lack of evidence. HT also first reported on December 17 about the findings

New Delhi, Feb 6: Controversy over Telangana along with a number of other issues today washed out proceedings in Parliament for the second day which also saw two members from Andhra Pradesh, including one from Congress, giving notices for a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. Both the Houses were disrupted as members created uproar over creation of separate Telangana state, harassment of Tamil

Lucknow, Feb 6: Notwithstanding criticism for going on a foreign junket and enjoying entertainment programmes by Bollywood stars at a time when displaced riot victims still lived in pitiable conditions in relief camps, Uttar Pradesh ministers continued to have their fun and that too in full public view. A senior UP minister was seen dancing with bar girls at a function and showering currency notes