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New Delhi, May 29: Former BCCI President Sharad Pawar today demanded a Home Ministry inquiry into all the 75 matches of the scandal-hit IPL VI, saying not doing so will give an impression that the Cricket Board is not serious about dealing with corruption in the sport. "If the BCCI gives in writing to the Home Minister and request to investigate all the matches, the government can then investigate

New Delhi/Kanpur, May 29: The sweltering heat wave with mercury levels rising above 45 degrees in some places continues to persist in northern and eastern parts of India. Heat wave conditions, which have seen over 500 people losing their lives since April due to heatstroke, continued across India. According to the Department of Disaster Management, 524 people have died of sunstroke since April 1

Srinagar, May 28: Betting in cricket should be legalised, union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said here Tuesday said while coming out in defence of cricket board president N. Srinivasan. "If betting is legal elsewhere why shouldn't it be legalised in India as well," the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and ruling National Conference patron told reporters on the sidelines of an

New Delhi, May 28: Appearing in the court for the first time, former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia on Tuesday said she felt that Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd “was not eligible” to get the 2G Spectrum licences as it was said to belong to Reliance ADAG group company Reliance Communications. Testifying as a prosecution witness in CBI court in the case, she said that during the time of grant of spectrum

New Delhi: May 28: Intelligence inputs here suggest that Maoists’ politburo, the group’s highest decision-making body, had entrusted Left ideologue Katakam Sudarshan with the task of carrying out Saturday’s attack in Chhattisgarh to inflict the maximum damage on their target. The plan to ambush a convoy of Congress leaders was conceived by the seven-member politburo. Sudarshan is also a politburo

Raipur, May 27: In wake of the deadly Maoist attack on the Congress Parivartan rally in Chhattishgarh, more than 1,000 security personnel have been pumped into the jungles of the Naxalite-infested Bastar region for a major offensive against the ultras. "Over thousand security men are on a combing operation in the region (Bastar) after the attack on Congress leaders," director general of police

New Delhi, May 26: Shocked over the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the nation will neither be overawed nor intimidated by such actions. In his message, the President said, "I am deeply dismayed and shocked at the wanton violence unleashed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on a convoy of vehicles carrying leaders of the Congress Party." "I condemn this incident in

New Delhi, May 26: For the third time in less than a week, the Delhi high court has decried that rape laws are often misused by women. Flagging the issue in a judgment on Saturday, Justice Kailash Gambhir said rape cases are being used as "a weapon for vengeance and vendetta" to harass and even force a boy to marry. While granting anticipatory bail to a man facing rape charges from a woman

Raipur, May 26: The bullet-riddled bodies of Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, who were kidnapped by Maoists, were today found along with those of eight others in Jiram valley in Bastar. With the recovery of the bodies, the toll in the lethal Maoist attack on a convoy of Congress leaders yesterday has climbed to 27, police sources said. 32 people have been injured in

New Delhi, May 25: RK Mathur, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, took over as defence secretary on Saturday. According to an official release, Mathur has a rich and varied experience in public administration and has held senior positions at state and central levels. He has held the position of chief secretary of Tripura. He also served as the additional