India

New Delhi, Feb 4: A Delhi court today framed charges against sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and nine others for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer in a Games-related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur framed charges under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act against Kalmadi

New Delhi, Feb 4: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has gone out of its way to sign fuel supply pacts with 11 companies, including alleged Coalgate beneficiaries, even before these firms reached the qualifying milestones such as acquiring land, the state-run monopoly's internal anti-corruption watchdog has said. In a report to the coal ministry, a copy of which is available with TOI, CIL's CVO (chief vigilance

New Delhi, Feb 4: President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to an ordinance purported to give more teeth to the criminal laws to check crime against women, despite protests from several organisations. Many women’s groups had contended that the ordinance bypassed all vital recommendations of the Justice J S Verma Committee, constituted to suggest changes to the criminal laws in the

Mumbai, Feb 3: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to introduce three to four gold-linked products in the next few months, in an effort to bring 20,000 tonnes of gold held in households into the banking system, but the measure is unlikely to cut bullion imports sharply, a senior official said. India is the largest importer of gold, which is its second biggest import item after oil and

Bijapur, Feb 3: The historical Gol Gumbaz, swathed in floodlight, its architectural marvel lit up in all its resplendant glory, in a play of light and shadow, will provide the galaxy of literati, converging in the City of Monuments – Bijapur, a perfect, pictorial backdrop for their post-diurnal literary deliberations. With the Mohammed Adil Shah ruled City playing host to the 79th Kannada Sahitya

New Delhi, Feb 2: Over a month after the brutal gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi, five accused have been charged under 13 sections of the Indian Penal Code. The charges framed against the accused include gangrape, murder and destruction of evidence. The accused have been charged with murder, gangrape, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, dacoity, unnatural

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday ruled out a re-investigation into the Suryanelli gang-rape case, saying top courts had cleared the allegations raised against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson P.J. Kurien. The allegation levelled by the victim was not new and it had been investigated and cleared by courts including the Supreme Court, Mr. Chandy said. Terming

New Delhi, Feb 2: After careful scrutiny of papers submitted by the electricity distribution companies to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in the past couple of years, the technical experts committee of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has concluded that these companies were making huge profits while showing losses in their books to demand periodical rise in tariffs from the government

New Delhi, Feb 2: Shaken by the Nirbhaya case, the government on Friday approved a law prescribing death penalty for cases of rape which lead to the victim's death or her slipping into persistent vegetative state, going beyond the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma committee. An ordinance cleared by the Union Cabinet seeks to treat rapes resulting in death of the victim or causing her to be

Kolkata, Feb 1: Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she did nothing wrong in blocking author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata. "There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision," Ahmed said. Hitting out at Rushdie, Ahmed said, "You cannot denigrate Islam and get away with it. I welcome