India

New Delhi, October 20: Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended the flying licence of beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines for failing to come up with a viable plan for its financial and operational revival and resolve the impasse with its employees over payment of their salary dues. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the Scheduled Operator Permit of Kingfisher Airlines

New Delhi, October 20: A day after BJP MP Ram Jethmalani claimed that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is also in favour of projecting Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the party in 2014, the organisation has reiterated the known position that it was for the BJP to decide on the issue. The RSS chief told television channels he has nothing to say on the subject and it was for Mr

Madurai, October 19: Controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda was on Friday sacked by the senior pontiff as his successor of a 1,500-year old Saivaite mutt here, an appointment which had attracted widespread condemnation from various quarters including Tamil Nadu Government. Nithyananda is facing criminal charges, including rape, in Karnataka where his ashram near Bangalore was recently

Ahmedabad, October 19: In the wake of a Gujarat High Court order regarding the PIL filed by suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the state government has submitted some of the documents pertaining to the 2002 post-Godhra riots to the Nanavati Commission. “The Commission has informed me that the state government has submitted documents asked by me last evening. Officials are indexing those documents

New Delhi, October 19: Suspension of licence stares in the face of crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airline as it extended its lockout till October 23 and submitted a reply to aviation regulator DGCA's show-cause notice on the matter. Reacting to the airline's reply, official sources said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was consulting legal experts on what action -- suspension or

New Delhi, October 19: Expanding the ambit of its 1997 Vishaka verdict, the Supreme Court today directed all regulatory bodies like BCI and MCI, which regulate different professions, to set up a committee to deal with all cases of sexual harassment at the workplace. A three-judge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha directed regulating bodies and all the institutions affiliated to them to implement

New Delhi, October 19: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, who has been behind bars since March 6 in the Israeli diplomat car attack case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir granted bail and directed him to deposit his passport before the concerned authority. Kazmi has also been restrained from going abroad. The bench passed the order on a plea filed

Kolkata, October 19: A West Bengal CPM stalwart is on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Days ahead of embarking on Haj, Abdur Rezzak Mollah, credited for sounding an early warning on the Left Front's disastrous land acquisition policy, insisted his faith in Karl Marx figured way below his absolute devotion to Allah and Prophet Mohammed. Mollah was land and land reforms minister in the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Mumbai, October 19: Former IPS officer turned lawyer cum activist Y P Singh, on Thursday, launched a frontal attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, his daughter Supriya Sule and nephew Ajit Pawar, charging them of usurping hills near Pune at dirt-cheap price to construct ultra-swanky Lavasa township. In a packed press conference, Singh presented documents to substantiate his

New Delhi, October 19: An expert group has suggested a law to protect privacy of citizens, recommending that both government and private sector organisations should be covered by the proposed legislation, being drafted by the Department of Personnel and Training. Suggesting a “conceptual framework” for the proposed legislation to the Planning Commission on Thursday, the group recommended that