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New Delhi, May 15: A Delhi court on Tuesday is likely to pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was arrested on February 2 last year and is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Special CBI Judge OP Saini had on May 11 reserved his order on Raja's bail plea for Tuesday after hearing arguments from the CBI and counsel for the DMK MP. Raja has sought

Ahmedabad, May 14: Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team R.K. Raghavan, was highly critical of the petition filed in the Supreme Court by Zakia Jafri levelling sweeping charges against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 officials and leaders for their alleged involvement in the 2002 communal riots. Agreeing with his inquiry officer, A. K. Malhotra, who found

New Delhi, May 14: Tax evaders could be in for trouble as the government is mulling placing tax crimes on a par with money laundering offences that have severe criminal and financial implications. India could bring income-tax offences under its anti-money laundering law, making way for easier prosecution, rigorous imprisonment, fines and shifting onus on the accused to prove he is not guilty. "An

New Delhi, May 14: Were Indian security agencies conned into issuing the May 6 terror alert when photographs of four traders and a security guard from Pakistan were splashed as those of Lashkar terrorists who had sneaked into India to carry out attacks in Mumbai? As the government probes the embarrassment which on Sunday sparked protests from traders in Lahore, they are closely looking at the

New Delhi, May 13: With Air India pilots not budging from their position, their agitation entered the sixth day today leading to cancellation of 20 international flights, causing inconvenience to the hundreds of passengers. "Pilots have not reported for work. We have had to cancel 20 flights from Delhi and Mumbai," an Air India official said. Hundreds of passengers were stranded following the

New Delhi, May 13: India's unflinching commitment to democracy is the reason behind India's growing global stature, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday during a special sitting to mark 60 years of parliament. “One of the reasons for our growing global stature in the world is our unflinching commitment to pursuing the democratic path to achieving social and economic salvation,” the prime

New Delhi, May 13: A day after she said she had information that a political party had held a meeting to advance general elections to 2013, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would be happy to see the United Progressive Alliance — of which her party is a part — last its full term. Her statement about the possibility of early elections came at a party

New Delhi, May 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday expressed the hope that all shades of political opinion in Maldives would get together to find a way forward as President Mohamed Waheed expressed his deep commitment to democracy and conduct of elections. Mr. Waheed, who is on his first foreign visit since assuming power in a tumultuous political transition in February, held wide

New Delhi, May 12: With the agitation by Air India pilots entering the fifth day on Saturday, the national carrier cancelled 16 flights from here and Mumbai even as senior pilots sought the Prime Minister's intervention to end the impasse. "16 of our flights originating from Delhi and Mumbai have been cancelled," an AI spokesperson said. Supporting the agitation, senior pilots wrote a letter to

Pune, May 12: A group of persons today ransacked the office of Prof Suhas Palshikar, who resigned as NCERT adviser in the wake of the row over cartoon of B R Ambedkar in school text books. Police said the persons involved in the incident had been invited by Palshikar for discussion in his office after they raised objections on the cartoon. They later damaged furniture in his office located in Pune