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Ranchi, Dec 23: The fate of former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra and 20 others will be decided today by a special CBI court here in the fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of more than Rs 89 lakh from Deoghar Treasury between 1991 and 1994. Lalu, accompanied by younger son Tejaswi Yadav, arrived here to present himself before the special CBI Judge

The police have registered a case against BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje for allegedly trying to create communal tension in Uttara Kannada district through provocative tweets and lies. On December 14, she tweeted: “Jihadis tried to rape and murder a girl studying in 9th std near honnavar. Why is the govt silent about this incident? Arrest those who molested and injured

The police have registered a case against BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje for allegedly trying to create communal tension in Uttara Kannada district through provocative tweets and lies. On December 14, she tweeted: “Jihadis tried to rape and murder a girl studying in 9th std near honnavar. Why is the govt silent about this incident? Arrest those who molested and injured

Chennai, Dec 22: DMK leader M K Stalin today said the verdict in the 2G spectrum allocation case has come as a "blow" to those who wanted to "taint" the party. Hailing the acquittal of Kanimozhi and A Raja, he said the party has now emerged like "gold refined by fire." Quoting certain observations made by the special judge in the verdict, Stalin said it showed the case was "fabricated with an aim

New Delhi, Dec 22: A day after failing to make his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took to social media to speak his heart out regarding the importance of sports in an individual's life. Sachin uploaded a video on social media on Friday after he wasn't allowed to speak in the Parliament on Thursday and his post read: "It is my endeavour to transform India from

Chennai, Dec 22: Former telecom minister A Raja, who was acquitted by a special court on Thursday of culpability in the 2G spectrum scam, has written to party supremo M Karunanidhi, thanking the latter for his "support". Raja, who was a Union minister in the Manmohan Singh government in 2008, has penned an emotional letter, in which he said Karunanidhi stood by him throughout. "Who is going to

Mumbai, Dec 22: The Bombay High Court on December 22 set aside the sanction granted to the Central Bureau of Investigation by Maharashtra Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao to prosecute senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Sadhana Jadhav ruled that though the CBI had claimed to be in possession of fresh evidence against Mr

United Nations, Dec 22: “All safe havens and sanctuaries available to such groups outside Afghan borders must end,” Deputy Permanent Representative of India Tanmaya Lal said. Supporters of terror organisations like Taliban, Haqqani network and Lashkar-e- Taiba must be forced to stop and all safe havens must end, India has told the UN Security Council, expressing concern over the collapse of

Bengaluru, Dec 22: The high court set a December 25 deadline for the police to decide whether Bollywood actor Sunny Leone could perform in the city on December 31. On Thursday, Justice B Veerappa was hearing a petition filed by Bhavya H S , proprietor of Time Creations, organisers of a New Year's Eve show featuring Sunny and other artistes. Bhavya had approached the court seeking permission to

New Delhi, Dec 22: As his government sought to defend itself by asserting that it had no role in picking prosecutors or directing their work, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy left them red-faced. Swamy virtually blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring his warnings about law officers who were not serious about fighting corruption. Swamy said: "This is not a setback at all. It's an aberration