New Delhi : Indian Government has put on hold the execution of a prisoner, sentenced to death for his role in the 1995 murder of Punjab state’s Chief Minister Beant Singh. Balwant Singh Rajoana’s hanging, which had been set for Saturday, was postponed after a mercy petition to the president, the Home Ministry said. Several [...]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to consider the government’s appeal for more time to present its stance in the Ram Sethu case on Tuesday. The apex court, on January 5, had directed the Centre to place before it the PM-appointed expert panel report on the feasibility of building an alternative shipping channel through [...]

Srinagar Garhwal:  Six labourers were killed and 36 others injured after an under construction bridge collapsed at 3 am today at Chauraas in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The incident occurred when the structure collapsed while concrete was being poured into the steel frame of the bridge. A disaster management team rushed to the spot to carry [...]

New Delhi (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Friday said the government is committed to bringing a strong and effective Lokpal Bill. “We look forward to benefitting from the wisdom and guidance of all leaders present here in the task that we have set for ourselves. Our government stands committed to an effective [...]

New Delhi: Crime is back in focus in the national capital. The body of a 20-year-old student was found on Thursday evening by the Delhi Police in Rohini. While a post-mortem is awaited, the police suspect he was strangled to death. Four of his classmates have been arrested. The police are on the lookout for [...]

Mumbai:  The debt-laden national carrier Air India is set for more troubles beginning next month with 200 of its pilots, who have not been paid their dues for the past four months, threatening to go on strike from April 2. The strike warning came after three rounds of talks between pilot unions and the management [...]

Singapore: A 36-year-old Indian man was on Wednesday sentenced to death by Singapore court for murdering his Filipina girlfriend in 2010. Bijukumar Remadevi Nair Gopinathan was convicted of the murder of Roselyn Reyes Pascua and given the mandatory death penalty, the Straits Times reported. Pascua, 30, was found in her room at Peony Mansion, Bencoolen [...]

Ahmedabad : Even as the BJP has yet to recover from the embarrassment caused by the conduct of its MLAs in Karnataka in connection with the porngate, another similar scandal has hit the party, this time in Gujarat. Two party MLAs Shankar Chaudhury and Jetha Bharwad were seen watching obscene clips inside the Gujarat Assembly [...]

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made its first arrest in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai. Earlier in January 2011, the CBI had registered an FIR against 14 people. The role of three former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde are under scrutiny. The arrest came after [...]

Mumbai : Bollywood heroine and famous South Indian actress Genelia might be arrested soon. Criminal cases have been registered against the heroine who has allegedly been involved in a Rs 250 crore scam case. The actress and wife of well-know actor Hritesh Deshmukh, son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh, has been booked [...]