Change needed in CPM leadership: Somnath
A day after the CPI(M)’s humiliating rout in the civic polls, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee advocated a change in the party leadership.
4 SP MLAs to probe Azam
Four Samajwadi legislators in a team of seven members will probe the authenticity of a sting operation, shown on a TV channel, indicting senior SP minister Azam Khan for interfering in police function
This year, no Ramlila in Muzaffarnagar
The Muzaffarnagar riots have another casualty — the annual Ramlila that is held in almost all towns and villages of the district.
‘Will not hasten pace of talks’
India and China have decided “not to push the pace” of their boundary negotiations and resolve the issue “step-by-step”, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said.
Insurance officer killed by ‘scribe’
In an incident that showcases the law-and-order situation in the state capital, a development manager of an insurance company was shot dead outside his office building in Aliganj when he tried to prot
Dengue outbreak in Bihar, 305 hit
With dengue showing an alarming spread across Bihar with 465 suspected cases recorded so far, of which 305 have been confirmed, hospitals are struggling to handle the constant rise in patients with de
Top cop wants to move out of UP
Unable to withstand political interference in his work, UP’s top cop Arun Kumar, posted as additional director general of police (law and order), has sought permission to go on Central deputation.
Muslims denounce govt in UP
This should be sufficient reason to set alarm bells ringing in the Samajwadi Party.
Pension for riot victims likely soon
To retrieve lost ground and regain the faith of mainly Muslims, the Akhilesh government in Uttar Pradesh has now decided to give “special pension” to people who have suffered losses in the Muzaffarnag
New biogate scam runs into thousands?
The country has already been shaken by the coal allocation scam or Coalgate but there is another major scam — the biogate or the bio-scam — which if evaluated and probed would run into thousands of cr