‘Gujarat cops didn’t obtain call data of accused officers’
Investigations into the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter of June 15, 2004 has led to reveal another conspiracy as the Gujarat police did not bother even to obtain the “call data record” (CDR) of the accused cops to verify the conversations among them during the next one year of the incident.
Medals will come soon: Kashyap
He is disappointed to have lost out on a medal at the World Championships, but Parupalli Kashyap said the quarter-final that he lost was the best match of his career and that he wants to continue with the momentum.
Kashyap, world no. 17, had a match -point in the second game third ranked Chinese Du Pengyu but failed to convert. He went on to lose 21-16, 20-22, 15-21 and a chance to secure a bronze.
Cong: Modi full of arrogance
BJP campaign committee chief Narendra Modi’s remarks, pitting himself against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, drew a caustic response from Union minister of state for parliamentary affairs Rajiv Shukla, who said the Gujarat leader was “full of arrogance”.
Ansari remark leads to RS debate
In an impromptu discussion arising out of Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari’s Tuesday’s “federation of anarchists” remarks, the Upper House on Wednesday saw members giving multiple definitions to the term “anarchism.”
Top court reserves order on Swamy’s PIL on juvenile age
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the maintainability of a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking to change the legal interpretation of the term “juvenile” so that offenders below 18 years involved in criminal cases are punished according to their “mental age” and not biological age.
Tajiks ease past India
India’s disastrous performance at the international level continued as they went down 0-3 to Tajikistan in a football international friendly on Wednesday.
District chiefs defy diktat, want tickets
Though the Rajasthan BJP asked all its the district presidents not to contest Assembly elections and to help the party nominees win, more than half the 39 district unit heads have not paid any heed.
House mulls statute amendment
The government assured the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it will consider bringing in a constitutional amendment to annul a Supreme Court order against reservations for the faculty in the super-speciality section of the prestigious AIIMS (All-India Institute of Medical Sciences).
LoC infiltration bid foiled again
Amid heightened tensions along the Line of Control set off by series of ceasefire violations, the Army on Wednesday said it has foiled yet another infiltration bid from across the de facto border by killing two militants.
Yelena soars to third World title
Yelena Isinbayeva’s indomitable competitive spark ignited the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday, Russia’s track and field heroine claiming a third world title amid exultant scenes.