Binayak Sen asked to surrender his passport by trial court
A Chhattisgarh court on Monday directed activist Binayak Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition in line with the Supreme Court order.
More Indians evacuated from civil war-torn Ivory Coast
A group of 44 Indians have been evacuated from Abidjan, the capital of civil war-torn Ivory Coast, to neighbouring Ghana, taking the total number of Indians who have been shifted in last one week to 110.
Smear campaign against civil society members: Hazare
Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the "smear" campaign launched against civil society members of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill and asked her to advise her "colleagues" not to try to derail the process of drafting of law.
Supreme Court dismisses plea on disclosure of religion of Sonia Gandhi
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of a RTI applicant seeking disclosure of "religion and faith" of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the Right to Information Act.
Arunima undergoes surgery for infection
National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha aka Sonu, who lost her leg after being pushed from a moving train on Sunday underwent a surgery here due to infection in the severed limb, hospital sourc
Jaipur’s last titular maharaja dies at 80
The chief of Kachawah clan of Rajputs, Brigadier Bhawani Singh passed away late on Saturday night at a private hospital in Gurgaon.
Geelani promises safety to pandits
Dozens of activists of Jamait Ahl-e-Hadith, a religio-social organisation, along with large number of supporters took to the streets here on Sunday demanding death for the killers of its president Mou
Punjab politician stages tree-top protest
Evidently inspired by the huge success of Anna Hazare and his hunger strikers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, a little known Punjabi politician has perched himself on a tall eucalyptus and refuses to climb down until his demands are met by the government.
CPI calls for sedition law revamp
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to civil rights activist Binayak Sen, the CPI on Saturday demanded drastic amendments to the sedition law and review of all such cases by the state governments to ensure that innocents are not put behind bars on similar charges.
Parihar to follow in Anna’s footsteps
Former bandit queen and aspiring politician Seema Parihar will now follow in the footsteps of Anna Hazare.
Ms Parihar, who was recently appointed the head of the women’s wing of the National Corruption Eradication Council, plans to launch a public awareness campaign against corruption.