Probe sought into actions of ex-CJI
Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform (CJAR) has urged the President and the Prime Minister to make a reference to the Supreme Court for inquiry into several acts of misbehaviour of Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, chairman of National Human Rights Commission and ex-Chief Justice of India.
Balakrishnan agrees to reveal his assets
Call it a victory of the Right to Information movement. After slapping a stern no on all efforts to make him list his assets, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India and chairman of National Human Rights Commission, on Tuesday agreed to reveal them all before an income-tax appellate authority.
The Z-A of the WC
Z- Zaheer Khan: India’s bowling was to be its Achilles’ heel. Zak’s 21 scalps ensured it wasn’t so.
Y - Yardy: England’s Michael Yardy flew back from England’s spluttering WC campaign citing depressi
Bardhan: Left has edge in Kerala
It will be a “tough fight” between the Left Front and the Trinamul Congress in this month’s Assembly polls in West Bengal while in Kerala the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had an “edge” over the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan said on Friday.
Syro Malabar Catholic Archbishop Vithayathil passes away
The Major Archbishop of Syro Malabar Catholic church, Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil, passed away at Kochi’s Lisi Hospital on Friday afternoon.
He was 84 and was ailing for some time from heart dis
Staple politics: UDF promises rice at `1 per kg
To beat the ruling Left Democratic Front in its own game, the opposition United Democratic Front on Friday promised to provide rice at `1 per kg for BPL families and `2 per kg for others.
Veteran Communist leader Janardhana Kurup passes away
Veteran Communist leader, Kerala Sahitya Akademi award winner and advocate G. Janardhana Kurup passed away at his residence here on Friday.
Paswan-led front to contest 140 seats
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), led by the former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, has formed an alliance of six minor parties to form a Secular Democratic Front, and will put up candidates in all the
Kerala youth, impatient for change, back UDF: Survey
Impatient for an economic upsurge, a majority of Kerala’s youth are inclined to vote the Congress-led United Democratic Front to power, a Deccan Chronicle-C Fore survey has found.
Bad facilities anger young brigade
The Deccan Chronicle C-fore election survey reveals that the young voters of the state are really angry at the pathetic infrastructure of Kerala.