The lone eyewitness to the shocking murder wherein Haryana’s former transport minister and a chief parliamentary secretary are suspects, was found dead in Karnal city on Wednesday.

Insurgent violence showed no sign of letting up in Chhattisgarh with the Maoists killing two villagers, attacking a search party, injuring two CRPF jawans, shooting at a local CPI leader and looting houses in several villages in the Bastar region on Wednesday.

In the wake of the Indian Navy drawing heavy criticism from six Indians aboard freed Egyptian merchant vessel MV Suez and their family members in India for not escorting the vessel to safety after its release by pirates Monday,

The race for the home secretary’s post is on, with home minister P. Chidambaram holding meetings with at least two contenders for the post which is expected to fall vacant on June 30. Though speculation is rife that present incumbent home secretary G.K. Pillai may get an extension of his term for two months, Mr Chidambaram has

Four days after veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead in broad daylight, the police on Wednesday picked up two persons in connection with the case. But no arrests were made till the time of going to press.

The Supreme Court in a latest judgment on the evidentiary value of “extra-judicial” confession in criminal cases has held that the admission of the guilt by an accused to any private person cannot be accepted as a sound evidence to convict him unless such a confession stood the real judicial test laid down in the Evidence Act.

The government could even cancel the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries’ biggest gas find in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin’s D6 block if the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India nails the company in its final report for furnishing fake bills or using fraudulent means to inflate expenditure, according to petroleum ministry sources.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant any concession to self-styled godman Chandraswami, who once wielded a lot of clout in the corridors of powers, on the payment of `9 crores fine imposed on him by the Enforcement Directorate for violation of foreign exchange laws. A vacation bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar directed him to deposit the first instalment of `25 lakhs within a week.

The Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRI), of which Mr Mohan Dharia is chairman, has said in a note to the government that “the time has come for the political wing of society to state categorically and unambiguously that they are answerable to the people through Parliament and state legislatures”. Else, the day may not be far when

Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia on Wednesday met CBI director A.P. Singh and complained him about a lawyer who has allegedly attempted to threaten her.