The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its inability to restrain the media from reporting the inquiry proceedings of the impeachment probe committee against Sikkim high court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, whose counsel made a plea for in-camera hearing by the probe panel.

The GJM has extended its support to the Trinamul Congress-led government in the state. Even the GJM has offered to sit on the treasury benches to show solidarity to the government. GJM president Bimal Gurung will meet

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has rejected the mercy petition of Sikh militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar clearing all legal hurdles for his execution even as several high profile death row convicts, including Parliament

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee failed to make the Tata Motors’ agreement with the state government over Singur project public on Thursday due to legal complications. On Wednesday, the chief minister had announced that the entire agreement on the Nano project (now abandoned) at Singur would be shared with the

Charred houses and the mangled remains of the nine seats of the ill-fated Swiss- made Pilatus chartered air-ambulance aircraft could be seen at the accident site at Parvartiya Colony in Faridabad on Thursday.

The main Opposition BJP is of the view that if the proposed Communal Violence Bill 2011, is enacted, it will not only “intrude into the domain of the state,” it will also “damage a federal polity” and create an imbalance in the inter-community relationship of the country. Criticising the draft bill, the party alleged the legislation is “bound to be

A day after UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) finalised its recommendations to the Centre, the government on Thursday repeated its commitment to bring in the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill

BJP leader L.K. Advani on Thursday said the attack on a naval base in Karachi has raised questions over the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear assets. Mr Advani had asked the government to take note of the seriousness of the situation.
“The situation is really serious. It does not only concern Pakistan. It is a matter of concern for India as well as

British scientists have confirmed that electrons, subatomic particles that carry a negative electric charge, are almost a perfect sphere in shape.

Home minister P. Chidambaram and US secretary of homeland security Janet Napolitano will jointly launch the US-India homeland security dialogue here on Friday.