The CBI probe into the Bhanwari Devi case has revealed that the conspiracy to kidnap and eliminate the 36-year-old folk singer was hatched on August 8 in Jodhpur. Meanwhile, a key witness in the case, Indira Bishnoi, reportedly went missing on Saturday.

The former military secretary, Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash (Retd), has been awarded the punishment of “dismissal from service” — leading to the loss of pension and rank — by an Army court martial as part of the disciplinary action

Refusing to react to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre has put on hold its decision on FDI in retail, the BJP and the Left said it would better if the government comes out with a formal announcement in this regard.

Days after her release on bail in the 2G spectrum scam case, Rajya Sabha MP and DMK chief Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi is all set to be rewarded with a plum position within the party hierarchy. An announcement to that effect is to be made shortly by party supremo M. Karunanidhi.

An intense game of not-so-musical chairs is currently being played within the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, causing a dark shadow on the upcoming Assembly elections.

The CBI on Friday arrested former water resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna in connection with its probe related to the abduction and suspected murder of Jodhpur’s auxiliary nurse-cum-folk singer Bhanwari Devi, 36.

The intelligence bureau of the Union home ministry has recommended replacement of the Kerala police with Central security cover for the Mullaiperiyar dam, a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. As early as 2006, the home ministry, in a preliminary report, had suggested that the dam be

Kerala advocate-general K.T. Dandapani told the high court on Friday that there was no correlation between the storage level and the safety of Muyllaperiyar dam, knocking the bottom out of Kerala’s argument that higher storage imperiled the safety of the 116-year-old reservoir.

On a day when Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention on the Mullaperiyar dam imbroglio, the AIADMK MPs too met Dr Singh and alleged that Kerala was resorting to create a fear psychosis in the minds of the public through the media over the

Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy meets state MPs protesting over Mullaperiyar dam issue at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday. — Pritam Bandyopadhyay