India
Nasheed: I left at gunpoint
The ousted President of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and
62% turnout in rain-hit UP, state’s highest ever
Despite incessant rains and inclement weather, Uttar Pradesh recorded 62-64 per cent polling in the first phase of the crucial Assembly elections on Wednesday, when votes were cast in 55 seats across
3 ‘porn’ mantris resign, barred from Assembly
The three Karnataka BJP ministers who outraged a nation and embarrassed their party and government after being caught watching porn on a cellphone in the Assembly on Tuesday resigned Wednesday after g
Modi gets HC rap for riots ‘inaction’
In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court censured it Wednesday for “inaction and negligence” in the 2002 post-Godhra riots, saying this resulted in an “anarchic” situati
Bahrain Telecom first to exit India
Bahrain Telecommun-ications (Batelco) has become the first international telecom firm to exit India, selling its 43 per cent stake in STel, whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court last week
1st of 800 Keralites in Saudi jails home soon
NRI businessman Siddeek Ahmed has kept his word: Kalacheri Mathew, a construction worker languishing in a Saudi Arabian jail for the last six months, will be free and return here on February 10.
Bsp now focuses on reserved seats
In a mid-election shift of strategy, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has now decided to concentrate on the 85 reserved seats, 28 of which have been newly created during the delimitation process.
DCP in soup for ‘punishing’ constable
The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notices to the commissioner of police and the senior IPS officer who had punished a police constable by ordering him to perform front-rolls at a court complex
Petitioner wants 2G case principle for food scam
As the Supreme Court is expected to take up the case of Uttar Pradesh’s food scam worth `35,000 crores during the tenure of the SP government headed by Mulayam Singh, the top court has been urged to a
BJP terms Karnataka row unfortunate
After three of its ministers in Karnataka submitted their resignations over porn clip controversy, an embarrassed BJP on Wednesday said it was an “unfortunate and indecent” incident.
