Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday appealed to people in Kashmir not to indulge in rock-throwing or acts of arson asserting, “It harms our otherwise just cause.”

With social networking websites making inroads into our lives like never before, many of us are hating the invasion of privacy they bring with them.

In a significant development which may cause embarrassment to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and his allies from the Congress party, a delegation of about fifty state Congress leaders and activists have met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and some other senior ministers and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to demand dismissal of the Omar Abdullah government and imposition of Governor’s rule “to save the state from further ruin.”

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called on state governments to take coordinated action with the Centre to control rising prices, saying it was a joint responsibility of the nation’s political leadership.

The DGCA may soon levy restrictions on the passenger load carried in certain types of aircraft landing at some of the 11 critical airports in the country in case corrective measures recommended by the DGCA are not carried out either by the airport operators or concerned state governments.

Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the CWG organising committee, has not been seen in Parliament after corruption allegations over the Games started escalating.

An attempt by the Ghaziabad district judge to “interfere” in the trial proceedings in a special CBI court under his jurisdiction in the infamous provident fund scam against six former judges, including the three who had retired from Allahabad high court, has landed him in soup with the Supreme Court issuing notice to him asking to explain the reasons.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday issued an alert notice at all domestic airports against construction giant Hiranandani Group, which is headed by brother duo Niranjan Hiranandani and his brother Surendra Hiranandani. CBI officers said that they have asked the immigration officials to be alert, as they suspect the duo

A joint team of the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly detained Ramchandra Kalsangra, prime suspect in the Malegaon (2006), Ajmer (2007) and Mecca Masjid (2007) blasts, in Indore.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2009 empowering a workman to approach labour court after 45 days of his dismissal without a reference from appropriate government. In the original Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, the workman had to wait for three months after his dismissal