Skirting the issue of ownership of a Dwarka flat during the initial days of his cross-examination, star prosecution witness in the 2G scam Aseervatham Achary on Wednesday told a Delhi court that the h

Whenever former telecom minister and 2G scam accused A. Raja of DMK went to the residence of MP and co-accused Kanimozhi, he ordered “not to be disturbed”, star prosecution witness A. Achary told a De

Star prosecution witness in the 2G scam Aseervatham Achary on Monday told a Delhi court that when former communications minister A.

Jailed former communications minister A. Raja on Monday accused key prosecution witness Asservatham Achary of being “tutored” and claimed that he had been the CBI’s source since 2009, an allegation denied by the investigating agency.

A day after a key prosecution witness in the 2G scam case, Aseervatham Achary, had claimed inside the courtroom that there was a threat to his life, Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini on Friday said that had the fear been expressed earlier, many of the accused would not have been granted bail. Former telecom minister A. Raja, through his counsel, however contended in court that Mr Achary was a “false witness” and said that it was a “conspiracy” between the CBI and the witness. Mr Achary denied the allegations against him.

The “star” prosecution witness in the high-profile 2G scam case on Thursday claimed that a person present in the court had threatened to kill him and his family.
Minutes after Asservartham Achary, ex-aide of former communications minister A. Raja, said that the person had just left the court of special CBI judge O.P. Saini, police personnel in the courtroom caught hold of Jai Prakash, a peon with Reliance Power in Noida. Prakash was then produced before the court and later let off.

Threat of a deadly disaster looms large over the city as about 996 highrises here do not conform to the fire safety norms, an increase of more than 35 per cent over the figure last year.

Standards of fire safety in city schools are putting lives of students, teachers and other employees at risk as around 43 per cent of the institutions here — 1,448 in number — do not conform to fire s

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was admitted to a private hospital following dehydration due to high fever and viral infection and her condition is “stable”. Ms Dikshit is likely to stay in hospital for the next three or four days.

Followers of the Dalai Lama, including many foreigners, protested the “mismanagement” by organisers of Penguin Annual Lecture by the Tibetan spiritual leader here, claiming that more passes were issued than the number of seats.