In the backdrop of increasing financial scams in the country, the Supreme Court has in an important verdict ruled that a person cannot claim immunity from prosecution in such cases merely on returning the swindled money as the law of the land does not “exonerate” a person from criminal liability once a prima facie case is made out against him.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, is now preparing to question MP Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi and four others, in connection with alleged transfer of `200 crores to Chennai-based Kalaignar TV by a company linked telecom promoter Shahid Balwa on May 12. The ED is also

Say this for the ministry of culture under the Congress-led UPA rule: it has summoned the extraordinary capacity to work on a process the Vajpayee-led NDA government could not contemplate in view of the political sensitivity of the enterprise — the calculated crippling of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), a world-famous institution of scholarship established to commemorate the modernist vision of India’s first Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the institution of an annual international award to mark the sesquicentennial celebrations of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

Every single person who casts his or her vote during the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula Assembly bypolls on Sunday will be fingerprinted and for the first time in the country, the entire poll process will be webcast on the Internet. The bypolls, the most exciting ever in the state’s history, will also see unprecedented security

On May 13, when UP chief minister Mayawati completes four years in office — her longest-ever tenure in the post — she will announce projects worth over `1,000 crores for various sections of people in the state.

The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party is seriously mulling the idea of not contesting the local bodies which will now be held on party symbols.
The Allahabad high court, on Thursday, had struck down the Mayawati’s government’s controversial decision to hold partyless civic polls.

Kanimozhi was "definitely close" to former communications minister A. Raja, the CBI on Saturday told the special court which reserved for a week its decision on the bail plea of the DMK MP, named a co-conspirator in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

Continuing its tough stance against illegal mining in Karnataka the Supreme Court on Friday ordered fresh demarcation of ninety-nine mining leases and suspended the operation by one company after finding that more than 1,081 hectares of precious forests had been eaten up by them over the years.

She may be the toast of Bollywood for her peaches and cream complexion, but Zarine Khan believes in keeping it simple. When quizzed about just what she does to ensure her dewy fresh look, the actress says nothing beats going au natural.