Jolted by the Karnataka high court verdict giving former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa a clean chit in the illegal mining scam, the BJP top brass has begun efforts to placate him but is in no mood to give in to the demand that he should be made chief minister as soon as possible.

A day after a young IPS officer was mowed down by a suspected member of the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer on Friday said the murder does not appear ‘pre-planned’ at this stag

THE JUDICIARY in India has been the guiding force behind a number of legislations that have helped in bettering the lives of women.

In Goa the overwhelming public sentiment on Tuesday was: “Don’t take our intelligence for granted.”
As news started coming of Congress heavyweights falling one by one by the wayside, the feeling on the streets of Panaji was one of profound relief and a sense of achievement at ending the rule of a party whose leaders had been accused of systematically plundering the state for personal financial gains.

It is almost certain that beleaguered former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa would skip campaigning in Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency ahead of the bypoll scheduled for March 18 despite claims by chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and state unit chief K.S. Eshwarappa that the leader would tour the constituency to drum up support for party candidate Sunil Kumar.

Army Chief General V.K. Singh on Monday rubbished reports about his involvement in illegal phone tapping in the capital. He also cleared the air regarding his stepping down from the post and said that he had already ordered for his retirement process to be initiated and congratulated his successor.

With three Rajya Sabha seats from Orissa going to fall vacant on April 3, the race for grabbing the hot seats has just begun.

Italian deputy foreign minister Steffan De Mistura, who came down to Kollam, cancelled the plan to visit the family of Jelestine who died in the firing of Italian Marines on February 15.

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The authorities are examining the possibility of destruction of crucial evidence on the Italian vessel Enrica Lexie by its captain Umberto Vitelli, and the emails sent out from the ship immediately after it was cornered by the Navy and the Coast Guard.