Kanimozhi gets a rousing reception
Led by party president M. Karunanidhi, DMK cadres on Saturday gave a rousing reception to party MP Kanimozhi, who returned from Delhi after getting bail in the 2G spectrum case. Mr Karunanidhi waited for over half-an-hour at the airport to receive his daughter, who told reporters she was happy to be back home and was confident of proving her innocence in the spectrum trial.
More passes than seats, say some dalai followers
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.
Man held for posing as lawyer to dupe litigants
The Delhi police has arrested a man for allegedly duping people by posing as a lawyer in the Saket Court complex in south Delhi.
Sheila hurt by media criticism before games
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit is still “hurt” by the media criticism in the run up to the Commonwealth Games last year and said those who made the event a success must be given due credit. Addressing a private summit here, Ms Dikshit
4 killed in W. Delhi house collapse
At least four people were killed and several feared trapped when a four-storied building collapsed at Uttam Nagar in west Delhi on Saturday.
Kani’s bail has Maran worried
The Maran brothers who were at loggerheads with the DMK’s first family for a brief while before being accepted into the fold have all the reasons to be worried now that Kanimozhi is out on bail in the 2-G scam case. Having contributed to the DMK’s defeat in the last Assembly polls in the state by highlighting the 2-G
‘Plot hatched in Jodhpur’
The CBI probe into the Bhanwari Devi case has revealed that the conspiracy to kidnap and eliminate the 36-year-old folk singer was hatched on August 8 in Jodhpur. Meanwhile, a key witness in the case, Indira Bishnoi, reportedly went missing on Saturday.
Court martial ‘dismisses’ Lt. Gen. with loss of rank
The former military secretary, Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash (Retd), has been awarded the punishment of “dismissal from service” — leading to the loss of pension and rank — by an Army court martial as part of the disciplinary action
BJP: CM can’t speak for Centre
Refusing to react to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre has put on hold its decision on FDI in retail, the BJP and the Left said it would better if the government comes out with a formal announcement in this regard.
Govt to talk to allies before final FDI call
The Centre has decided to take a final call on FDI in retail after talking to its allies. Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday spoke to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also the Trinamul Congress