IAF goofs, reveals Army border sites in tender
The Indian Air Force has revealed allegedly sensitive information in a tender document posted on its website, giving the exact coordinates (latitude and longitude) of a number of Army helipads in the vital northern and eastern sectors bordering Pakistan and China.
‘UNSC must expand in tune with realities’
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said the UNSC must be expanded by increasing its permanent and non-permanent membership in tune with the contemporary realities. Ms Kumar, who is currently leading an Indian
Cong identifies problem areas
The Congress has identified about a dozen districts in Maharashtra where its base is rapidly eroding for the past few years. They include Thane, Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Satara, Buldhana, Akola, Aurangabad and Ahmednagar.
BSY is shifted back to prison
Stung by criticism of his bizarre “escape to hospital” drama on Tuesday, former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday did a 180-degree turn and had himself discharged from Victoria Hospital and taken to the central prison at
SC rejects Jaya plea to defer appearance
After extracting clear assurance from Karnataka chief secretary and DGP on providing adequate security to Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa for her visit to Bengaluru on Thursday for court hearing and record her final statement in
Chouhan faces case by Congman over mining
Madhya Pradesh Congress unit media chief Manak Agrawal on Wednesday filed a criminal case in the court of the first class judicial magistrate here targeting state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with three state ministers, few senior officers and others, accusing them of involvement in illegal mining to the tune of over `1,000 crores in Sehora tehsil of Jabalpur district.
Pass telangana bill this session: lk
Former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday said BJP would back a Telangana bill if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi decide to form the new state in the coming Winter Session of Parliament.
BJP in damage control mode
Downplaying the bitterness created in the party by senior leader L.K. Advani’s remarks over former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s arrest, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday sought to give credit to itself for maintaining “zero tolerance” against corruption. The party patted itself on the
Graft corroding nation like cancer: Court
A DDA engineer was sent to jail for five years by a city court for taking `15,000 bribe for desealing a businessman’s premises, observing that corruption by public servants has become a gigantic problem which is corroding the country like cancer.
Youth told to serve at Jama Masjid
A city court has waived the 10-day jail term of a youth convicted for drunken driving and directed him to do social and religious service at the Jama Masjid in the Walled City here.