Top officials in Maoist-hit districts of Bihar have been asked to be cautious while touring rural area in the wake of the dramatic abduction of a district collector in Orissa. “The government had made it clear to the officials to take their security seriously,” an official in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s office said Saturday. The officials, particularly district magistrates and divisional commissioners, have been told to visit rural areas with enough security personnel in view of the Malkangiri kidnapping See the rest here: Bihar officials in Maoist areas... Read More

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Supreme Court Friday asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry’s investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan possessed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The rest is here: Apex court seeks status report on K.G.... Read More

Arjun Munda won the Kharsawa by poll in Jharkhand by over 17,000 votes Thursday, clearing the way for him to continue as chief minister. He defeated Krishna Gagarai of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P). Munda secured 71,701 votes while rival Gagarai got 44,335 votes. See the rest here: Munda wins Jharkhand... Read More

In the backdrop of the S-band spectrum controversy, India’s Space Commission Saturday began a meeting here and is expected to discuss restructuring of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its commercial arm Antrix. The meeting is attended by V. Go here to see the original: Space commission meet... Read More

The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday cleared the way for holding three-tier panchayat polls in the state after a gap of nine years. They are likely to be held from March, sources in the cabinet said. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting here chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who later relayed the news through micro-blogging site Twitter Read more here: Kashmir to hold three-tier panchayat polls:... Read More

The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making excuses to get an adjournment on a petition by Surendra Koli, sentenced to death in the Nithari serial killing case of 2006. An apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra chided the investigating agency when it sought six weeks’ adjournment on the grounds that it needed time to translate the case papers. See the original post: Nithari case: Supreme Court pulls up... Read More

Three people were killed and one suffered serious injuries when a major fire broke out Wednesday morning in the basement of Bombay House, the headquarters of the Tata Group, an official said. According to chief fire officer U.K. More here: Fire in Tata headquarters in Mumbai, three... Read More

Four members of a family were killed and three critically injured when the car they were travelling in ploughed into a stationary truck here Saturday, police said. The accident took place in Shikohabad town when their Bolero car rammed into the truck, killing four men on the spot. See the rest here: Four of family killed in Uttar Pradesh... Read More

More than 10 activists of the Shiv Sena were detained Tuesday for pelting stones on buses and stopping trains to enforce a shutdown in this Maharashtra town, police said. The shutdown was called to protest the removal of a statue of Dadoji Konddev, Shivaji’s teacher Read this article: Shiv Sena activists detained in... Read More