NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to reopen some of the irregular coal block allotment cases in which the agency had decided not to register FIRs after carrying out preliminary enquiries (PE).

NEW DELHI: An unclaimed bag was found outside the BJP headquarters on Ashoka Road here this morning, triggering panic in the area.

NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja on Tuesday denied allegations of favouring Unitech by advancing the cut-off date for accepting the applications made by Unitech for grant of 2G spectrum licences

LONDON: Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona MacKeowna has now appealed to Britain's foreign minister William Hague to ask the Indian government to speed up the rape and murder inquiry of her daughter which has been pending for over six years.

 PATNA: RJD chief and UPA-I railway minister Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said Sadananda Gowda's rail budget was "a gazette notification to privatize the Indian Railways".

NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja, facing trial in the 2G case, on Monday accepted having met former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia along with then Tata group chairman Ratan Tata at his residence in connection with work of Tata group, but categorically denied having any telephonic conversation with her. Raja also denied that DMK MP Kanimozhi's visits to him were in connection with the affairs of Kalaignar TV(KTV) and said that he is unable to recollect his meeting with Unitech's MD and Swan telecom promoters.

CHENNAI: M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala, close aide of chief minister Jayalalithaa, was arrested on Monday after he was picked up from Courtallam in Tirunelveli district following a complaint from martial arts expert and sculptor Shihah Husseini that he was threatened by him, police said.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of Lt Gen Ravi Dastane's petition challenging promotion of Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as commander of Eastern Command would not hinder Lt Gen Suhag from becoming the next Army chief.

NEW DELHI: The 40 crore people who benefit from the Ganga have to be made contributors in its rejuvenation and governance of the water body made transparent if the river is to be saved, activists said on the eve of a mega meeting called by the government on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon leave for Brazil for a meeting with BRIC leaders — his first major international engagement — with a bare minimum of media presence on board his special flight.