LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's additional director general of police (law and order) Arun Kumar went on leave on Wednesday, giving rise to speculation that he was "upset" about political interference in administrative functioning. Although Kumar is expected to rejoin by Sunday, his going on leave just a day after it was revealed that he has sought Central deputation gave the Opposition enough reason to assail the SP government for "politicizing" the bureaucracy and police.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's additional director general of police (law and order) Arun Kumar went on leave on Wednesday, giving rise to speculation that he was "upset" about political interference in administrative functioning. Although Kumar is expected to rejoin by Sunday, his going on leave just a day after it was revealed that he has sought Central deputation gave the Opposition enough reason to assail the SP government for "politicizing" the bureaucracy and police.
NEW DELHI: Amid mounting pressure to project Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial face, Congress on Monday reiterated that the top post was not important for the Nehru-Gandhi scion, hinting that the party is not in a hurry to declare its PM candidate.
NEW DELHI: Amid mounting pressure to project Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial face, Congress on Monday reiterated that the top post was not important for the Nehru-Gandhi scion, hinting that the party is not in a hurry to declare its PM candidate.
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has released a final update on the number of people who went missing from Rudrapryag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts in the aftermath of the mid-June flashfloods and landslides. On Monday chief secretary Subhash Kumar gave a figure of 4,120 missing people on the basis of FIRs lodged at various police stations in the state's 13 districts and at the Dehradun-based Uttarakhand Missing Persons Cell.
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has released a final update on the number of people who went missing from Rudrapryag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts in the aftermath of the mid-June flashfloods and landslides. On Monday chief secretary Subhash Kumar gave a figure of 4,120 missing people on the basis of FIRs lodged at various police stations in the state's 13 districts and at the Dehradun-based Uttarakhand Missing Persons Cell.
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday came face to face with the communal divide in western Uttar Pradesh, and also saw their visit to the riot-hit areas itself becoming a point of discord.
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday came face to face with the communal divide in western Uttar Pradesh, and also saw their visit to the riot-hit areas itself becoming a point of discord.
LONDON: The exodus from Bangladeshis into India has for the first time been termed by the United Nations as "the single largest bilateral stock of international migrants" in the eastern hemisphere and also in the developing world.
LONDON: The exodus from Bangladeshis into India has for the first time been termed by the United Nations as "the single largest bilateral stock of international migrants" in the eastern hemisphere and also in the developing world.
NEW DELHI: The UPA government is mulling an ordinance to undo the Supreme Court judgment striking down Section 8(4) of the Representation of People Act that has paved the way for immediate disqualification of an MP, MLA or MLC on being convicted for an offence leading to a sentence of two years or more in jail.
NEW DELHI: The UPA government is mulling an ordinance to undo the Supreme Court judgment striking down Section 8(4) of the Representation of People Act that has paved the way for immediate disqualification of an MP, MLA or MLC on being convicted for an offence leading to a sentence of two years or more in jail.
SALUMBER (Udaipur): A day after BJP leader Narendra Modi accused the Congress of writing the "A-B-C-D" of corruption, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said his party would not want to say anything "bad" in response. He said like a saint, the party would not accept the opposition's anger borne out of frustration.
SALUMBER (Udaipur): A day after BJP leader Narendra Modi accused the Congress of writing the "A-B-C-D" of corruption, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said his party would not want to say anything "bad" in response. He said like a saint, the party would not accept the opposition's anger borne out of frustration.
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's plea to extend his bail for another six weeks on health grounds boomeranged as the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked him whether the same reasons would stop him from accepting top posts if his party came back to power.
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's plea to extend his bail for another six weeks on health grounds boomeranged as the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked him whether the same reasons would stop him from accepting top posts if his party came back to power.
NEW DELHI: With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi back in the Capital after a medical check-up abroad, the party leadership is expected to soon take a call on the fate of Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna.
NEW DELHI: With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi back in the Capital after a medical check-up abroad, the party leadership is expected to soon take a call on the fate of Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna.
