New Delhi: A switch believed to have been used to trigger the briefcase bomb blast outside Delhi High Court was found and two more men are detained in Jammu and Kashmir but a breakthrough in the probe still eluded investigators three days after the terror attack.
New Delhi: With some parties and states voicing concern over the proposed Communal Violence Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks to assure them by saying the Centre had no intention to tamper with federal structure of the country which has worked well.
Hyderabad: Ayazuddin, the youngest son of Moradabad MP and former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, is seriously injured while his cousin died after the bike they were travelling skidded off the road on city outskirts.
Dehradun: Former army general Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri takes over as new Uttarakhand Chief Minister, vowing to fight corruption as BJP handed him the reins of power barely six months ahead of assembly polls in an apparent bid to salvage its sagging image.
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi gets a major relief when the Supreme Court declines to pass any order on his alleged inaction to contain riots in 2002 and leaves it to the trial court to decide the course of action against him on the basis of the SIT report.
New Delhi: BJP MP Ram Jethmalani creates flutters in a local court here when he claims that the money produced in the Lok Sabha during the cash-for-vote scam was "likely to be from the BJP".
Chennai: At least seven persons are killed and 85 others injured when a passenger train from Chennai rams into a stationary train near Arakkonam, derailing five coaches, about 75 km from here, in the third major rail accident in two months.
New Delhi: Admitting "trust deficit" in Naxal-affected areas, government says the hearts of people living in such regions needed to be won, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasising the need for "zero tolerance" for corruption in schemes in such places.
Jammu: Two youths are arrested in Kishtwar town and booked for criminal conspiracy among other charges for their alleged role in sending the terror mail from Jammu and Kashmir claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast.
New Delhi: The government announces a series of measures to expedite corruption cases against public servants includes setting up of 71 fast-track special CBI courts, fixing a limit of three months to grant sanction for prosecution and strengthening the vigilance administration.
Guwahati: After the three killers of Rajiv Gandhi, another death row convict Mahendra Nath Das gets some reprieve when Gauhati High Court stays his execution till November one on his plea similar to that made by them.
New Delhi: Rendered out of action for over a month by her illness, Congress President Sonia Gandhi makes her first public appearance before a group of top party leaders bringing cheer to them and to the rank and file.
New Delhi: Government oil companies hike petrol price by Rs 3.14-3.32 per litre after decline in rupee's exchange value increased the cost of buying crude oil and widened losses from fuel sales.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issues notices to the Centre and others on a plea for transfer out of Madras High Court the petition by three condemned prisoners against their death sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
New Delhi: UPA's major constituents— Trinamool Congress and DMK— forces the government to hold back any moves to cut back on supply of subsidised LPG even as they joined opposition parties in criticising the hike in petrol price and demanded its roll back.
New Delhi: Warning that terror camps across the border are being reactivated, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says there are attempts to induct fresh batches of militants into the country and marked out the prevailing security environment as 'uncertain'.