The inaugural Indian Grand Prix is a month away but virtual tours of the track have begun flooding the web. This after Codemasters, the official game sponsors of Formula One, launched their latest title – F1 2011 – on September 23. Although the game has only  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The CBI has told the Supreme Court that it plans to file a formal case soon against former minister Dayanidhi Maran for misusing his office when he was Telecom Minister. Mr Maran is being investigated for allegedly pressuring the former owner of Aircel to sell his company to an T Ananda Krishnan, an  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  “Thanks for giving us motor cycles. But our income is low. We need petrol allowance too,” was a plea a few physically-challenged people made to Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra on Wednesday. The appeal was made at a function to distribute motorised three-wheelers to 226 physically-challenged people organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Politician Amar Singh has been denied bail – he will not go back to Tihar Jail, however. A court in Delhi today said the Rajya Sabha MP should return to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital, where he spent a few days earlier this month. The court has said it’s upto doctors at AIIMs to decide  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The note against P Chidambaram, prepared by the Finance Ministry, is put to use every day by the Opposition to demand Mr Chidambaram be fired. Marked as “seen by” Pranab Mukherjee, the document maps some of the contours of the telecom scam that was executed in 2008, but has been delivering a glut  [ Read More ]

Srinagar:  It was a noisy morning for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. It was scheduled to debate and vote today on a controversial resolution that demands clemency for Afzal Guru, who has been awarded the death sentence for his role in the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, but the vote had to be  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who cut a cake to celebrate his 79th birthday mid-air, landed in New Delhi this evening, bang in the middle of a political war-zone. There is the reported war between two of his senior-most ministers over the controversial Finance Ministry note on 2G; and there is the war that  [ Read More ]

Mumbai:  Gangster Abu Salem, currently in a jail in Delhi, may have to be sent back to Portugal. He has won a court case in Portugal against India asking that his extradition be cancelled. Salem had alleged that he was tortured while in custody. The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has decided to challenge  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Sudheendra Kulkarni, former BJP advisor, has been arrested and sent to Tihar jail till October 1. Mr Kulkarni showed up in a Delhi court today morning to explain his role in what’s known as the cash-for-votes scam. He said he was ready to go to jail if that was a consequence of his  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The CBI today told the Supreme Court that there is no need to consider investigating P Chidambaram’s actions during the telecom scam. The investigating agency was referring to a note from the Finance Ministry that finds Mr Chidambaram did not act rigorously enough as Finance Minister in 2008 to ensure that valuable spectrum  [ Read More ]