CBI searches premises of LS Speaker’s secretary
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The CBI on Friday searched the premises of Lok Sabha Speaker’s secretary, A P Pathak, in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case. The disproportionate assets case…
PM asks CMs to check declining sex ratio
AMN NEW DELHI: Concerned over alarming decline in sex in different states, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked Chief Ministers to act swiftly and in a concerted…
Cash for vote: SC asks Police to trace money
TIA Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI: The apex court on Friday directed the Delhi Police to trace the source of money used to allegedly bribe some parliamentarians ahead of a confidence vote…
2G: Ambit of scam probe expands to NDA regime
TIA CorrespondentNEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI) is expected to question senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh for their role in the 2 G spectrum allotment made during the…
Govt mulls to amend AFSPA
TIA Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI:The Centre is trying to build a consensus to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives the armed forces legal immunity for their…
UK to India: Shift from coal to gas to achieve low carbon growth
ASHOK B SHARMANew Delhi: Britain’s Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord David Howell, Wednesday emphasized the need for moving away from coal to natural gas to achieve…
India gears up to meet threat of Bird Flu
ASHOK B SHARMA / TIANEW DELHI: In response to the recent alert by UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO about a new and deadly mutant strain of avian influenza, popularly…
Justice Soumitra Sen resigns
KOLKATA: Justice Soumitra Sen has resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Justice Sen has sent his resignation letter to President Pratibha Patil and the Lok Sabha Speaker,…
ADB extends $500 million to improve rail services
TIA correspondentNEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to extend loans of up to $500 million to help improve rail services in India, particularly along some of its…
Anna discharged from hospital
GURGAON: (AMN) Civil Society Activist Anna Hazare has been discharged from a private hospital her on Wednesday evening.