Doyen of Indian media, K M Mathew passes away (August 1, 2010 11:13 AM) 
K M Mathew, Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama daily and doyen of Indian media industry, passed away at his residence in Kottayam on Sunday morning, family sources said.

India digs under top of the world to match China (July 31, 2010 11:38 PM) 
The name of this white-knuckle pass, one of the highest in the world, means “pile of corpses” in the Tibetan language. Every year a few dozen people die trying to cross these spiky Himalayan peaks.

Filing of tax return deadline extended till August 4 (July 31, 2010 10:55 PM) 
The Income Tax Department on Saturday extended the last date of filing income tax returns to August 4 due to inclement weather and some technical snags. The last date for filing income tax returns was to expire today.

Congress wants CWG irregularities probed (July 31, 2010 8:42 PM) 
With controversies dogging Commonwealth Games, a "worried" Congress today said any irregularity should be probed into and the organisers as well as others involved should ensure that the country's prestige does not suffer.

Prajapati case: Supplementary chargesheet names Vanzara (July 31, 2010 8:21 PM) 
IPS officers D G Vanzara and Dinesh M N were today charged with criminal conspiracy, murder, destruction of evidence and forgery in the death of Tulsi Prajapati, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

CPM has formed suicide squad to eliminate me: Mamata (August 1, 2010 8:54 AM) 
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has alleged that unable to fight her politically, the CPM has hatched a conspiracy to eliminate her and discussed forming a suicide squad for that.

'Rs 10 crore paid to ministers, cops to kill Sohrabuddin' (July 31, 2010 7:59 PM) 
Azam Khan, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin encounter probe has told NDTV that politicians, including a Rajasthan BJP leader, were paid 10 crore rupees by the marble mafia to get Sohrabuddin killed.

J&K: Another ceasefire violation at LoC (July 31, 2010 6:14 PM) 
Violating the ceasefire once again, Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) on a forward Indian post in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. There was no casualty or injury, defence sources said.

Kalmadi denies corruption charges, takes on Indian High Commission in London (August 1, 2010 8:57 AM) 
Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has dragged the Indian High Commission in London into the Commonwealth Games corruption controversy by saying a verbal agreement involving payments of two lakh pounds to AM Films, a little known company in London, was decided after the High commission recommended the firm.

Corruption scandal hits 2010 Games, organisers deny charges (July 31, 2010 5:06 PM) 
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said the Commonwealth Games were very much on track and that there was no need to panic. “The work is going on and I will take care of it as Chief Minister. There is no need to panic. I believe these will be the best ever Games. The way we are going, we will be able to save money rather than overspend,” she said.

US, India sign nuclear reprocessing pact (July 31, 2010 3:21 PM) 
The United States and India signed an agreement on Friday enabling the Asian power to reprocess American nuclear material, a key requirement under their landmark atomic energy pact. So far, Washington has reprocessing deals only with European Union members and Japan. The arrangement with India reflects Barack Obama's “strong commitment to building successfully on the landmark US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and is a prerequisite for US nuclear fuel suppliers to conduct business with India,” a statement from the State Department said.

Narendra Modi slams the CBI, again! (July 31, 2010 1:57 PM) 
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has continued with his offensive against the CBI. A day after he lashed out the central investigating agency for being biased, Modi attacked the CBI again for ‘targeting’ the courts, judges and people of Gujarat.

Gujarat CID hands over Prajapati's case papers to CBI (July 31, 2010 8:38 PM) 
In the Sohrabuddin case, Gujarat CID has handed over Prajapati's case papers to the CBI. Prajapati was a key witness in Sohrabuddin encounter case. He was killed immediately after Sohrabuddin's encounter.

Fresh violence in Kashmir, 6 dead in 24 hrs (July 31, 2010 10:40 PM) 
There are fresh protests in Kashmir after yesterday's violence. One person has been killed in firing during clashes at Naidkhai area of Bandipore. The Superintendent of Police of the area is also injured in the stone pelting.

Adivasi boys to train with Bayern Munich (July 31, 2010 10:47 AM) 
The World Cup in South Africa seemed to have taken football popularity to another level back in India. Sanjeev and Nishant are amongst the six adivasi boys from Siliguri district of West Bengal selected to go and spend some time with the football club Bayern Munich in Germany.

Jaipur royals fight it out in public (July 31, 2010 9:13 AM) 
At a prayer meeting held to commemorate the first death anniversary of Jaipur's Rajmata Gayatri Devi, the battle lines in the Jaipur royal property dispute were clearly evident.

BJP MLA caught taking bribe on camera (July 31, 2010 9:14 AM) 
In a major embarrassment for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, Ramesh Khateek, the BJP MLA from the state's Shivpuri district has been allegedly caught on tape accepting a bribe of ten thousand rupees to help a businessman from Indore open an engineering college in his constituency.

Scarlett case: Mother appears in court (July 31, 2010 9:10 AM) 
Almost three years after the murder of her daughter Scarlett Keeling in Goa, Fiona Mckeown appeared before a Goa court on Friday, to give her version of the events.

Saharanpur Suicide case: Police order probe (July 31, 2010 9:11 AM) 
On one hand, when the country is talking about the Right to Education Act as a mean to transform the lives of millions of people, the shocking Saharanpur suicide case has thrown out many challenging questions.

Monsoon to be better, deficient in northeast (July 31, 2010 1:05 AM) 
Monsoon rains across the country are expected to be better than earlier forecast for the remaining season but the eastern regions could see deficient falls. "Quantitatively, rainfall for the country as a whole during the period August to September is likely to be 107 per cent of long period average (LPA)," Ajit Tyagi, Director General India Meteorological Department told reporters in New Delhi.

Police file chargesheet in Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case (July 30, 2010 10:37 PM) 
The Gujarat police moved to file the chargesheet in the killing of Tulsiram Prajapati in a staged shootout in the court Friday even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the interim report of its probe into the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh before the Supreme Court.

Who is DG Vanzara? (July 30, 2010 10:06 PM) 
Known to be close to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Vanzara’s career graph only went up in the early 2000s. The 1987 batch IPS officer was famous as an encounter specialist from his days as the head of Crime Branch and few would have thought that the “encounter” of a small-time Madhya Pradesh criminal would be not only his downfall, but that of men more powerful than him.

Who is Geeta Johri? (July 30, 2010 10:19 PM) 
Geetha Johri, of the 1982 batch, was Gujarat’s first woman IPS officer. Belonging to the Gujarat cadre, she began her career in Ahmedabad in 1982. She was then posted to Gandhinagar and Vadodara. She was also the principal of police training school at Vadodara.

No need to panic: Sheila Dikshit on Delhi Games (July 31, 2010 12:04 AM) 
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said the Commonwealth Games were very much on track and that there was no need to panic. “The work is going on and I will take care of it as Chief Minister. There is no need to panic. I believe these will be the best ever Games. The way we are going, we will be able to save money rather than overspend,” she said.

Jolt to Lalu, RJD loses its national party status (July 31, 2010 9:45 AM) 
Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission, a decision that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar. Five other parties also lost their recognition as a State party.

Major irregularities in 2010 Games projects: CVC Report (July 30, 2010 7:23 PM) 
A Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report has put 16 Commonwealth Games projects, including for stadia upgradation and road widening, under the scanner for irregularities amounting to more than Rs.2,500 crore.

Obama to visit India, address joint session of Parliament (July 30, 2010 7:13 PM) 
US President Barack Obama, who will undertake his first state visit to India in November, is expected to address a joint session of Parliament, an honour that his predecessor George W Bush could not have.

TRS sweeps Telangana polls (July 30, 2010 8:53 PM) 
Riding on the Telangana sentiment, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) swept the assembly by-elections in the Andhra Pradesh region, winning six seats and was leading in six other constituencies on Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained one seat with its candidate Lakshminarayana defeating state Congress chief D Srinivas in Nizamabad Urban segment.

It's official: Justice Dinakaran transferred to Sikkim (July 30, 2010 7:15 PM) 
The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, PD Dinakaran, is being transferred to the Sikkim High Court. Dinakaran faces impeachment proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for alleged corruption. President Pratibha Patil has reportedly signed the transfer order.

Narendra Modi: Who's afraid of the CBI? (July 30, 2010 8:45 PM) 
For the second time in twelve hours, Narendra Modi has publicly slammed the CBI case against his close aide, Amit Shah, as a political attempt to undermine his government. In Bhavnagar today , the Gujarat Chief Minister declared, “ Give up trying to frighten Narendra Modi. He has not been – and will not be -intimidated.”