Sulking Jaffer Sharief arrives in Delhi; to meet Sonia

Senior Congress leader C K JafferSharief, who has resigned from the party, arrived here on Saturday for a meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi but remained non-committal on the future course of action.
Sharief, a six time MP who was humbled in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, said he could not predict the outcome of […]

3 got off Samjhauta: State police

Some startling facts have surfaced during the investigations of the Samjhauta Express blasts of February 18. Gujarat police claims to have information of three suspects alighting from the ill-fated train after an argument with the RPF jawan. Two alighted near Deewana from the running train, while one got off at the Old Delhi station itself […]

iT policy fails to take off - Youth migrate to oth ...

The information technology policy of the Meghalaya government has failed to cash in on the iT boom. The policy exists only on paper.
Youth from the state who speak fluent English, ideally suitable for business process outsourcing (BPO) and call centre jobs, are forced to migrate to Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon for employment opportunities […]

Delhi HC rejects plea on Nishabd

The Delhi High Court today rejected the plea to stay the release of Ram Gopal Varma’s film “Nishabd”, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
While dismissing a petition filed by Kanungo Media Private Limited, the producer of Bengali film “Nishabd”, Justice A.K. Sikri said “You have approached court very late, just 10 days before the release of the […]

Spotted: Goody gets noble in Delhi

Jade Goody, the British reality show contestant who had made headlines for racially abusing Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, is in Delhi not for ‘publicity stunt’ but to play Good Samaritan.
Goody, who is in india on what she describes as a private visit, profusely apologised over the racism row on the sets of Celebrity Big Brother […]

Delhi Government move draws doctors’ ire

in a move that has drawn severe criticism from physicians, the Delhi Government has asked its doctors working on deputation with the Central Government to now select the service they want to remain with.
in an announcement affecting over 1,500 doctors in Delhi, the State Health and Family Welfare Department said: “All members of the […]

Navjot Singh Sidhu wins Amritsar by-election

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu yesterday won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat by-election, defeating his Congress rival Surinder Singla by over 77,600 votes.
The official announcement of the crucial parliamentary seat result was withheld as two electronic voting machines had malfunctioned. The final result, after counting of votes from the two machines, would be made available later. […]