The Supreme Court has rejected Swiss pharma giant Novartis' plea to patent its blood cancer drug, Glivec, in India, thereby paving way for continued production of generic version of the drug by Indian companies.
Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by PA Sangma against the election of Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India. In his petition, Sangma had alleged that Pranab Mukherjee held an office of profit at the time of filing his nomination. After Sangm...
Head constable Giriprasad Sarma, who created a hungama when he held a police officer hostage in Hyderabad, has been dismissed. Sarma then held a press conference where he alleged that his dismissal was to protect top officials of the Police Transport Organisat...
One shock after another shock. A day after the Enforcement Directorate ordered attachment of his properties worth Rs 51 crores, his bail petition was dismissed. What are the legal options open to him? His mother says it is a conspiracy by the TDP. Jagan Mohan ...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the bail petition filed by Jagan Mohan Reddy. The CBI's counsel Mohan Parasaran argued that since it was prominent political personalty who was an accused in the disproportionate assets case, there was fears of evidence being ta...
Seven-time Tour-de-France champion Lance Armstrong has been stripped of all his titles and banned from the sport for life. He has refused to fight allegations levelled against him by the US anti-doping agency. The cyclist has called USADA's move as an unconsti...
Seven-time Tour-de-France winner Lance Armstrong has refused to fight allegations levelled against him by the US anti-doping agency. The cyclist has called USADA's move as an unconstitutional witch-hunt against him. The legendary US cyclist still vehemently de...
On the backfoot after a very long time, the BJP has been left red-faced by the Supreme Court verdict on Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The BJP top brass have now come together for an emergency meeting, in a bid to restructure their strategy on the 2G spectrum...
Perturbed by the Supreme Court's verdict on his plea to name Chidambaram as co-accused in the 2G scam, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy announces that he will file a review petition in the court. Calling the judgement 'bad', Swamy reiterates that Chida...
The big respite given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram has boosted the confidence of the Congress party. This verdict has proven to be a complete loss of face for the BJP, which was gunning for P Chidambaram. The apex court has rejected petitioner Subramania...
At a time when it has when it is being cornered by the BJP-led opposition over the Coalgate scam, the Congress-led UPA is gifted a new lease of life. The Supreme Court gave a clean chit to Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case. The apex court dismissed...
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari calls for the BJP to revisit its stand on the Congress, while Kapil Sibal uses this opportunity to slam the opposition for relentlessly taking on the government's top officials. The Congress has found courage to stand their ...
The Supreme Court has let Finance Minister P Chidambaram off the hook, all but giving a clean chit in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Supreme Court has rejected Subramanian Swamy's plea of 'criminal conspiracy' against him. The Congress welcomes the decision,...
Huge relief for Finance Minister P Chidambaram as the plea of 'criminal conspiracy' levelled by Subramanian Swamy against him is dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Congress welcomes the decision, claiming that their stand to support Chidambaram has been vindi...
The winds have begun blowing in the favour of the Congress, as the allies of the Congress have come out strongly in favour of Chidambaram and the UPA. The Supreme Court's decision to grant the Finance Minister a clean chit has been widely accepted, leaving the...
The Congress has now upped the ante buoyed by the Supreme Court's decision to give Chidambaram a huge reprieve. The apex court decided that Finance Minister P Chidambaram cannot be made a co-accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, as there is no evidence t...
The Supreme Court has passed its verdict on the Finance Minister's alleged involvement in the 2G scam, and the final say is that P Chidambaram is faultless. The apex court's decision to quash Subramanian Swamy's petition of 'criminal conspiracy' has left the o...
The tables have turned on the opposition, as the Supreme Court gives a clean chit to Finance Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G allocation scam. The Opposition, which was earlier gunning for the Finance Minister's resignation, has now been stunne...
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram can finally breathe easy, as the Supreme Court has rejected Subramanian Swamy's plea of 'criminal conspiracy' against him. The Congress welcomes the decision, claiming that their stand to support Chidambaram has been vindicat...
Legendary US cyclist Lance Armstrong has announced that he will not fight the doping charges levelled against him by the US anti-doping agency; charges that the cyclist still vehemently denies. The world renowned cyclist will now be stripped of his stunning se...
Maruti Suzuki's factory at Manesar in Haryana opens in a limited way, with just 300 workers, and timings from 8am to 4.30 pm. The presence of police and Maruti's own security personnel has been beefed up across the factory premises. Maruti Suzuki had dismisse...
Anantapur police have arrested the four who threatened two lovers they found at a lonely spot, kidnapped them, and then gang-raped the girl. The accused Santosh, Bhaskar and Zahir have been arrested. One of them turned out to be a dismissed police constable.
Now it is clear. Absconding former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda will have to surrender to the police. His anticipatory bail plea has been rejected by the Delhi High Court. Kanda is the main accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. The HC said the petition w...
The Delhi High Court while rejecting absconding accused Gopal Kanda's anticipatory bail, has also questioned his absence and why his brother had to file the anticipatory bail plea. Kanda may go to Supreme Court or surrender before the court.
Team Anna has been disbanded by Anna Hazare. But this does not mean the members have dispersed. A close group of people are part of a committee that is looking into formation of a political front and for gearing up for the 2014 elections.
Amrit Ahluwalia, the Beijing Chief of India's intelligence agency – RAW, has been dismissed following a row over his secret identity being revealed. All spy diplomats on missions abroad have now been put under the scanner. The Beijing Chief of the Research a...
Anna Hazare has announced that the core committee formed to ensure passage of Jan Lokpal bill, Team Anna, has been disbanded. Anna said he himself won't form any political party, but wants honest and decent people to enter politics.
From 10.30 am till 3.30 pm, it was a suspense-filled day for Jagan Mohan Reddy and his family. Take a look what happened inside the courtroom on a day Jagan was finally sent to jail.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research dismisses biotechnologist, Dr Nilanjan Roy for blowing the lid on the large scale corruption in the institute.
In a huge setback to Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the SC gave green signal to conduct the trial against the couple in connection with their daughter's murder case.