NDTV News - All India

Jessica Lal murder case: Shayan Munshi, another witness to face perjury trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:22:10 GMT

The Delhi High Court today ruled that Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and another witness in the Jessica Lal murder case will be prosecuted on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposit...

Violence in Stockholm suburbs, Indians affected

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:04:42 GMT

More than 40 Indian families in densely populated Stockholm suburbs are worried over explosive protests in the past week, which one Indian immigrant described as "unusually fearome".

Project Rahul Gandhi for PM, Manmohan Singh has done his 10 years: Kamal Nath

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:02:53 GMT

On the fourth birthday of the UPA 2, the government's crisis manager and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has suggested it is time to project Rahul Gandhi as the ruling party's candidate for Prime Mi...

Highlights: Congress slams BJP, says history will judge for the negative role they have played

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:02:31 GMT

Replying to BJP's charges against PM Manmohan Singh and UPA regime, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary criticised the opposition for playing a negative role persistently and block passage of cruci...

BrahMos supersonic missile successfully test fired off Goa coast

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:26 GMT

India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa.

Highlights: Rahul Gandhi should be projected as UPA's PM candidate, Kamal Nath tells NDTV

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:10:08 GMT

On the fourth anniversary of the UPA II, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi should replace Manmohan Singh as the prime ministerial candidate ...

Indian school teacher found dead in Maldives

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:41:52 GMT

An Indian school teacher has been found dead in Maldives' Eydhafushi island, in what is suspected to be a suicide case.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been undermined in UPA regime, says BJP

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:20:59 GMT

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminish...

Indian national jailed in Singapore for causing fatal accident

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:10 GMT

A 25-year-old Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a Singapore court for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of a compatriot worker and injuring 14 others.

Highlights: Nothing to celebrate in UPA-II's four years; govt should apologise, says BJP

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:05:23 GMT

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley talk about inflation, security and the economic crisis India is facing.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to present UPA II report card today

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:15:35 GMT

The UPA-II government celebrates its fourth birthday today and will present a final report card, with the next general elections only months away. It has been a turbulent year for the Manmohan Singh g...

Indian guest workers sue US company, say they were exploited

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:04:44 GMT

Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing a U.S.-based marine and fabrication company, saying it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at ...

Spot-fixing: Sreesanth talked to bookie friend after 'fixed' over, allege police

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:04:22 GMT

Spot-fixing: Kerala pacer Sreesanth says he is innocent and his lawyers have argued that the police, who have based their investigations heavily on phone conversations that they intercepted, have furn...

Jessica Lal murder case: Delhi High Court to decide on hostile witnesses today

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:31:16 GMT

The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today whether to prosecute Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and 18 others on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposition in mode...

Spot-fixing: Vindoo Dara Singh admits he was in touch with relative of an IPL franchise owner, say sources

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:20:34 GMT

Actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who was arrested yesterday for his alleged links with bookies accused of spot-fixing in the IPL's on-going season, has reportedly told the police that he was in touch with the...

US, India ask the world to shut out terror sanctuaries

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:56:58 GMT

The United States and India on Tuesday asked the international community to take effective steps towards eliminating sanctuaries and infrastructure that support terrorism.

Aadhaar mandatory for sale, purchase of land in Jharkhand

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:30 GMT

Aadhaar will be mandatory as proof during land deals in Jharkhand from January 1 next year, an official release said on Tuesday.

Sanjay Dutt shifted to Pune's Yerawada Jail

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:43:55 GMT

Sanjay Dutt shifted to Pune's Yerawada Jail: Sanjay Dutt has finally been shifted from Mumbai's Arthur Road jail to Pune's Yerawada jail to complete his 42-month sentence.

Rajat Gupta seeks re-trial over insider trading case

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:39:20 GMT

Former Goldman Sachs Group Board of Director Rajat Gupta's attorneys asked the Judge to reverse his insider-trading conviction, saying wiretap evidence used by the prosecution should not have been int...

In India, silence on sexual harassment?

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:36:59 GMT

IT outsourcing company iGate Corp on Tuesday sacked its chief executive Phaneesh Murthy, one of the biggest names in the IT world, for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate after investigat...

Rajat Gupta to appeal against insider trading conviction

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:36:10 GMT

India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta will seek overturning of his insider-trading conviction in a US court on Tuesday by arguing that the case rested exclusively on circumstantial evid...

Dr Kotnis symbol of Indo-Chinese friendship: Premier Li Keqiang

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:40 GMT

It was a meeting bereft of any agenda, political or economic, but one steeped in symbolism - a Chinese Premier honouring the memory of an Indian doctor who became a hero in his country.

Jessica Lall case: Delhi High Court to decide fate of hostile witnesses

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17:41 GMT

More than two years after reserving its verdict, the Delhi High Court will on Wednesday decide whether to prosecute 19 witnesses including Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi on the charge of perjury for tur...

Stir against Local Body Tax to continue, says traders association

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:22 GMT

Even as a section of traders in Maharashtra have agreed to call off their prolonged agitation against the Local Body Tax (LBT), Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) on Tuesday said the prot...

I'm innocent, never indulged in spot-fixing: Sreesanth

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:29 GMT

"I am innocent and have done no wrong. I have never indulged in any spot fixing," suspended pacer S Sreesanth, who is an accused in the IPL spot-fixing case, on Tuesday said.