MP writes to speaker, says facts were not placed in LS when bill was passed; youth affairs ministry denies charge.
Even if a woman is of easy virtues, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not.
Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom were today granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a case arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman today said that senior BJP leader is not attending the party rally in Mumbai because of prior engagements and is not angry or upset, reports said.
The actual trial in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case will begin from June 4. Peeyush Khandelwal reports.
Oil minister Jaipal Reddy today said that he didn't discuss fuel hike during his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is not going to meet Sonia Gandhi on the issue, according to reports.
Differences in BJP seem to be far from over at its national executive meeting in Mumbai today with leaders LK Advani and Sushama Swaraj set to stay away from a rally scheduled for the evening.
Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will attend the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting in Mumbai today.
US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
A day after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected, the CBI questioned YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy for nearly eight hours on Friday in connection with the disproportionate assets case. Jagan was asked to report again today.
HT reports.
CBI grills Jagan 
After the resignation of Sanjay Joshi, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will come face to face today at the party national executive.
Notwithstanding strong opposition from IIT senates, the government may go ahead with its plan to change the selection pattern for the premier institutes from 2013.
A day after the steepest hike in petrol price, the Union cabinet meeting on Thursday was marked by the absence of most of the alliance party ministers.
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