Ministers' panel to take 'political call' on greater autonomy for CBI
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Friday May 24, 2013
A Group of Ministers (GoM) will now reportedly take a 'political' call on whether the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI should be made more autonomous or whether minor changes to enhance the powers of the CBI director would be sufficient. The Go...
Group of Ministers discuss CBI autonomy, to take political call
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday May 23, 2013
A Group of Ministers (GoM) met in the capital today to discuss granting greater autonomy to the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was the only absentee in the meeting. The ministers' panel will now take a 'poli...
US, India ask the world to shut out terror sanctuaries
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013
The United States and India on Tuesday asked the international community to take effective steps towards eliminating sanctuaries and infrastructure that support terrorism.
US lawmakers seek more internal-security cooperation with India
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Ahead of the second US-India Homeland Security dialogue in Washington today, the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans has sought expanded cooperation between the two countries on internal security issues.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde visits US national counter-terrorism center
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has visited America's top counter-terrorism center, to have the first-hand experience of its functioning.
IPL spot-fixing: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde congratulates Delhi Police for investigation
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde congratulated Delhi Police today for the Indian Premier League spot-fixing investigation following which three cricketers and 11 bookies have been arrested.
Sushil Kumar Shinde for fast track courts for jailed Muslim youths
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013
The central government has sought from all states the number of Muslim youths involved in terror cases lodged in jails, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Wednesday while favouring fast track courts to deal with such cases.
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay dies in hospital: Who said what
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Thursday May 9, 2013
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail and admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh, died this morning. His death could become a diplomatic issue between the two countries.
Top US official headed to New Delhi to prepare for US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry is sending his top diplomat to New Delhi to prepare the ground work for his visit to the country to attend the India-US Strategic Dialogue later this summer.
Wary of protests, Delhi Police closes roads leading to Parliament
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Fearing protests, Delhi Police today completely closed or heavily barricaded streets near Parliament House inconveniencing commuters.
Supreme Court rap for Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Not good enough, the Supreme Court said today in response to the affidavit filed by Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar explaining the action taken against a senior cop for slapping a woman protestor in the capital last month. The court also made ...
Plane carrying Sarabjit Singh's body delayed in Pakistan, India upset
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from agencies) | Thursday May 2, 2013
Hundreds of people, two union ministers and Sarabjit Singh's family are waiting in Amritsar, where a special plane carrying the body of the Indian prisoner who died this morning in Pakistan, is expected to land this evening, after a delay in Lahore.
Sarabjit Singh dies in Pakistan, India expresses outrage
Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from Reuters) | Thursday May 2, 2013
India reacted furiously to this morning's death in a Pakistani jail of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was badly beaten last week by fellow inmates. His body has been handed over to Indian officials and will be brought back to Amritsar in Punjab ...
Sarabjit Singh dies; India to send plane to bring back his body
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday May 2, 2013
Sarabjit Singh, the Indian who was attacked in a prison in Pakistan where he spent 22 years after being convicted of terrorism, died early this morning at a Lahore hospital after a cardiac arrest.
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 2, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday called on the family of Sarabjit Singh to offer condolences on the death of the Indian death row convict in a Lahore hospital and gave assurance that the government would try to get the body back "a...
