SC asks Lokpal search panel to recommend names by Feb end

The Supreme Court on Thursday requested the search committee on Lokpal to recommend by the end of February a panel of names for appointing the country's first anti-graft ombudsman. A bench headed......

Prasar Bharti chief, ex-SBI head in Lokpal search committee

The Modi government on Thursday constituted an eight-member search committee, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to recommend the chairperson and members of......

How Gujarat nipped Naxalism in its bud

The Gujarat police has been able to suppress the menace of Naxalism in its initial stages in the state, Director General of Police (DGP) S S Khandwawala said on Friday. Asked about the threat from......

Gujarat: Headley-surveyed places under scanner

In the wake of the Pune blast, the Gujarat police is keeping a close watch over all the places in the state which US terror suspect David Headley's accomplice had visited in November 2008. Asked......

Former IPL cricketer claims "fixing approach" in TNPL

IMAGE: R Sathish, a former Tamil Nadu player has also been part of Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. Photograph: Chepauk Super Gullies/Twitter Former first-class......

Why betting should not be legalised in India...

'Whether the government legalises betting or not that is a different matter but deep inside, I feel as a police officer that betting can lead to match-fixing.' IMAGE: There is a school of thought......

IPL: Bookies employed cleaner to do 'pitch-siding' at Kotla

'It was one of the evening matches in Delhi. He was wearing an I-card. Also what raised suspicion was he had two mobiles.' IMAGE: Pitch-siding is the practice of transmitting information from......