NEW DELHI: Four years after its opinion was sought by the Centre, the Delhi government has backed death sentence for Afzal Guru but with remarks that the implications of law and order should be closely examined while carrying out the execution of the Parliament attack convict. The city government sent the file on the mercy petition of Guru to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna after it received... 

As the entire Shashi Tharoor drama was unfolding in the Capital today, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi was in Dubai to attend an ICC meeting on behalf of BCCI president Shashank Manohar. One of the people he informally met there was one of the co-owners of the Kochi franchise, Harshad Mehta. At the meeting, the two sides “clarified each other’s stand”, and Modi insisted there were no... 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, as per reports. His meeting with the Prime Minister lasted for over thirty minutes. Official word is awaited from the Prime Minister’s office early morning on Monday. Full story: Tharoor – Modi controversy The minister who became popular more for his tweets than political... 

Mumbai, Apr 2 (ANI): The right-wing Shiv Sena has lashed out at tennis star Sania Mirza for her decision to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. In the party mouthpiece ‘Saamna’, the Shiv Sena said, Sania should marry an Indian if she wishes to play for India, adding that she is longer an Indian. Had she truly been an Indian at heart, she would not have chosen a Pakistani. Further... 

New Delhi (01 April ,2010),(PTI). Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government was committed to ensuring that all children irrespective of gender and social category have access to education and fund constraints would not be allowed to hamper implementation of the the Right to Education Act., Addressing the nation as the Right to Education Act went into force... 

Lucknow (30 March ,2010),(PTI). 'LK Advani didn't give speech prior to Babri demolition' BJP today termed as”false” the statement of senior IPS officer Anju Gupta in a court against L K Advani over Babri Mosque demolition and said the veteran leader did not give any speech on the day the structure was razed down., “I was present on the dais on that day (December 6, 1992)...