
There was no "illegality" in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd. by Young Indian Ltd. as per the Companies Act, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday told the Delhi High Court, adding that BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had no locus standi in the case. ...
A special court here on Thursday dropped charges against former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three companies in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case, observing that a "fabricated" charge sheet was drafted to create an impression that the demand for additional spectrum began only when BJP's Pramod Mahajan became m...
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of Maharashtra Police Act that prohibited dance performances at eating places, beer bars and restaurants....

Forget development... It is caste factor that will play the dominating role when 32 of the 243 constituencies go to the polls in the second round of assembly elections on Friday....
CBI on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging Himachal Pradesh High Court order restraining it from interrogating Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in an alleged corruption case. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and said a memorial for him will be built at his birthplace Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu....
A domestic airport will be built in Sikkim by next December, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma said here on Thursday. ...

The CPI-M on Thursday hailed Indian writers for doing the country proud by standing up to condemn what it said were rising attacks on freedom of expression. ...
The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) which is building India's maiden indigenous aircraft carrier, is looking at setting up an integrated ship-building facility at Tuna under Kandla port in Gujarat, a top official said here on Thursday. ...
Pakistan has declared that it won't give up consulting Kashmiri separatists in order to hold talks with India -- a condition that India promptly rejected at the General Assembly here on Wednesday. ...