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Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had “pressurised” and “forced” Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006, the CBI on Thursday told a special court. “Accused number one (Dayanidhi Maran) forced Sivasankaran to sell his companies. He (Sivasankaran) sold his three […]

Bangalore: Growing up is fraught with suicidal tendencies. A Nimhans study under way has found that 11% of college students and 7%-8% of high school students have attempted suicide. In the survey, 1,500 school and college students were studied on suicide prevention. “What’s bothering the current adolescent generation is stress due to academics, relationship with

  NEW DELHI: After seeking CBI director Ranjit Sinha’s explanation on Monday over “undesired” visitors to his residence relating to 2G spectrum scam case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked him to respond in 10 days to identical allegations concerning the coal block allocation scam. A bench of Chief Justice R M Lodha and Justices

NEW DELHI: The UPA government may have cut a sorry figure in the Supreme Court during scrutiny of coal block allocations that once threatened to reach the PMO’s door but then attorney general Goolam E Vahanvati got a note of appreciation from the bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha. Appearing for some companies whose

Psychologists say the problem could become as complex a societal issue as drug abuse, even as parents struggle to get always-connected teens to log off. A 15-year-old Pune student addicted to the Internet tried to attack his mother with a kitchen knife recently when she tried to turn off his computer and take away his

NEW DELHI: More than 10,000 illegal packaged water bottling units are operating in the National Capital Territory, often using the labels of the 64 licensed manufacturers, putting the health of millions of people at risk, officials maintain. “It may sound horrific but only 64 water bottling plants have the licence to supply packed drinking water

NEW DELHI: ​The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Nithari killings convict Surinder Koli by a week. ​The bench comprising justices H L Dattu and A R Dave passed the order in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, staying Koli’s execution on a appeal by him. Koli, whose mercy petition was rejected by

NEW DELHI: The third anniversary of Delhi high court blast saw a low-key prayer ceremony with kin of victims gathering at gate number 5. Sunday’s remembrance was in contrast to earlier occasions when in 2012, on the first anniversary, judges led by the then Chief Justice and several lawyers paid tributes to victims of the

The Supreme Court on Monday said that averments against CBI director Ranjit Sinha regarding the visitors’ logbook at his Delhi residence are “very serious” and asked him to reply within a week. A bench led by Justice H L Dattu rejected Sinha’s argument that filing an affidavit would mean disclosing crucial facts relating to 2G

NEW DELHI: Muslim prisoners are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of the government’s decision to facilitate release of undertrials languishing in jails for long. This is because the rate of undertrial Muslim incarceration is almost twice that of Hindus. Calculated on the number of undertrials per lakh population (of people adhering to that particular