ED summons Lalu Prasad and Kin

Posted on   3:20 pm

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tej Pratap Yadav for questioning in the land-for-jobs money laundering case, official sources said on Tuesday.

ECI, govt to discuss Voter ID-Aadhaar linkage

Posted on   3:10 pm

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar will on Tuesday hold a “high level discussion” on the linking of Voter IDs with Aadhaar amid a clamour to weed out Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) related discrepancies in the electoral roll in India.

US Responds to French Statue Demand

Posted on   12:06 pm

In a tense exchange on Monday, the White House sharply rebuffed a request from a French member of the European Parliament, who called for the return of the Statue of Liberty to France.