NHRC notice to Kerala on minister`s remarks against protester

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 00:08

The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to the Kerala government after a woman who is protesting against sand mafia alleged that the state revenue minister made defamatory comments against her.

Mining mafia attacks police team in Bareilly, one cop injured

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 17:01

Bareily: In a daring incident, a police team was attacked on Saturday by the mining mafia in Bareilly.

Now, MafiaLeaks browser to save whistleblowers from mob

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 15:50

An encrypted anonymising browser reportedly allows informants to share their secrets with the site without the fear of being targeted by the mafia.

Parrikar government with casino, mining mafia: AAP

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 00:54

Manohar Parrikar-led government in Goa is siding with the casino lobby and the mining mafia in Goa, Aam Aadmi Party`s Yogendra Yadav said Thursday.

Italy arrests 17 on tip-offs from murdered mafia informant

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 18:38

Italian police on Tuesday arrested 17 suspected gangsters thanks to information on brutal gang wars that a mafia informant had provided before being murdered.

PM should reveal names of those who pressurised for coal allocation: BJP

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 19:59

BJP termed as "explosive" PC Parakh`s letter to PM Manmohan Singh alleging coal mafia in ministry and asked to reveal names of MPs who pressurized government for making coal allocations.

Delhi govt seeks more time to reply on illegal bore wells

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 18:19

The Delhi government Friday sought more time from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for filing its reply on a plea alleging that water smuggling mafia is behind illegal bore wells in Delhi.

Coal Mafia exists within coal ministry: PC Parakh

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 09:54

Letters of former coal secretary PC Parakh and then coal minister Shibu Soren written in 2005 have added a new twist to the coal allocation scam case.

Ex-Goa home minister Naik had links with drug mafia: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 20:42

Ravi Naik, his son Roy and some senior police officers have been indicted for alleged links with drug peddlers by a Goa Assembly committee.

Silvio Berlusconi to opt for community service

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 23:54

Convicted in tax fraud, Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has formally appealed to either perform community service for a year rather than be jailed or to be put under house arrest.

Kerala’s Jazeera takes her struggle against sand mafia to Delhi

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 13:13

With her two-month-long dharna outside the state secretariat agianst sand mafia failing to yield results, 31-year-old mother of three minor children Jazeera has now shifted her struggle to the national capital.

Durga Shakti Nagpal shifted to Kanpur

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 08:36

Less than a week after revocation of her suspension, Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who had taken on sand mining mafia in Gautam Budh Nagar district, was tonight posted as Joint Magistrate of Kanpur (Rural).