New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A case was filed Thursday in a court here seeking action against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for exhorting voters in his election speeches to take bribes if offered by the BJP and Congress but to vote for his party. The criminal case was filed by Arun Kumar, a practicing lawyer […]
Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today provided a hard warning to trucking operators who choose to flout the law that 2015 was not the year to test the boundaries, with even more safety operations taking to the road. “For most truckies who do the right thing, thank you for your hard work in […]
New Delhi/Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) India and the US saw the forging of a closer partnership, helped in great measure by the personal and visible bonding between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama, as the two sides elevated their ties with a new ‘Declaration of Friendship’ and also managed to pull off a […]
Brussels, Jan 27 (IANS) Police in the north-western Belgian town of Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that three men have been arrested for suspected terrorism. The three were arrested in the nearby town of Harelbeke Monday night following a car chase by police. Police in Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that the men have been kept in custody on […]
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, in March, the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order holding unconstitutional its legislation to reclaim 400 acres given to the Tata company for returning to the affected farmers. A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice A.K.Sikri in a brief […]
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday praised US President Barack Obama for his advice to have religious tolerance for all. “Obama has rightly advised (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi for religious tolerance to all. Obama’s words were also a caution for Modi not to play politics using religion,” the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief […]
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his party was still committed to bring anti-graft Jan Lokpal legislation in the capital. Addressing people at party’s Delhi Dialogue campaign in east Delhi, the former chief minister said: “Media kept saying that we forgot Jan Lokpal bill, but we were waiting […]
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday said the Congress was “cut off from the reality of changes” and “rattled by the successful visit” of US President Barack Obama, following criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he was busy doing his own “PR” (public relations) and not anything concrete. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. […]
Kiev, Jan 27 (IANS) Ukrainian troops and independence-seeking forces were locked in fierce fighting in eastern regions, killing at least 23 people, authorities said Tuesday. The separarists had fired 120 times on the Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, with upsurge in fighting concentrating around the government-controlled Debaltsevo town, Xinhua quoted Ukraine’s army spokesperson […]
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) A girl student has filed a complaint of sexual harassment against a professor of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) in Shibpur in West Bengal. “A student has filed a complaint against a teacher through the anti-ragging helpline. The nature of complaint is that of sexual harassment,” IIEST […]