New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said he and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been named for Bharat Ratna, shared a rare friendship, and that in their younger days, Vajpayee would often ride pillion on his scooter to have chaat at his favourite golgappawala in Connaught Place. […]
Guwahati, Dec 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday flew into Assam to study the situation after Bodo militants massacred 65 tribals in three districts. Rajnath Singh reached Guwahati in the evening with Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju. Rajnath Singh immediately proceeded to a meeting with Chief […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The 30-year-old female doctor who sustained burn injuries after acid was hurled at her at a crowded market here is showing slight improvement at the AIIMS, hospital authorities said Wednesday. Amrita Kaur, employed with an Employees State Insurance hospital, was attacked by two motorcycle-borne assailants at around 9.30 a.m. Tuesday […]
Patna, Dec 24 (IANS) The panchayat in the RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s native village in Bihar’s Gopalganj district has barred girls from using mobile phones and wearing jeans and T-shirts, an official said Wednesday. A diktat was issued by Phulwaria panchayat that banned girls from wearing jeans and T-shirts, and also imposed a ban on […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) AAP chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will contest the upcoming assembly elections from his New Delhi constituency, the party said Wednesday. Kejriwal defeated three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit in 2013 in the constituency by over 26,000 votes. He then headed a minority government for 49 days. Kejriwal’s […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The house of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Vandana Kumari was burgled of Rs.5.50 lakh in cash and some jewellery, Delhi Police said Wednesday. Vandana Kumari, the former MLA from Shalimar Bagh in northwest Delhi, claimed that the burglars also took away a cheque of Rs.12 lakh, issued on […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury Wednesday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to approve ordinances in “grave violation” of parliamentary proceedings. In an open letter to the president, Yechury said bills were being adopted even amidst din in parliament because of the “brute majority” the government has in the Lok Sabha. “May […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday filed a chargesheet in a court here against a cab driver of the Uber taxi company who was accused of raping a 27-year-old working woman in the capital. Police filed the chargesheet against Shiv Kumar Yadav before Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Kumar Malik on charges of rape, abduction, […]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Home ministry officials would visit and hold camps in various districts for minority communities facing problems in grant of citizenship and long term visa (LTV), the government said Tuesday. “The teams of officials will visit 24 identified districts for citizenship in eight states and 14 districts for LTV cases of […]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The results of the assembly polls Tuesday were broadly in line with the predictions made by most exit polls, with the BJP and its allies getting full majority in Jharkhand, and a hung verdict in Jammu and Kashmir. The ABP-Nielsen, CVoter, ITG-Cicero and Chanakya exit polls had predicted that the […]