Ranchi, April 2 (IANS) A plan by Maoists to blow up police vehicles was Wednesday foiled as security forces recovered a 33 kg landmine from the Saranda jungle in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said. During a search operation, a joint team of police and paramilitary forces recovered the landmine planted on a road near Gundijora […]
Agra, April 2 (IANS) There is no “Modi wave” in the country, only a “gussa (anger) ka wave”, says the Aam Aadmi Party. AAP national spokesman Sanjay Singh said this here while describing the Bharatiya Janata Party as the AAP’s main political foe in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh. “Our main fight in UP […]
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) All the six former ministers of the AAP Delhi government will reach out to voters in Varanasi, where party chief Arvind Kejriwal faces Narendra Modi, and Amethi, where Kumar Vishwas will battle Rahul Gandhi. After the April 10 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, the entire team of the former cabinet ministers […]
Bangalore, April 2 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader S.M. Krishna Wednesday dubbed the “(Narendra) Modi wave” in Karnataka a cosmetic creation of a desperate BJP. “There is no sign of Modi or BJP wave anywhere in the country, state and city unlike in the past when there were two natural waves in favour of our leaders Indira […]
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) For the eighth straight day, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high, closing 105 points up. Wednesday’s new high surpassed the 22,485.77 points mark reached the previous day. The new intra-day high touched by the 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) came after the Election […]
Rae Bareli, April 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi neither has a car of her own nor does she have enough cash. And she has to repay a loan of Rs.9 lakh too. This and more has been revealed in her affidavit filed before the returning officer of Rae Bareli where she filed her papers Wednesday […]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 Kerala has bagged the “Best Green Destination” prize at India’s Best Awards for 2013, officials said Wednesday. Kerala also picked up the “Best Indian State” prize at the awards presented by the Travel + Leisure South Asia magazine for the world’s top tourism and travel destinations and services. The awards were presented by […]
Bareilly/Rewa/Beohari/Jabalpur, April 1 (IANS) Stepping up his offensive against the Congress, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said that it faced “certain defeat” in the Lok Sabha poll and urged people to elect over 300 MPs of NDA to form a strong government. He also urged the Election Commission to probe the “delay” in clearance […]
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) The Odisha unit of the income tax department Tuesday said it has launched a helpline and a round-the-clock control room in the state to check use of black money in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Anyone can dial toll free number 1800-345-6114 to report movement of illegal cash. A control room and […]
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy was killed while three others were injured when the motorbike he was riding with a friend collided with another motorcycle here Tuesday, police said. The accident took place around 12.30 p.m. in Bawana area of west Delhi. Sabar died on the spot while his 18-year-old friend Sanki, along […]