Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Forty candidates have filed nominations for the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam, which are going to polls in the second phase April 12, officials said Wednesday on the last day of filing of nominations. The three constituencies are the Autonomous District constituency, Silchar and Karimganj. Assam will see three phase polling […]
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha election in Mumbai North-West constituency will get a dose of glamour with the entry of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant as an Independent candidate. “I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am,” Sawant told media persons here Wednesday. She […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday informed a court here that they will quiz Indian Mujahideen operative Waqas to establish the missing links in the 2010 Jama Masjid attack case. Police told the court that they will later seek custody of Waqas, a Pakistani national who is currently being questioned in the 2011 illegal […]
Amritsar, March 26 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have recovered seven kg of heroin following a run-in with smugglers from Pakistan in Amritsar sector, BSF officials said here Wednesday. The seizure was made near the Rajatal border outpost in Amritsar sector, 35 km from here, a BSF spokesman said. The incident took place Tuesday night. […]
New Delhi, March (IANS) The Congress in its election manifesto released Wednesday promised to bring a new legislation to protect the rights of sexual minorities. Listing the legal reforms it plans to move in if voted again to power in the Lok Sabha polls, the party said it “will enact a law to ensure that consensual […]
Villapuram (Tamil Nadu), March 26 (IANS) AIADMK and DMK give false promises and they have to be taught a lesson in the general election, DMDK leader A. Vijaykant said Wednesday. Addressing an election rally here around 160 km from Chennai, the actor-turned-politician said: “The AIADMK and DMK give only false promises to the people of Tamil […]
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) With political battles simmering in West Bengal in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the rendezvous of two rival candidates over a cup of tea and sweets added a refreshing flavour to the election season. When Trinamool Congress candidate and Bengali moviestar Dev called on Communist Party of India nominee Santosh […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Ahead of the Geneva meeting on Friday, the Congress party revealed its stance on Sri Lanka, saying it would push for a “credible, objective, time-bound” probe into allegations of human rights violations and war crimes by Colombo. “We will work with other countries, to prevail upon Sri Lanka to ensure a […]
Amritsar, March 26 (IANS) Taking a cue from a UN resolution calling for an independent probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka, Sikh group Dal Khalsa Wednesday demanded the world body intervene in the killings of Sikhs in the 1984 riots and the happenings in the Golden Temple complex. Seeking justice for Sikhs affected by the […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs.10,000 crore with the market regulator SEBI for his release on interim bail from judicial custody. The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar said that of the Rs.10,000 crore, Rs.5,000 crore would be deposited […]