Kejriwal to hold road shows in Bangalore Saturday

Kejriwal to hold road shows in Bangalore Saturday

Bangalore, March 14 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will hold road shows across Bangalore Saturday and address a rally Sunday in the city centre while campaigning for the party’s Lok Sabha candidates in Karnataka where polling will take place April 17, party leaders said Friday. “Kejriwal will also hold a road show and address the public […]

Ramakrishna Mission vice president Swami Gitananda

Ramakrishna Mission vice president Swami Gitananda

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission’s vice president Swami Gitananda died at a private hospital here Friday following old age complications, a spokesman of the religious order said. He was 90. Gitananda breathed his last at 9.10 a.m. Friday at the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan. He was hospitalised Feb 8 following chest congestion […]

Court denies bail to Tejpal

Court denies bail to Tejpal

Panaji, March 14 (IANS) Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s bail plea in a case of sexual assault was Friday rejected by the Bombay High Court bench here which said it apprehended that the senior scribe would flee from justice and tamper evidence. Justice Utkarsh Bakre also said that calling business associates and friends over mobile phone […]

Congress does not care for poor, tribals, says Modi

Congress does not care for poor, tribals, says Modi

Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said Friday the Congress party does not care for the poor and tribals and always betrays the people. “The Congress party is in a habit of making false promises. At the time of each election…the Congress comes up with a lie,” Modi said […]

No evidence against me in the 2G scam: A. Raja

No evidence against me in the 2G scam: A. Raja

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) DMK leader A. Raja said Friday he is innocent and there is no evidence against him in the alleged irregularities in allocating 2G spectrum, adding the government did not defend the accusations well enough. “Two things are very clear… there is no exchequer loss and there is no illegal wealth with […]

Vote intelligently, says apolitical Aamir Khan

Vote intelligently, says apolitical Aamir Khan

Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Aamir Khan is guarded about sharing his views on any political party and when it comes to the new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the actor-filmmaker prefers to wait and watch. Meanwhile, he has urged the youth to step out and vote intelligently in the polls. At a press conference at his […]

Court allows Tarun Tejpal to meet his ailing mother

Court allows Tarun Tejpal to meet his ailing mother

Panaji, March 14 (IANS) A court here Friday granted Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal permission to meet his ailing mother. The north Goa district and sessions court heard the 50-year-old journalist’s plea in which he said his mother, Shakuntala, has been admitted to a hospital in Mapusa town, 15 km from here, and was suffering from a […]

Modi’s life dominates publishing space

Modi’s life dominates publishing space

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s controversial political journey and secretive personal life has provided literary fodder to many authors to write on his “charismatic” personality and “controversial” past and books on him have been hot sellers in the past year. This is largely because the meteoric rise of the 63-year-old […]