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 […]
Patna, March 14 (IANS) There is no dispute with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, said JD-U chief Sharad Yadav Friday and added that the party will release the names of its candidates in New Delhi March 15. “There are no differences or dispute with Nitish Kumar and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aligarh, March 14 (IANS) AMU Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah Friday said that the university will not tolerate any discrimination against women. He said AMU was committed to providing female students “liberty, fair and equal deal”, adding fear was the key to control the harassment of women. He was speaking at a one-day […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi has ruled out campaigning against his estranged cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi constituency. The 34-year-old leader, likely to contest on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Sultanpur, told media late Thursday that he believed in political decorum and never harboured […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi’s new-found combativeness in taking on Narendra Modi on his home turf has raised the pitch of the Congress campaign for the Lok Sabha elections with some political observers saying the ruling party needs to be more assertive against its rivals to keep alive diminishing hopes in the electoral contest […]