Indian Mujahideen planning to kidnap Kejriwal: Police

Terror outfit Indian Mujahideen is planning to abduct Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to demand the release of its co-founder Yaseen Bhatkal, police said Sunday. “According to information from an intelligence agency, Kejriwal can be kidnapped by IM members, who are planning it in order to get co-founder Yaseen Bhatkal released,” a police officer said. […]

BJP demands Somnath Bharti’s removal

The BJP Sunday demanded Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti’s removal after a court directed police to file a FIR against him for allegedly entering some African women’s home. “He should be immediately removed. He is a symbol of the AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) style of governance which is racist, discriminatory, violent and anarchic,” Bharatiya Janata […]

India’s oldest western music school turns 100

The Calcutta School of Music, India’s oldest Western music school, celebrates its centenary in 2014. The school will showcase its rich heritage through Western Classical music recitals, non-classical and popular music renditions this year. Though the school’s core remains the Western classical music, it is also expanding into the relatively lesser-known realm of musical theatre, […]

AAP to pit cobbler or rickshaw puller against Paswan

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will field a cobbler or rickshaw puller against Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Ram Vilas Paswan in the Lok Sabha election, a party leader said Sunday. “The AAP has decided to field a ‘common man’ against Paswan. The candidate may be a hard-working cobbler or rickshaw puller,” AAP convenor Somnath […]

Congress fears tea vendor from backward caste: Modi

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the Congress was afraid of taking on a “tea vendor” from “a backward caste” in the coming Lok Sabha election. Addressing delegates on the concluding day of a leadership meet here, Modi blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for not making her son and party vice president Rahul […]

Cross-LoC trade hit as 27 Indian vehicles held in Pakistan

A day after Jammu and Kashmir officials detained a Pakistani truck with 100 kg of brown sugar, Pakistan-administered Kashmir authorities Saturday detained 27 Indian drivers and their vehicles who had gone to Muzaffarabad with goods, officials said. All the trucks had gone with goods across the Line of Control (LoC) Friday, officials said here. This […]

We are with you in grief, PM to Tharoor

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed his “shock and deep sadness” to junior HRD minister Shashi Tharoor over the demise of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, saying “we are with you in this hour of grief”. In his condolence message to Tharoor, Manmohan Singh prayed for strength to Tharoor to tide over the difficult time. “It […]

Chhattisgarh polio drive to immunise 36 lakh kids

Around 36 lakh children in Chhattisgarh would be immunised against polio in a statewide campaign beginning Sunday, state immunisation officer Subhash Pandey said here Saturday. While the first phase of the drive for children below the age of five would be held Sunday, the second phase would be conducted Feb 23. Apart from other staff, […]