The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who lives in Ghaziabad, will get ‘Z’ category security despite his refusal to accept security. A home department official said a committee comprising of Principal Secretary (Home) A.K. Gupta and Director General of Police Rizvan Ahmad Thursday okayed the new security set up […]
Youth Initiative for Peace and Harmony, a group of young people has decided to boycott Salman Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Jai Ho’ for taking part in a musical show, Saifai in Uttar Pradesh. The members of the group condemned both Salman and Madhuri Dixit for participating in the event. The group says that it was a […]
Police said Saturday they have arrested four men for the gang rape of a dancer from Mumbai on New Year Eve. The accused were arrested after police identified them with the help of CCTV footage of an ATM while withdrawing money using the debit card of the victim. The girl, who was called from Mumbai […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers are holding a ‘janata darbar’ at the secretariat here Saturday to address the public grievances. The one-and-a-half-hour session began at 9.30 a.m. and will continue till 11.30 a.m. The chief minister said his entire cabinet will sit outside the Delhi Secretariat every week Saturday and “hear grievances […]
A court here Friday asked the Special Cell of Delhi Police to appear before it to furnish details on a plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda. The court was hearing Tunda’s petition seeking court’s direction to the police to furnish details of the remaining pending cases against him. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said declaration of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls will be as per a “new process” which will take into account the “voice of the people” and work with a formal structure. “For the first time, we are working on a deadline, getting voices of people into the party […]
The government Friday notified the domestic natural gas pricing formula for all natural gas produced in the country. The Domestic Natural Gas Pricing Guidelines, 2014 notified by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will apply to all natural gas produced domestically, irrespective of the source, whether conventional, shale or coal-bed methane (CBM). The ministry […]
After receiving over 23,000 calls on its anti-corruption helpline within two days of its launch, the Delhi government Friday said it would begin a ‘large-scale’ drive to nab corrupt officials from Monday. “Till 10 p.m. Thursday, 11,829 calls were received. Today (Friday) till an hour ago, 11,353 calls have come. In the last 36 hours, […]
The BJP Friday questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s contribution to Assam, the state which has been electing him to the Rajya Sabha since 1991. Interacting with media persons here, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Manmohan Singh of only using Assam for advancement of his political career and not doing anything for the […]
A court here Friday sent Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal to judicial custody in connection with the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash sent Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar to judicial custody till Jan 17. He also allowed a plea of Delhi Police seeking his voice […]