Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Mayank Gandhi said Tuesday that he intends to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Mumbai North-West constituency. “Yes, I am planning to fill up my nomination for this constituency. It will later go through scrutiny and approval process before my name is approved and finalised,” Gandhi. Gandhi said the […]
The Indian community in the US is unhappy at the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and feels very strongly that there was no need for her to be handcuffed or strip searched, says an Indian American delegate who is attending the annual diaspora convention here. Mohan L. Jain, a delegate at the […]
A meeting of some Congress leaders on Tuesday took a lot of people by surprise when Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, sister of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, also turned up. A party leader would only say that the meeting was held to discuss the tour programmes of Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Speaking to reporters, […]
Social activists have accused the Uttar Pradesh government of providing inadequate and slow relief to victims of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. Accusing official agencies of forcing the victims living in relief camps to sign undertakings in lieu of compensation, an umbrella grouping of NGOs said the government must realize its duties towards its […]
Four policemen were injured Tuesday in a gunfight between security forces and separatist guerrillas in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an official said. A senior police official told that security forces closed in on a house in Chankhan locality of Sopore town, 55 km from here, Tuesday morning following information about the presence of a group of […]
The Delhi High Court Monday permitted the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to audit the revenue-sharing details of all the private telecom operators. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice V.K. Rao, however, said the CAG will not be allowed to venture into aspects like “faithfulness, wisdom and economy in expenditures”. […]
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh Monday expressed displeasure over the working of several ministers in the party’s government in Karnataka and cautioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against landing the party in controversies by hasty decisions, party sources said. Digvijaya Singh, who is in charge of party’s Karnataka affairs, expressed these views at a meeting of the […]
A 30-year-old call centre employee was raped by her colleagues in her office in Haryana’s Gurgaon, police said. Acting on the complaint of the victim, who resides in a hostel in R.K. Puram area of south Delhi, Delhi Police registered a zero FIR Monday and later transferred the case to Gurgaon. The victim told the […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said he had written to Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung over shortage of staff in the Anti Corruption Branch. He said he would meet Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi over the matter. “There are 19 vacant positions at inspector level. We have asked LG to provide us inspectors. I will […]
India and Japan Monday decided to step up military ties as they discussed issues of regional and global security during talks between Defence Minister A. K. Antony and his visiting Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera here, an official release said. “The two ministers extensively and frankly exchanged ideas regarding regional and global security challenges, as well […]