The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Saturday that it would attempt to contest as many seats as possible for the Lok Sabha elections this year, and a final list of candidates would be released by Feb 15. AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the decision was taken at the start of a two-day national executive meeting […]
Brazil has created a special force of 10,000-strong military personnel to ensure that no anti-government protests disrupt this summer’s 2014 FIFA World Cup, news website G1 reported. The special force is expected to reinforce the work of local and federal police in the 12 cities that will be hosting games in June and July, Xinhua […]
Agra recorded its coldest night at 0.1 degrees Celsius Friday, the weather officials in Lucknow said, adding the Taj city was the coldest in Uttar Pradesh. “Today (Saturday) there is a cloud cover, but last night it was cold as hell,” said insurance agent Sudhir Gupta who was returning back from the railway station. Bankey […]
After spending Christmas and New Year in a judicial lock up, Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal will be produced in a court here for a bail hearing Saturday. Tejpal, who was arrested Nov 30, 2013, after a junior colleague accused him of sexual assault during a conference held at a Goa resort, has already spent over […]
The Supreme Court Friday expressed displeasure over critical comments by people in public life particularly the senior union ministers including Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Finance Minister P.Chidambram on its verdict holding that gay sex was an offence. “Some of the statements made were not in good taste and it is not appreciable. We express […]
One in every 10 murders in the capital is sexually motivated, according to Delhi Police data. The number of murders declined slightly in 2013 with 487 cases, compared to 504 in 2012 – a downfall of 3.37 percent. But 10.68 percent murders occurred because of sex related issues. Analysis of motives in murder cases in […]
The Congress party Friday hoped Rahul Gandhi will become the prime minister after the general elections this year, amid growing speculation that the party will soon declare him its prime ministerial candidate. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at his press conference Friday that he will not seek the third term and will hand over the […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Friday night on a three day visit. He was received at the airport by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, cabinet ministers and others. Manmohan Singh will spend the night at the Kerala Raj Bhavan and Saturday morning will unveil the plaque of the Central University’s campus […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notices to the ministry of rural development and chief secretaries of seven states over reports of non-payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The NHRC took suo moto cognisance of a media report that seven families across Maharashtra and Jharkhand killed […]
Social activist Anna Hazare has written a letter to BJP chief Rajnath Singh, complaining that a leader of his party from Haryana was creating hurdles in the installation of his statue in Gurgaon. Hazare has urged Singh to help. Rajnath Singh Friday met Anna Hazare’s Gurgaon-based activists at his Delhi residence following the letter he […]