Won’t move, Kejriwal tells police

The Delhi Police Tuesday tried to persuade Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal twice to change his protest venue. However, he refused to budge, officials said. “We have spoken to Kejriwal twice, and tried to persuade him to shift the protest base to Jantar Mantar as, like here, Section 144 is not implemented in that area,” Deputy […]

Protest is indefinite, says Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his protest was indefinite and threatened to fill the street with lakhs of people, if the government does not concede his demands. “I said 10 days, but it was a way of saying that the protest is indefinite. If the central government does not agree to our demands […]

SC agrees to hear PILs against Kejriwal, Bharti

The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear two PILs seeking action against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Law Minister Somnath Bharti for creating chaos in the heart of the capital by going on in an unprecedented 10-day sit-in protest. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said they will hear the […]

Victorians warned against deadly impact of tanning

A campaign urging Victorians to guard against the dangerous effects of excessive sun exposure will hit TV screens again this summer. Minister for Health David Davis said the successful Dark Side of Tanning media campaign starts again today warning people on the dangers of tanning. “The Victorian Coalition Government is committed to reducing the burden of cancer […]

One held for shooting BJP leader, family in UP

A man was arrested Monday over the killings of a Madhya Pradesh-based BJP leader and three of his family members in Jhansi Sunday, officials said. The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police, which is probing the killings, detained 12 people and arrested a suspect named Tej Pal Singh. Uttar Pradesh Police have now launched […]

Kumar Vishwas booked in Lucknow

marA case has been lodged against poet-turned-leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kumar Vishwas here, officials said Monday. The case against Vishwas was filed by Ram Prasad Mishra, general secretary of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Sewa Samiti, for allegedly making “hurtful” remarks against Karbala martyrs and some Hindu deities. Police official Satish Gautam told […]

App to reveal if your boss is an egoist!

What’s the confidence level of your boss? Is he a nerd or too much of a narcissist? You can soon get ‘reliable’ answers to these questions thanks to a new computer application developed by researchers at Binghamton University, New York. The computerised content-analysis tool can “reliably and validly” measure narcissistic and psychopathic traits in leaders […]

Aviation company CFO arrested for tax evasion

The Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate has arrested the chief financial officer (CFO) of an aviation company for evasion of service tax amounting to more than Rs.1 crore, the government said Monday. “The company provides helicopter chartering services,” the finance ministry said in a statement without naming the company. The official was arrested Saturday. The concerned […]

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