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Locate Geeta’s family, appeals Sushma Swaraj
A day after the Ministry of External Affairs decided to start a fresh campaign to find hearing- and speech-impaired girl Geeta’s family, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday made an appeal to locate her family. In a series of tweets about Geeta’s identification marks and location of
Juvenile could walk free on December 20
Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi speaks at a programme to observe the third anniversary of Nirbhaya gang-rape case as 'Nirbhaya Chetna Divas' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Social activist Shabana Azmi is also seen. (PTI Photo) The juvenile convict in the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape
DDCA row: AAP poses 5 questions to Jaitley
The AAP today put "five specific" questions to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley relating to its allegations of corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA under his watch and accused him of giving "vague" response to the charges. Calling Jaitley a "master of half truth and beautiful lies", AAP leader As
French President Francois Hollande to be Chief Guest at Republic Day in India
President of France Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, it was officially announced today. "We are happy that the President of France Francois Hollande has accepted our invitation to be the Chief Guest at India's 67th Republic Day celebrations on 2
Congress disrupts Parliament over Arunachal Pradesh Governor
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday disrupted Parliament over Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa, alleging that efforts are being made to "destabilise" the party's state government, even as the Centre said an "Emergency-like situation" was being witnessed there. The party forced repea
Kejriwal demands Jaitley's ouster over alleged graft in DDCA
Escalating his attack on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today demanded that he resign or be "removed" from the Union Cabinet to enable holding of an independent probe into alleged corruption in DDCA. Kejriwal said Jaitley's assertion that AAP's allegatio
Technician sucked into Air India plane engine in Mumbai airport, killed
Mumbai / December 17: aircraft technician with Air India was killed Wednesday at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport when he was sucked into the engine of an aircraft that was getting ready to taxi. The incident occurred as the Mumbai-Hyderabad flight AI 619 began its pushback at 8
Had Pranab Mukherjee become PM in 2004, Congress might have averted 2014 drubbing: Salman Khurshid
NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh's selection over Pranab Mukherjee in 2004 to head the UPA government came as a surprise not only to the Congress but also to outsiders and many argue the party might have averted the 2014 Lok Sabha drubbing if the choice had been otherwise, says former Union minister Salman
Mild tremors felt in Bihar, Jharkhand
Mild tremors of 4.2 magnitude were felt in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand today morning. People reported feeling mild tremors in Gaya, Jamui, Banka and Bhagalpur in Bihar and Deoghar, Banka and Dhanbad in Jharkhand at about 8.35 am. Tremors were also felt in Jharkhand capital Ranchi. No loss of life
'I Was Real Target of CBI Raid' Says Arvind Kejriwal, Attacks Arun Jaitley
NEW DELHI: A furious Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused the Centre of targeting him in daylong CBI raids that began a little after 9 am and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "coward and psychopath". Modi is a coward and a psycopath - Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) Decemb
Petrol price cut by 50p/litre; diesel by Rs 0.46/ litre
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Tuesday cut petrol prices by Rs 0.50 per litre and diesel by Rs 0.46 per litre with effect from midnight tonight. In a press statement, IOC said: "The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and the rupee-dollar exchange rate warrant a decr
Railway ticket cancellation, refund rules amended
Railway ticket cancellation and refund rules have been amended, parliament was told on Monday. Granting refund of confirmed railway ticket up to four hours before departure, 50 percent cancellation charge for a confirmed ticket submitted between 12 and four hours before departure and 25 percent c
Kejriwal says CBI raids at his office, dubs Modi a 'coward'
Amid claims and counter-claims, CBI today raided the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that led him to unleash a vitriolic attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a "coward and psychopath" and intensifying the face-off between ruling AAP and Centre. The Chief Minister, wh
Ahmad Javed appointed Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia
Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed has been appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which has a 2.8 million-strong Indian community. The Ministry of External Affairs said Javed is expected to take up his assignment shortly. The post of Ambassador in Indian Embassy in Riyadh is lying vacant s
Japan PM Shinzo Abe arrives in India, bullet train, civil nuclear deal top agendas
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday arrived in India on a three-day visit. Welcoming his Japanese counterpart in Delhi, Prime Minister Modi on Friday described him as a “phenomenal leader” and said his trip will further deepen the bilateral relations. “Liked how PM @AbeShinzo describes I
David Headley to aid probe, pardoned
Lashkar-e-Toiba secret agent David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American who is one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, was on Thursday night granted pardon after he pleaded to be made an approver. Subsequently, a Mumbai special court asked Headley to disclose all information th
Osmania ‘beef festival’ row: Police raid hostels, detain 30 students, BJP MLA Raja Singh
At least 100 students from unions attached to Students Federation of India cooked and consumed beef in their rooms in ‘C’ Hostel, Triveni Hostel and Ambedkar Hostel of Osmania University Thursday, even as hundreds of policemen in riot gear surrounded the campus and prevented anyone from outside from
India, Pakistan break ice, to resume talks
Breaking the logjam in ties, India and Pakistan on Wednesday announced that they have decided to engage in a "comprehensive” dialogue that will include peace and security and Jammu and Kashmir. Capping a series of positive developments since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterp