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Like it or not, here's a CM with a difference

It surely was an unusual setting for such a high-level official meeting. Seated in the living room of his modest apartment at Kaushambi, a suburb of Delhi, where Arvind Kejriwal and his family have been staying for around a decade, was the chief minister, sitting cross-legged on his sofa at home, a
Muzaffarnagar: UP govt orders relief camps to shut in 3-4 days

Muzaffarnagar: Top Uttar Pradesh bureaucrats are visiting relief camps in Muzaffarnagar this morning to try and convince people to go back home so that the camps, set up to shelter those made homeless by the communal riots in September, can now be dismantled. Officials made similar visits in the ne
CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps another promise, cuts power bills 50% by raising subsidy

NEW DELHI: Moving at a feverish pitch to fulfill the second most important of his poll promises, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal gave 80% of the capital's electricity consumers cause to ring in the new year with much cheer. They will be paying half of what they had to pay so far with the tariff for c
AAP delivers on water promise

After ending the capital’s VIP culture, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government on Monday fulfilled the Aam Aadmi Party’s first big electoral promise, announcing 666 litres of free water supply every day to each household with functional water meters. This amounts to roughly 34 buckets of water to a f
Tension After Desecration of Place of Worship in Chikmagalur

Chikmagalur: Tension prevailed in the early hours of Saturday in the city over the alleged desecration of a place of worship on M G Road. Some miscreants allegedly beheaded a piglet and threw its head into the sacred place. The passage of the shrine was smeared with blood. A religious head, who noti
Gujarat riots: Narendra Modi's anguish an act, victims say

AHMEDABAD: Narendra Modi may have felt "liberated and at peace" by a court's endorsement of the 2002 clean chit, but the pogrom's actual victims say his words offer them neither solace not liberation from trauma. After the verdict was delivered, Modi posted a blog in which he said he was "shaken to
On day one, Arvind Kejriwal works six hours, transfers nine officers

New Delhi: Nine senior bureaucrats, including the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board, have been transferred by Arvind Kejriwal, who took charge of the Delhi government on Saturday. On his first day in office as Delhi's new chief minister, Mr Kejriwal worked for six straight hours. At around 1:30 pm, the
Kejriwal takes over as Delhi CM, promises corruption-free rule
Heralding a new era of politics of governance, Arvind Kejriwal took over as the Chief Minister of Delhi promising a corruption-free government and appealed to parties including Congress and BJP to support his government. In a warning to his minsters and partymen, he said they should not get arrog
23 killed as Bangalore-Nanded express catches fire

The driver stopped the train at around 3.20 a.m. near Kothacheruvu railway station after he observed flames coming out of an air-conditioned coach. [caption id="attachment_48191" align="alignleft" width="476"] The map of Kothacheruvu where an airconditioned coach of Bangalore-Nanded express caugh
Lower court goes along with dirty SIT's clean chit to Modi

26 Dec 2013 | Press Release USA: Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy organization dedicated to preserving India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called into question a dubious verdict of the lower court in the Narendra Modi Gujarat pogroms case. A Magistrate'
Karnataka highways, district roads to be upgraded

Around 15,000 km of state highways and district roads will be upgraded under various state and Central government-sponsored schemes. Speaking at the launch of phase-2 of the State Highway Development Project on Thursday, Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa said that the work will commence from
Muzaffarnagar: child dies in private relief camp

Muzaffarnagar: A three-year old child has died reportedly due to cold in a private riot relief camp in neighbouring Shamli district, an organiser said on Monday. Uves, died on Sunday due to cold at Manna Majra village under the Kairana police station, Kari Alemgir, organiser of the camp, said.
'Janta' is my biggest security, says Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi chief minister

Arvind Kejriwal today said his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had "no alliance" with any party, amid reports of a Congress rethink on external support to his government. The chief minister designate, who has turned down any security cover or a bungalow that comes with his new role, also said, "I don't need s
SMS to be accepted soon by government departments as official document

New Delhi: People may soon be able to use SMS communication with government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes. The Centre today launched a platform with about 241 applications for the public after comp
Pakistan, India DGMOs discuss security issues

WAGAH: Director General Military Operations of Pakistan and India met at the Wagah border to work out a mechanism to ease tension and ensure peace at the Line of Control (LoC). The Pakistani side was led by Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Aamer Riaz while the Indian side
History books never gave space for Musilm scholars:Rahman Khan

New Delhi, December 24: The history of Muslim leaders, who sacrificed their life for the country's freedom were "tarnished by people with vested interests", Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan said on Tuesday. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the "Kerala Muslim History Conference
India cancels all identity cards issued to US consular officials

New Delhi: The dispute between Washington and New Delhi over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York escalated today, with India taking steps to ensure that US consular officials here now have the same immunity as that offered to their Indian counterparts in America. India said that all ide
India anti-graft leader Kejriwal to be Delhi chief minister
NEW DELHI: India's anti-corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal announced he would head up a state government for New Delhi in a stunning breakthrough for his fledgling party just months before a general election. The former tax official is set to become chief minister in a minority administration after