Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: Social activist Anna Hazare, whose movement against corruption brought Arvind Kejriwal into limelight, on Saturday slammed the former Delhi chief minister for focusing on the issue of liquor and being swayed by power and money.“I have always said that a candidate’s conduct and thoughts should be pure. His…
NEW DELHI: As the Bharatiya Janata Party crossed the halfway mark of 36 seats in the Delhi assembly election results, the focus has now shifted to who would be the saffron party’s chief ministerial face.BJP leader Virendraa Sachdeva said on Saturday said that the party’s CM face would be decided by the “central leadership”.Taking on…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday took digs at INDIA bloc partners AAP and Congress, who contested the Delhi elections as rivals, after trends showed BJP making massive capital gains. The BJP is all set to return to power in Delhi after a gap of 27 years.“Aur lado aapas mein…
NEW DELHI: As vote counting commenced at 8am on Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party took an early lead crossing the majority mark, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, as per poll trends.Key AAP leaders, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal (New Delhi), CM Atishi (Kalkaji), and Manish Sisodia (Jangpura), were trailing in their respective…
New Delhi: RG Kar Hospital rape-murder victim’s father Friday moved SC for continuation of CBI probe into the crime, in which accused Sanjay Roy was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, to unravel possible roles of other accused who allegedly aided and abetted commission of the offence.Senior advocate Karuna Nundy mentioned the father’s application for…
DEHRADUN: Army Public School in Birpur area of Dehradun has rescinded a notice sent on Feb 1 barring students with less than 60% in pre-board exams from attending the school farewell. Officials said that after a complaint was made in the matter, the state child rights commission stepped in to intervene.The notice, issued by the…
NEW DELHI: Even as EC drafts a response to questions raised by Rahul Gandhi on Maharashtra voter list, what seems to have caught its attention are the fluctuating numbers claimed by him thrice: 1 crore on Jan 15, 70 lakh on the floor of Lok Sabha on Feb 3 and 39 lakh at Friday’s presser.EC…
NEW DELHI: After condemning the destruction of the historic residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, India summoned the acting high commissioner of Bangladesh, Nurul Islam, to express reservations about continued efforts by leaders in Dhaka to vitiate the atmosphere and spread negativity in the relationship. The govt described such attempts as regrettable.The govt also distanced itself…
AHMEDABAD: Jhulasan in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar had an unlikely lift-off to fame two decades ago when it emerged as the village to which Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams traces her roots. The comfort of obscurity is what its 5,000-odd residents might now prefer as spotlight shifts to around two dozen men from the village, all illegal immigrants…
NEW DELHI: Trade, defence and nuclear cooperation are likely to dominate PM Narendra Modi’s first bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump next week on Feb 12-13. Announcing Modi’s official working visit, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the PM would be among the first world leaders to visit the US in the first few weeks of…
