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New Delhi, Mar 15: The Aam Aadmi Party government is in the dock after a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report revealed that the Delhi government, in its firts year, spent Rs 29 crore in releasing advertisements outside Delhi. The CAG report said the release of advertisements was "beyond" the responsibility of the Arvind Kejriwal government. Also, advertisements worth Rs 24 crore released

Lucknow, Mar 15: Rape-accused UP minister Gayatri Prajapati was today arrested from the city after remaining absconding for nearly a month. Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Manzil Saini said that Prajapati was arrested from Aashiyana area of the city early this morning. He is likely to be produced before the POCSO Court later in the day, Saini said. Six persons named in the FIR against

Imphal, Mar 14: The first BJP-led government in Manipur will be sworn-in tomorrow when N Biren Singh is administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Najma Heptulla. Heptulla today invited Singh, who was unanimously elected the leader of the 21-member BJP legislature party yesterday, to form the government. The invitation to Singh came on a day when four members of the Naga People's

Hyderabad, Mar 14: A "mentally unsound" man, allegedly tried to deposit currency notes having face value of Rs 9.91 lakh that had "Children Bank of India" printed on them at a PSU Bank today, police said. Shaik Yousuf went to the bank in Malkajgiri area with the notes in denomination of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 that had "Children Bank of India" written on them and allegedly tried to deposit them in his

New Delhi, Mar 14: Crying foul over BJP's move to form governments in Goa and Manipur, Rahul Gandhi today accused the party of "stealing" the mandate of people and "undermining democracy" in these states by use of money power. The Congress Vice President alleged that the Goa Governor acted in a "partisan" manner. "They are saying that it is okay for them to misuse the office of the Governor...In

Imphal. Mar 14: Four Naga People's Front (NPF) MLAs today met Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla and extended their support to the BJP for formation of the new government in the state. The NPF is a constituent of the NDA. Earlier, four National People's Party (NPP) legislators had extended their support to the BJP. "Four NPF MLAs met the Governor and extended their support to the BJP for government

New Delhi, Mar 14: Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 39-month high of 6.55 per cent in February because of costlier food and fuel items. The Wholesale Price Index based inflation, reflecting the annual rate of price rise, in January was at 5.25 per cent. According to the official data released today, food prices witnessed a sharp rise by 2.69 per cent in February as compared to a

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay swearing in of Parrikar as Goa Chief Minister and ordered a floor test on March 16. The apex court also directed that Assembly session will be called at 11 AM and only business of the House will be the holding of floor test after swearing in of the members. Hearing the petition, the apex court said "You never mentioned you had support

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Congress, which won 17 seats+ in the 40-member Goa assembly, on Monday night moved the Supreme Court challenging governor Mridula Sinha's decision to invite the 13-MLA BJP, led by Manohar Parrikar, to form government, claiming that it violated the "established constitutional practice" of inviting the single-largest party in a hung Assembly. Chief Justice J S Khehar agreed to

New Delhi, Mar 13: Malaysian no-frills carrier AirAsia today announced discounted fares, starting as low as Rs 899 for travel within India and Rs 4,999 for international flights for a limited period. The special low fare offer is applicable for all the flights operated by AirAsia, including AirAsia India, AirAsia Berhad, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia X. The tickets under the offer can be booked from