India

New Delhi, Mar 16: Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide, setting in motion an investigation into the death of Jawaharlal Nehru University research scholar J Muthu Krishnan, a Dalit. There was uproar in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday over the suicide. The FIR was registered after Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is a JNU alumnus, “instructed” Delhi Police. Police

New Delhi, Mar 15: The BJP today ridiculed BSP supremo Mayawati's allegations of EVM tampering and asked her to "gracefully accept the people's mandate". "When you win, EVMs are right. When you lose, EVMs are wrong. This shows that there are some defects in you (Mayawati)," Union Minister M Venkaiah told reporters outside Parliament. He said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are under the control

New Delhi, Mar 15: Mocking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for putting the onus on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the dismal show of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the recent Punjab Assembly polls, Union Food and Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that the former has lost his mental balance. "Kejriwal is mentally unstable and we all can see that. When he got 67

New Delhi, Mar 15: EVM tampering may have led to AAP's poor showing in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged, saying around 20 to 25 per cent of its votes may have been "transferred" to the SAD-BJP coalition. AAP's poor tally of 20 seats is "beyond understanding" and raises a "big question mark" on the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs) as political pundits

New Delhi, Mar 15: Opposition Congress today forced three adjournments in the Rajya Sabha protesting the "stealing of mandate" in Manipur and Goa where it was not invited to form government despite being the single largest party. The House witnessed adjournment of proceedings thrice, twice during the Zero Hour and once during the Question Hour. Congress cited rulings by the constitution benches of

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