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Gaya, May 10: Rocky Yadav, son of Janata Dal (United) MLC, accused of killing a youth in a case of road rage in Gaya, has been arrested on Tuesday said Gaya SSP. Earlier, the police raided the house of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi and questioned her to find the whereabouts of her son, who is accused of killing a youth for overtaking his SUV, police said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by

New Delhi, May 9: Top BJP leaders today sought to put to rest the escalating row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualifications by going public with his degrees and demanded an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of spreading "lies" on the issue. BJP President Amit Shah along with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed a press conference during which

New Delhi, May 9: Sticking to its charges despite BJP going public with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degrees and marksheets, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today alleged that the documents produced by Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley were "forged", saying there were "glaring discrepancies" in them. Addressing a press conference here, AAP leader Ashutosh said Modi's name does not match in the BA marksheet and

New Delhi, May 9: Congress today created pandemonium in Rajya Sabha, forcing two adjournments in the pre-noon session over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation during an election rally that an Italian court had named Sonia Gandhi in the AgustaWestland chopper bribery case. They asked how could the Prime Minister make such allegations when Defence Minister had not stated this in his reply to

Nainital, May 9: In a boost to sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the Uttarakhand High Court today dismissed the petition of nine Congress MLAs against their disqualification, a decision that will bar them from participating in the confidence vote proceedings in the Assembly tomorrow. Justice U C Dhyani pronounced his order on the petition challenging Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal's decision

New Delhi, May 9: India is ranked at ninth position in crony-capitalism with crony sector wealth accounting for 3.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new study by The Economist. In India, the non-crony sector wealth amounts to 8.3 percent of the GDP, as per the latest crony-capitalism index. In 2014 ranking also, India stood at the ninth place. Using data from a list of

New Delhi, May 8: Investigators have got some "vital" leads on the Indian contacts and fund sources of Christian Michel, an alleged defence middleman, after interrogating his local driver here in connection with the money laundering probe in the nearly Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal. Officials said Michel's driver, Narayan Bahadur, was questioned at length by ED sleuths in the last few days and

New Delhi, May 8: A Jet Airways aircraft with 66 passengers and four crew onboard skidded off the runway after landing at the Indore airport this evening. All passengers and crew have deplaned safely, Jet Airways said. "Jet Airways flight 9W-2793 from Delhi to Indore, has departed the paved surface after landing," Jet Airways said in a statement. All 66 guests and four crew aboard have been safely

Pune, May 8: A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's expected visit in April, was received by the office of the director of the FTII in Pune this evening, police said. The packet was addressed to the previous director of the Film and Television Institute of India, Prashant Pathrabe. Bhupendra

New Delhi, May 7: Launching an attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Congress on the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have “enough courage” to arrest Sonia Gandhi and that the two parties have an “alliance in corruption“. Questioning the Congress on the issue of PM’s alleged “fake” degree, Mr. Kejriwal said