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New Delhi, May 3: Aam Aadmi Party founder member and former MP Ilyas Azmi on Monday quit the party citing “lack of inner democracy” in the organisation and convener Arvind Kejriwal’s “autocratic style of functioning”, almost a week after he was dropped from party’s top decision-making bodies. Azmi accused Kejriwal of indulging in caste and community-based politics and of ignoring Muslims and

New Delhi, May 2: Independent MP and liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing a case of loan default of over Rs 9,400 crore, today resigned from Rajya Sabha, a day before Ethics Committee of the Upper House was set to recommend his expulsion. In his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, he said he does not want his "name and reputation to be further dragged in the mud". "And since

Rome, May 2: A U.N. arbitration court has ruled that India should release an Italian marine, who has been detained in Delhi for more than four years, and allow him to return home, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. India in 2012 arrested two Italian marines on suspicion that they killed two fishermen that they had mistaken for pirates while they had been escorting an oil tanker. One of

New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a fresh plea of few states, including Jammu and Kashmir and some private medical colleges, that they be allowed to conduct their pre-scheduled test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses. "Let these applications be heard tomorrow by the bench concerned," a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said when a battery of

New Delhi, May 2: Four people have been arrested on Monday, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar saidwhen asked whether the Uttarakhand forest fire was man-made. The minister assured strict action against the people involved after the investigation, according to reports. The latest satellite imageries of Uttarakhand have reported that the forest fire has gone out in over 70 per cent of the

Malda (WB), May 2: Three persons were killed and four others injured while they were allegedly making bombs in a house at Jaunpur in this district today, ahead of last phase of polling on May 5 in the state. The incident occurred when bombs were being made in the house of one Giasu Seikh in the area bordering Bangladesh at about 1 AM, Superintendent of Police Syed Waqar Raza said. Three persons

Lathehar (Jharkhand), May 2: As a mark of protest, MGNREGA workers in Manika block of Latehar have in separate envelopes returned their rupees five "meagre" wage hike to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May Day. Enclosing the money with a letter, the workers affiliated to the Gram Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh "expressed concern" at the "meagre" hike as they felt that the central government was facing

New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court’s ban on plying of diesel and petrol driven taxis in Delhi took effect on Sunday, with three taxi owners warning this might lead to suicides in frustration. Cab operators termed the apex court’s decision tyrannical, saying if the decision was not changed then it will lead many of them to commit suicide. Over 27,000 taxis run on diesel alone in Delhi. The cab

New Delhi, May 2: Latest satellite imageries of Uttarakhand have reported that the forest fire has gone out in over 70% of the affected areas, even as the NDRF has deployed over 130 personnel to tackle the massive blaze. “We have been informed that fresh images from satellite has shown that the effective area under fire in Uttarakhand has come down to 110-115 locations from the earlier about 427.

New Delhi, May 1: An IAF Mi 17 chopper today flew several sorties in Nainital district sprinkling water lifted from a lake to douse the raging forest fires that have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand. Low visibility, however, prevented a second chopper from being deployed in Pauri district for the aerial operations in the hill state which commenced today as part of efforts