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New Delhi, Apr 27: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today rejected as "baseless" allegations linking her and party leaders to bribes in the AgustaWestland chopper deal and said she is not "afraid" of being "cornered" on the issue. She asked the government what it has been doing in power for the last two years on the issue and demanded that the ongoing inquiry be completed impartially. "I am not

New Delhi, Apr 27: Angry exchanges between opposition Congress and ruling BJP members over Subramaniam Swamy seeking to drag Sonia Gandhi's name in the controversial AgustaWestland helicopter contract bribery case led to two adjournments of the Rajya Sabha in the pre-noon session. However, Gandhi's name was later expunged by Deputy Chairman P J Kurien. Swamy had raised the issue through a zero

Mumbai, Apr 26: Firing another salvo at ally BJP, Shiv Sena today took a dim view of its senior leaders for their extravagant praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by making him a "God", warning it is the "bhakts" who would eventually get politicians into trouble. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu recently sang his paeans to the prime minister calling him as "God's gift to India". Naidu's ministerial

New Delhi, Apr 26: In their first formal bilateral meeting after Pathankot attack, Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan today held talks focusing on a range of sticky issues including probe into the strike and Kashmir, which Pakistani side asserted was the "core issue". Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, here to attend the Heart of Asia

New Delhi, Apr 26: The odd-even rule enforced in Delhi figured in both houses of parliament on Monday — the first day of the new session — with members demanding that lawmakers be exempted even as a few MPs violated it inadvertently or simply walked to Parliament. Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai, however, ruled out any more exemptions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh unit chief

New Delhi, Apr 26: The National Museum of Natural History has been completely destroyed after a fire broke out in the FICCI building that it is housed in, early on Tuesday morning. Six firemen have been seriously injured. They have been taken to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where their condition is said to be stable.The fire that started around 1:45 am has been brought under control as of 8 am

New Delhi, Apr 25: The JNU today rusticated Umar Khalid and two other students for varying duration and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the February 9 event on the campus against Afzal Guru's hanging. Umar was rusticated for one semester, another student leader Anirban Bhattacharya till July 15 and Mujeeb Gattoo for two semesters. As per decision, Bhattacharya has

Mumbai, Apr 25: The Supreme Court on Monday came down on Maharashtra government for not granting license to dance bars and warned not to turn blind eye to the apex court order. The court also criticized the state government for framing rules that prohibit opening of dance bars within a distance of 1 km from educational institutions. "Dance is a profession. If it is obscene, then it loses its legal

New Delhi, Apr 25: Six electoral trusts together disbursed Rs 177.40 crore to 19 political parties during the fiscal 2014-15, with the BJP receiving the maximum donation of Rs 111.35 crore, as per a new report citing latest disclosures. The report by rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said electoral trusts received a total amount of Rs 177.55 crore from corporates and

Kolkata, Apr 25: Over 22 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling for the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections today. Till 9 AM, 22.63 per cent voters cast their votes in North 24 Parganas district while the corresponding figure in Howrah was 20.34 per cent. Overall, 21.87 per cent voter turnout was recorded for 49 seats in the two districts after