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New Delhi, Oct 21: Countering the Chief Minister's charge that Delhi Police was the "most corrupt", top cop BS Bassi today said that the survey cited by Arvind Kejriwal while making such remarks was actually "flattering" for the force and offered to help him understand its findings. Bassi said he has gone through the 34-page survey, which was done by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), and claimed

Hyderabad, Oct 20: Emergency "disastrously" gave "democratic credentials" to RSS by bringing it into the mainstream of Indian politics, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said, terming its imposition as a "wrong" move by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Ramesh said his personal view is that Emergency brought disrepute to the Congress for having "killed" Parliamentary democracy and gave

New Delhi, Oct 20: Union minister Arun Jaitley today deprecated the rising incidents of intolerance and vandalism which he said was an "extremely disturbing trend" and called for a "civilised mode" of discussing and debating issues. He also said the BJP has put on notice some of its own leaders who had made controversial statements in the wake of the Dadri lynching incident making it clear that

New Delhi, Oct 20: Latching onto a new survey's findings on corruption in Delhi Police, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he should "stop being stubborn" and hand over police and Anti-Corruption Branch to AAP government. In a series of tweets, Kejriwal claimed the survey findings raised questions on Modi's "capabilities and intentions"

New Delhi, Oct 20: The 'Statue of Unity' a memorial to Sardar Patel is being smelted and cast in China's Nanchang province. Chinese workers are set to arrive at Sadhu Bet in Narmada district by the end of the year to begin work on one of Prime Minister Modi's pet projects, reports The Indian Express. The statue as visualised by Modi is touted to be one of the tallest in the world at a height of

New Delhi: Oct 20: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday again expressed apprehension on whether tolerance and acceptance of dissent are on the wane. Addressing a gathering in Birbhum district of West Bengal during a function, he said humanism and pluralism should not be abandoned under any circumstance. “Assimilation through receiving is a characteristic of Indian society. Our collective strength

New Delhi, Oct 20: Around one-fifth of the candidates in the third phase of polls in Bihar have serious criminal charges against them while almost one-fourth of them have assets more than Rs one crore. Of the 808 candidates facing the electorate on October 28, 162 candidates have declared serious criminal charges like murder, crime against women and attempt to murder against them, according to the

New Delhi, Oct 19: Government is mulling on the issue of bringing more FDI into news channels, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said today while voicing concern over "quality of news" and little investment in training of journalists. Speaking at an event organised by the CII, he said the government is talking about the concept of "bringing in more" Foreign

Mumbai, Oct 19: The Shiv Sena workers on Monday stormed into the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office to protest against the meeting with the Pakistan Cricket board to discuss the India-Pakistan bilateral series slated for December. The Shiv Sainiks charged into the office chanting 'vande matram' and slogans against PCB chief Shahryar Khan. They cornered BCCI president Shashank

Rajkot, Oct 19: Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel was today booked under charges of sedition over 'kill cops' remarks in Surat. "If you have so much courage...then go and kill a couple of policemen. Patels never commit suicide," Hardik had said in Surat on October 3, while speaking to a local youth, Vipul Desai, who had announced that he would commit suicide in support of the agitation