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New Delhi, Jul 24: Former minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia on Thursday rubbished External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s tweet alleging a senior Congress leader’s involvement in procuring diplomatic passport for coal scam accused Bagrodia, saying the people of India cannot be ‘fooled’ by such tweets. “The tweet of the Minister is absolutely wrong. There is no question of any help

New Delhi, Jul 23: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who got an earful from his party chief Sonia Gandhi yesterday, received accolades today from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his skills in public speaking, leaving political tongues wagging on the timing of the praise. Modi showered praise on Tharoor, the only Congress MP present at a function organised by the Lok Sabha Speaker for MPs, while talking

New Delhi, Jul 23: Giving in to Lt Governor's assertion, the AAP government today sent him a file on appointment of Swati Maliwal as Chief of Delhi Commission for Women, two days after he struck down its decision for not taking his approval. After a meeting with LG Najeeb Jung, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said government has sent the file relating to Maliwal's appointment to LG for

New Delhi, Jul 23: Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the United States in the Indian Ocean in October, military and diplomatic sources said, a drill that so riled China eight years ago that Delhi has not since hosted such a multilateral wargame. The Indian Ocean has emerged as a new arena of competition between China making inroads and India trying to recover its

New Delhi, Jul 22: A combative BJP top brass today rallied behind Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and two state chief ministers who are under Opposition attack over Lalit Modi row and Vyapam scam, asserting that they have done no wrong and there will be no resignations. Party leaders were also asked to aggressively "expose" Congress over its "disinformation campaign". The assertions came at the BJP

Jammu, Jul 22: Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said. The army later carried out a flag march there. "Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Rajouri town this afternoon to maintain law and order," a senior police officer said here. An order issued by District Magistrate Deepti Uppal said restrictions under section

Nagpur, Jul 22: Hours after the Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition by Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict on Tuesday filed mercy plea before Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao. This is his last-ditch bid to prevent execution of his death sentence on July 30. Memon, the only convict on death row in the case, handed over his mercy petition to the

New Delhi, Jul 21: The Centre today asserted in the Supreme Court that the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi did nor deserve any mercy as the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving foreign nationals. "Our former Prime Minister was killed by these people. There was a conspiracy to kill him in which foreign nationals were also involved. What mercy is to be seen or shown

New Delhi, Jul 21: The Supreme Court today dismissed curative petition of sole death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Memon, convicted for his role in the March 1993 bomb blasts, will be hanged on July 30. He is likely to be be hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged, following the rejection of his mercy plea in April this year by the

New Delhi, Jul 21: Disruptions marred the proceedings in Rajya Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon session today, with Opposition Congress adamant on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's resignation over Lalit Modi controversy and BJP accusing it of "running away" from a debate on it. Leading the opposition protests, Congress members forced three adjournaments in the pre-lunch session