India

New Delhi, Feb 6: The Aam Aadmi Party today took on BJP for its front page advertisement in various newspapers listing the achievements of the Narendra Modi government and asking people to vote for it in the Assembly polls tomorrow, saying it is violation of the Model Code of Conduct. "Today Delhi has seen that every paper has a front page advertisement given by BJP. In my opinion this is clear

New Delhi, Feb 5: BJP is projected to get absolute majority in Delhi and win between 41-45 seats and AAP is likely to secure the second place, according to a survey by Research and Development Initiative (RDI). The survey states that AAP is likely to win between 21-25 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly. The vote share projection has given BJP 41 per cent and AAP 36 per cent. Where as, Congress

Kolkata, Feb 5: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today threw her support to the AAP in the February 7 Delhi Assembly elections for the "greater need of the country and development in the capital". "Delhi elections on (Feb) 7. My request to all of you in Delhi to please vote for AAP. For the greater need of the country and development in Delhi," Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, said in

Mumbai, Feb 5: Subrata Roy, the boss of the Sahara conglomerate, is in a New Delhi prison on contempt-of-court charges and needs to post $1.6 billion in bail to get out. To help raise the money, Sahara is in talks to refinance its overseas hotels, including New York's Plaza. The only problem: It's unclear if the man who's orchestrating the deal, a 34-year-old former broker named Saransh Sharma

Kolkata, Feb 5: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose quit as MP as also from the party Thursday, a day after getting bail in a case related to the Saradha chit fund scam. Bose, who spent 75 days in police and jail custody after his arrest by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, announced his decision to quit as an MP and also from the primary membership of Trinamool

New Delhi, Feb 5: Just ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, scores of Delhilites have come together for a protest march over the recent church attacks and governments inaction in the case, according to TV reports. The protesters will be marching from the Scared Heart Church till Home Minister Rajnath Singh's residence in Delhi. It's a silent protest to express our anguish over government's inaction

Feb 5: Former BCCI President N. Srinivasan, who is caught amidst IPL betting and spot fixing controversies, wants to return as BCCI President. Srinivasan wants to contest the BCCI elections to get his chair back. He will be holding a meeting with his loyalists on Saturday. The former BCCI President met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday. Jaitley made it clear to Srinivasan that he cannot go

New Delhi, Feb 4: Amidst most of the opinion polls giving an edge to AAP in Delhi elections, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the electoral mandate in the national capital cannot be seen as a referendum on the performance of Narendra Modi government at the Centre. "It is the election for the Chief Minister and not for the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi is not fighting assembly elections

New Delhi, Feb 4: Breaking his silence over Jayanthi Natarajan's allegations against him over green clearances, Rahul Gandhi today said his communication with her was driven by his interest for the welfare of the poor and the adivasis. "I want to tell you that I have fought for the poor and the adivasis and I had told Jayanthi Natarajan that we should look into the welfare of the environment, poor

New Delhi, Feb 4: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was quick to realise an important aspect of Delhi that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to notice. It was that elections in Delhi are different from that in any other state since the Capital is a city-state where people come to meet their aspirations and need development. The polls in Delhi cannot be fought merely on insinuations against opponents