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New Delhi, Apr 4: Aiming to "restart" the journey of alternative politics, the rebel faction of AAP led by Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan has started mobilising volunteers for its upcoming 'Swaraj Samwad' Dialogue, prompting a section of the party to issue a veiled warning saying attending it would be considered "indiscipline". The Yadav-Bhushan camp is using social media sites such as

Panaji, Apr 4: All four employees of a Fabindia outlet near here, who were arrested after Union Minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera trained towards its trial room, were today granted bail by a local court here. Judicial Magistrate Dwaja Patkar, before whom the four were produced after their arrest last evening, granted them bail and rejected Goa Crime branch's application for their

New Delhi, Apr 4: Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dinner for top judges tonight on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conference clashed with Good Friday and Easter weekend. Justice Joseph, who has earlier raised objections with Chief Justice of India H L Dattu over holding of a three-day long judges conference during

Kolkata, Apr 4: The first total lunar eclipse of 2015 would be visible in its entirety on Saturday from some parts of the eastern-most region of Arunachal Pradesh, a senior astrophysicist today said. "Tezu & Roing in Arunachal Pradesh will witness the total lunar eclipse lasting for four minutes 43 seconds just after the moonrise. Places where the moon will be rising during the eclipse will be

New Delhi, Apr 4: Ace Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who went missing in the Andes during his solo expedition, has been reported to be dead. After Malli went missing, grief-stricken near and dear ones had created a Facebook page named 'Rescue Malli Mastan'. Announcing the sad demise of the mountaineer, the status on the page was today updated as 'Mountains retained its favourite child.. R.I

Mumbai/Kochi, Apr 4: Over 660 Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen arrived home by two IAF planes and a special Air India flight tonight, taking the total number of evacuees who have been safely brought back from the strife-torn country to 1022. While two Indian Air Force planes carrying 334 people landed in Mumbai past 11 PM, a special Air India flight with 330 Indians reached Kochi airport post

New Delhi, Apr 3: The land acquisition ordinance, which the government could not get converted into a legislation in Rajya Sabha due to stiff opposition, was today re-promulgated, a day before it is to lapse. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance as recommended by the union cabinet on March 31, official sources said. The earlier ordinance is to lapse tomorrow as it has not been

Panaji, Apr 3: Goa rural development agency minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco, whose conviction for abusing and slapping a government servant was upheld by the Supreme Court earlier this week, has resigned from the cabinet, reports said on Friday. An FIR was lodged against Pacheco in July 2006 by Kapil Natekar, a junior engineer with the electrical department, alleging that Pacheco (who was a

New Delhi, Apr 3: BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday took a dig at Congress and asked the opposition party to search for Rahul Gandhi instead of finding faults in the NDA government. "Instead of trying to find faults in NDA government, faults that do not exist, the opposition should search for its leader," Amit Shah said during BJP's national executive meeting in Bengaluru. As expected, Congress

Bengaluru, Apr 3: Under attack over the Land Bill, the BJP on Friday said it will launch a mass contact programme to dispel 'myths and propaganda' spread by the Opposition and engage farmers in dialogue even as it insisted that it remains open to changes suggested by rival parties and farmers. As the two-day BJP national executive meet began today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi