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New Delhi, Jan 18: A day after being slapped with show-cause notice by Election Commission (EC) of India, AAP's wannabe chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal seems to have put himself in a tight spot once again. In a controversial remark, Kejriwal on Sunday suggested the voters to take money from other parties but vote for AAP in upcoming Delhi assembly elections. "I appeal to the people of

Chennai, Jan 18: In a sharp attack on Censor Board members who quit the film certification body alleging government interference, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today if there was something wrong, they should blame themselves as they were in power. He also slammed the Congress, saying it was the UPA Government that "politicised" the Central Board of Film Certification. "They were in power till

New Delhi, Jan 18: Female canteen employees in central government departmental canteens who wear sarees will get a 'petticoat' while those who don salwar kameez will be given a 'dupatta'. "The matter regarding issue of uniforms to entitled female canteen employees has been reviewed and it has been decided to authorise issue of petticoat to entitled female canteen employees who wear saree and

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Election Commission (EC)?on Saturd¬ay issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal for alle¬gedly violating the poll code by accusing Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay of having a nexus with power distribution companies in the national capital territory. Acting on a complaint lodged by Upadhyay, the EC asked Kejriwal to

New Delhi, Jan 17: Railway finances are in "deep trouble", according to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu who observed today that the government behemoth has been caught in a "vicious circle" of poor investments compromising its services. Pitching for increased investment into the Railways, he said Pension Fund could be one of the possible means of pumping in the money into the largest government

New Delhi, Jan 17: Shazia Ilmi, the latest entry in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has probably deleted old tweets against BJP or PM Narendra Modi from her Twitter account that were dug out by tweeples and went viral on the social networking site. On Friday, Aam Aadmi Party launched a twitter war against Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi by pulling out old tweets of the two. In a subtle attack on Ilmi on

Bengaluru, Jan 17: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited handed over the first indigenously-built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas on Saturday to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Air chief marshal Anup in Bengaluru. The first LCA was handed over to the IAF after Initial Operational Clearance-II, which signifies that Tejas is airworthy in different conditions, sources said. This will be the

New Delhi, Jan 17: Nine Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) members resigned from their posts citing interference, corruption in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. This comes a day after CBFC chairperson Leela Samson stepped down from her post as she was “tired of” being coerced by politicians, religious groups as well as the government to give certification to films from time to

New Delhi, Jan 16: The AAP has launched a twitter war against Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi, who have joined the BJP by pulling out old tweets of the two. In a subtle attack on Ilmi on Wednesday, AAP chief Kejriwal took a swipe at Ilmi by retweeting one of her tweets, dated November 21, 2013 titled 'Hypocrisy, thy name is BJP' The tweet by Ilmi, who was in AAP at that time, criticises the BJP and the

New Delhi, Jan 16: Petrol price was today cut by Rs 2.42 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.25 a litre after an excise duty hike limited the benefit of global crude prices slumping to six-year low. The reduction would have been almost double but for the government also raising excise duty by Rs 2 per litre on both petrol and diesel today. This is the ninth straight reduction in petrol prices since