India

Patna, Feb 20: Awaiting invitation from the Governor to form the new government, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today promised good governance once he takes over as chief minister and apologised for his decision to quit last year after his party's rout in the Lok Sabha elections. He said he was ready to lead from the front and hoped to get the Governor's invitation to form the next government as he had

Patna, Feb 20: Awaiting invitation from the Governor to form the new government, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today promised good governance once he takes over as chief minister and apologised for his decision to quit last year after his party's rout in the Lok Sabha elections. He said he was ready to lead from the front and hoped to get the Governor's invitation to form the next government as he had

Patna, Feb 20: Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Friday ahead of a crucial trust vote in the assembly, Raj Bhavan sources said. Manjhi paid a surprise visit to Raj Bhavan an hour before the start of proceedings and tendered his resignation. The resignation came as anti-climax to the storm within the Janata Dal (U) over the last one month, which saw Manjhi take on his one-time

New Delhi, Feb 20: Celebrated economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has declined a second term as Chancellor of the famous Nalanda University. The decision seems to be a political one, as Dr Sen feels that Narendra Modi-led BJP government does not want him to continue after his current term ends in July. Sen announced his decision to opt out of a second term through a letter to the University's

New Delhi, Feb 19: Two Oil Ministry officials and three other persons were today arrested for allegedly leaking confidential government documents to certain independent consultants and energy companies in what could be a case of corporate espionage. Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said the documents were photocopied and leaked in return for money and the investigators will soon apprehend the

New Delhi, Feb 19: The Supreme court today directed Gujarat Police not to arrest social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. "It is directed that the petitioners (Setalvad and her husband) will not be arrested in connection with the case," a bench comprising justices

New Delhi, Feb 19: A BJP leader who unsuccessfully contested the recent Delhi Assembly elections from Shakur Basti has been booked for allegedly molesting and sexually assaulting a woman while she was attached with an institute here, police said today. According to police, SC Vats, who is chairman of an institute in the Pitampura area of north-west Delhi, has been booked under Sections 354

Ghaziabad, Feb 19: In his first public interaction after becoming the Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal today held a janta darbar at party's Kaushambi office in Ghaziabad where he heard greviances of people. Unlike last time, when the darbar was marred with problems of mismanagement and over-crowding, this time it was a well-organised affair. "Around 200 people turned up today and Arvind

Mumbai, Feb 18: Pitching for relaxing "administrative controls" to improve ease of doing business, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said that impatience has begun creeping in among businessmen as nothing has changed on ground in first nine months of the Narendra Modi government. He said the industry is still optimistic about the changes it expects from the Modi government, but optimism is not

New Delhi, Feb 18: The central government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) foreign funds were investigated and nothing was found in violation of the law. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S Endlaw also asked the ministry of home affairs to submit its revised or up-to-date report with regard to its findings in the matter, in a sealed cover