India

New Delhi, Jan 20: BJP on Monday declared a list of 62 candidates out of a total of 70 for the February 7 Delhi Assembly elections, with its chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi contesting from Krishna Nagar and former Union Minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar seat. Former Delhi minister and senior party leader Jagdish Mukhi will contest from Janakpuri seat while former Delhi BJP chief

New Delhi, Jan 20: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor admitted to "marital trouble" during his four-hour questioning by the Delhi police on the alleged murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi a year ago. Sources say Mr Tharoor was calm during his questioning at a police station in south Delhi on Monday evening. He was reportedly asked over 50 questions by a

New Delhi, Jan 19: President Pranab Mukherjee today asked ruling and opposition parties to put their heads together and find out a workable solution, apparently to avoid resort to frequent issuing of ordinances. In comments that have come against the backdrop of a raging debate on a spate of ordinances promulgated by the NDA government, he acknowledged that the Constitution provided for

New Delhi, Jan 19: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned in a day or two in connection with the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said. The police chief maintained that all those people relevant in the case are being examined by the Special Investigation Team so that a consistent story emerges in the high-profile case. "No, he has not

New Delhi, Jan 19: Fog and cold wave conditions continued to prevail in most parts of North India on Monday. Fog disrupted rail and air traffic with services of several trains being affected in the region. According to the latest reports available on railways enquiry, about 169 trains are late due to the prevailing weather conditions. Delhi airport reported major delays in international flights

New Delhi, Jan 19: Terming it as the “desire of the media to be an actor” while reporting from scenes of security operations, Union I&B Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday said the country’s security and defence establishments were of the view that this cannot be allowed and that the matter was under “serious and very advanced consideration” of the government. “How do you report instances where insurgent

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