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New Delhi, Apr 27 : An unserviceable oxygen bottle on an aircraft has cost Air India dearly and led to a delay of over 24 hours for the 245 passengers who were to fly from Frankfurt to Delhi on Friday night. Since the Dreamliner (VT-AOG) could not take off without this vital emergency equipment, all the flyers were put up in an expensive Frankfurt hotel. "Oxygen bottles are critical emergency

New Delhi, Apr 26: Prime Minister’s step-brother may have joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday but not without his share of controversies. His induction in the saffron wing has been accused to be have shrewdly planned by the BJP through an offer of Rs. 3 crore, going by what Mandeep Singh Kohli, son of Surjeet Singh, elder brother of Daljeet alleges. The family further adds that even

Mumbai, Apr 27: The Election Commission (EC) may have apologised for the deletion of thousands of names from the voters list in Mumbai, but officials within the body insist that the exercise to revise the electoral roll was undertaken meticulously. In the last two years, 71.76 lakh names have been deleted from the State’s electoral rolls. But 74.74 lakh names added, EC sources say. In Mumbai

New Delhi, Apr 26: BJP today came out in defence of yoga guru Ramdev over his remarks that Rahul Gandhi goes to dalit for "honeymoon", and said he is a "saint" whose words should be viewed in the context in which they were made and not as per the perception of Congress leaders. "Ramdev is a saint. When he selects words like honeymoon, which is an English word, the context should be understood and

Farukkhabad, Apr 26: Congress could consider extending support to the Third Front or taking its help to form the government if necessary after the Lok Sabha elections, Union minister Salman Khurshid said on Saturday. He claimed that Narendra Modi was going to emerge as a "big problem" for BJP and referring to Ram temple movement, said that when "Bhagwan ki lehar" (God's wave) could not stop

Barnala (Punjab), Apr 26: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said the BJP's much touted Gujarat Model is actually 'Modi model' under which the common man is suffering in the state and may God save the country from it. "BJP's chief campaigner is selling Narendra Modi model in the name of Gujarat. What is happening in Gujarat under this model? Sikhs living there since past 50 years were being

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Congress may win more than 140 seats in the Lok Sabha elections this year, revealed a recent internal assessment by the party. According to a report, the Congress believes it would reach the 140-plus figure on the basis of feedback received from its state units where polls have already taken place. However, the party has also predicted that the BJP could emerge as the

New Delhi, Apr 26: A day after Prime Minister's step-brother Daljeet Singh Kohli joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of Narendra Modi in Punjab, Dr Manmohan Singh's nephew Manbir Singh on Saturday said all the family members are "shocked" with the decision. "All our family members are completely shocked with Daljeet's decision. It may be his personal choice that he has changed his

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Congress has strongly condemned yoga guru Baba Ramdev who said in Lucknow yesterday that the party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi visits homes of Dalits "for honeymoon and picnic." Terming the comments "anti-dalit", Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today said the yoga guru must apologise. "Ramdev's remark Anti Dalit. He must publicly apologise. We would like Modi

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Congress made it clear on Friday that it had not promised a sub-quota for OBC Muslims as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. It said the party cannot do anything until the matter is resolved in the court. The clarification came from Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal after the Bharatiya Janata Party, responding to a newspaper report, described it as a “last desperate