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New York, Jan 11: The United States today said senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who returned to New Delhi, no longer enjoys immunity and she and Indian government were told that an arrest warrant might be issued against her. “Prior to her (Devyani Khobragade) departure, it was conveyed to her and to the government of India that she is not permitted to return to the United States except

New Delhi, Jan 10: India Friday expelled an American diplomat involved in the case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade after she was told to fly home following her indictment by a US grand jury. Official sources said the US embassy was "asked to withdraw forthwith a US diplomat of similar rank as Khobragade". "We have reason to believe that the officer was closely involved in the processes

New Delhi, Jan 10: With the Congress putting pressure on him to increase the quota of subsidised LPG, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the government will "seriously consider" raising the limit to 12 cylinders a household. Moily, who last week said there was no proposal to increase the quota, today said he will consult Finance Minister P Chidambaram and move the Cabinet Committee on

New Delhi, Jan 10: Buoyed by its spectacular success in Delhi assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday kicked off a nationwide membership drive with an aim of including at least one crore members by January 26 to strengthen the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. AAP leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said under the 'Main bhi aam aadmi' campaign, any citizen can enroll as

New Delhi, Jan 10: Reflecting the unease in party over praise of AAP by its leaders, a Congress leader today likened it to early days of Lalu Prasad's rule in Bihar in the nineties while another slammed Union Minister Jairam Ramesh for praising Arvind Kejriwal's party. "AAP govt reminds me of the early days of Lalu Raj.Oath at JP's Statue, call to fight corruption, Janta Darbar, hair cut& bath to

New Delhi, Jan 10: Saying that she was emboldened by the stand taken by her fellow student who complained of alleged sexual harassment by former Justice A K Ganguly, another young woman and former student of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, is learnt to have complained to Chief Justice of India Justice P Sathasivam that she was sexually harassed by a former judge of

New York, Jan 10: Senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was indicted for visa fraud and making false statements but can leave the US as she has been accorded diplomatic immunity. The charges against 39-year-old Khobragade will remain and she will have to face trial, if she returns to the US without diplomatic immunity, US attorney Preet Bharara said in a letter to District Judge Shira

New Delhi, Jan 9: The anti-corruption helpline, introduced by the Delhi Government, received nearly 4,000 calls in the first seven hours of its operation. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the helpline received 3,904 calls till 3 PM today out of which 53 callers had serious complaints. He said 38 callers have agreed to do a sting operation. Kejriwal had announced setting up of the helpline 011

Nashik/Mumbai, Jan 9: MNS leader Raj Thackeray, once considered close to Narendra Modi, today said the Gujarat Chief Minister should have resigned the day he was nominated BJP's prime ministerial candidate, a suggestion immediately rejected by the saffron party. Thackeray also criticised Modi for his 'excessive' focus on Gujarat and said instead of talking about his achievements there he should

New Delhi, Jan 9: BJP and Congress today slammed the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh for holding celebrations at party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's native village of Saifai while the victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots reportedly suffer under adverse weather conditions at relief camps in the state. "The media has highlighted how, when the relief camps are still in want of a lot of help