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Lucknow, Dec 31: Attacking Lalu Prasad for going to Muzaffarnagar riot relief camps a few days after Rahul Gandhi's visit, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the RJD leader was a sycophant who was "licking the feet" of Congress leaders. "Despite all help to riot victims by the SP government, everyone is trying to play politics on the issue. Some persons (Lalu) reached there immediately

New Delhi, Dec 31: After fulfilling his party's promise of providing free supply of 700 litres of water everyday for Delhi households, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday initiated steps to reduce power bills by asking the three private power distribution companies to present their case on their likely audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. According to reports, Chief Minister has

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 31: Facing flak over deaths of children at relief camps, the Uttar Pradesh Government today shifted 420 riot victims from Loee camp in the district to vacant buildings to protect them from severe cold wave sweeping the state. At least 420 people have been shifted from Loee relief camp, the only functional camp in Muzaffarnagar district, while efforts are being made to move

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 31: Over 70 families, allegedly evicted by the Uttar Pradesh government from a relief camp in Muzaffarnagar, are now forced to live in a bus stand with no electricity, water or toilet. The families have taken shelter in the bus stand at Neem Kheri village, three km away from Loi camp in the riot-hit district situated around 500 km away from state capital Lucknow. It was the last

New Delhi, Dec 30: Fulfilling its poll promise, the Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday announced 667 litres of free water daily for domestic consumption to each household having metered connection in Delhi. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Jal Board chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in Ghaziabad in Kausambi. “All the domestic consumers having metered

Varanasi, Dec 30: In an embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government, UP Minister Surendra Patel was caught on camera slapping a youth during a programme at his residence in the district. Patel was caught on camera slapping a youth when attempts were being made to restore order during a blanket distribution programme at his Raja Talab residence yesterday. However, the minister has denied that

New Delhi, Dec 30: Union minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that the pain reflected in Narendra Modi's blog over the 2002 Gujarat riots was aimed at electoral gains during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Sibal claimed that it was "too late" for BJP's prime ministerial candidate to say that Gujarat riots had shaken him to the core, arguing that the "riots baggage" will remain with Modi. "Modi's

New Delhi, Dec 30: Arvind Kejriwal, who had said no to a government bungalow, has reportedly rented a 5-room flat within a two kilometre radius of the Delhi Assembly. He is likely to shift in two days’ time, said party sources. Four days before being sworn in as the seventh chief minister of Delhi, he had turned down Delhi Chief Secretary D M Sapoli’s proposal for a bungalow, one of the many perks

Ghaziabad, Dec 29: Samajwadi Party leader Kamal Farooqui Sunday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and expressed a desire to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), party sources said. Farooqui, a former Samajwadi Party national secretary, met Kejriwal at his residence here for an hour. AAP sources quoted Kejriwal as telling Farooqui that he will discuss the matter with his party colleagues and take

Rameswaram, Dec 29: Amidst stepped up pressure to secure the release of over 220 Tamil Nadu fishermen detained in Sri Lanka, 22 more were arrested by the island navy early on Sunday while fishing in the Palk Strait. The fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel this morning for allegedly fishing in their country's territorial waters and taken