India

New Delhi, Dec 23: It is a big day ahead for the Aam Aadmi Party as it is all set to stake claim to form the next government in Delhi on Monday. AAP is likely to take the support of the Congress on conditional grounds to form the next government. The AAP seems to have finally decided to bite the bullet, going through the last leg of the referendum, seeking opinion on government formation with

Srinagar, Dec 22: Asking security forces to ensure that human rights of people are respected, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday advised them to differentiate between strictness and misbehaviour while discharging their duties. Praising the forces for working in difficult conditions here and assuring them full support for maintaining peace, the Chief Minister said the

New Delhi, Dec 22: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today hinted that the decision on forming the new government in Delhi would be taken tonight or by tomorrow morning. "Most probably tonight or early tomorrow morning," he told reporters here while replying to a question on feedbacks that the party was receiving indicated that AAP was preparing to form the government. Asked whether he would

New Delhi, Dec 21: Calling it a "paradox", BJP today took a dig at Congress for working on an alliance with RJD after supporting Aam Admi Party which won on anti-corruption plank in Delhi, but the ruling party hit back reminding BJP of its association with tainted leaders like BS Yeddyurappa. "What a paradox - Congress supports Kejriwal in Delhi and Lalu in Patna," Leader of Opposition Arun

New Delhi, Dec 21: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, Jayanthi Natarajan on Saturday resigned as Minister of State for Environment and Forests. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Veerappa Moily has been given additional charge of Environment Ministry. Source said general secretaries in the Congress, who wish to contest Lok Sabha elections could be replaced by

New Delhi, Dec 21: Strongly indicating that Delhi's wait for a government could be over soon, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said auditing of power companies and legislating the Jan Lokpal bill would be top priorities for the new city government. Though he added the proviso that a formal announcement on government formation will await till a referendum AAP is conducting is over, Kejriwal

Washington, Dec 20: The United States has ruled out acceding to either of the two Indian demands- withdrawal of charges against its diplomat Devyani Khobragade, and an apology for alleged mistreatment, after her arrest in New York last week. "We take these allegations very seriously. We're not in any way walking back from those allegations or the charges. Again, this is really a law enforcement

New Delhi, Dec 19: India hit back Thursday at the US over the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade and accused American officials of interfering with the Indian legal system. Describing Khobragade as the "only ... victim" in this case, the external affairs ministry said the action taken against her violated the Vienna Convention. "There were no courtesies in the treatment meted out to the

Washington, Dec 19: Manhattan's high profile India-born US attorney Preet Bhrara, also known as the "Sherriff of Wall Street", has defended his department's actions against an Indian diplomat sparking a diplomatic row between India and the US, insisting she was not handcuffed and was given due courtesies. He also said the domstic help, Sangeeta Richard's family was "evacuated" from India to

New Delhi, Dec 19: Indian merchant ship captain, Sunil James, who was under arrest in the west African country of Togo since July, has been released along with another Indian sailor, the external affairs ministry said Thursday. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted: "After meet between India's High Commissoner in Accra and President Gnassingbe of Togo, Captain Sunil James