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New Delhi, November 26: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal will today formally launch his political party, Aam Aadmi Party, from Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. "Today is a big day. History in the making. Aam Aadmi comes together to directly jump in politics to throw out this corrupt political system," Mr Kejriwal tweeted today. He had announced the name of his party on Saturday. The date of

Bhubaneswar, November 25: Ridiculing Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused the activist-turned-politician of adopting Congress party's theme to name his political outfit. "It reflects the intellectual bankruptcy of Kejriwal," Singh told reporters in Bhubaneswar, while replying a question on the use of word "Aam Aadmi". "Let Mr Kejriwal first

Mumbai, November 25: Security has been tightened all across the city on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack, police said on Sunday. The lone caught 26/11 terrorist, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, was executed at Yerawada prison in Pune on November 21. The security has also been tightened after the Pakistan Taliban said they would attack Indian targets to avenge the ‘killing’ of

Mumbai, November 25: Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Headley, who had surveyed most of the 26/11 targets, had also conducted a recce of Bal Thackeray's heavily-guarded residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in 2008, and found that Shiv Sena chief was a "sitting duck". In his soon-to-be-released book, 'Headley and I', about filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul's unusual friendship with

Chandigarh, November 25: The Congress on Saturday played down launching of a political outfit by Arvind Kejriwal saying there were 1453 political parties registered in India and one more would strengthen the democratic fabric. "If a person or group of people have decided to float a political party, it is their right," senior Congress leader and information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari

New Delhi, November 25: Notwithstanding the bitterness between the Congress and its estranged ally Trinamool Congress, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has reached out to Mamata Banerjee’s party to seek its support on a proposed bill to amend the Constitution for ratification of a boundary deal between India and Bangladesh. Though Banerjee and her government in West Bengal are believed to

Mumbai, November 25: While the recent arrest of two young women from Palghar grabbed media attention, what was not so well known was the case of two Air India employees who were arrested under Section 66 A and 67 A of the Information Technology (IT) Act in May and jailed for 12 days. The two decided to go public with their woes after the outrage over the girls’ arrests, hoping for some justice

New Delhi, November 24: Yoga expert Ramdev is in the spotlight again after he made a statement comparing the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab with that of freedom movement revolutionary Bhagat Singh's execution. "The government, in order to regain the confidence of the people hanged Kasab," said Ramdev, continuing, "It has made him a hero. It hanged him in secrecy the way

New Delhi, November 24: Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha member and Ram Jethmalani on Saturday questioned his party's objection over the appointment of the new CBI director. Jethmalani wrote a letter to party president Nitin Gadkari saying, "BJP is wrong in questioning the appointment of CBI director." Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj had on Friday written letters to Prime

New Delhi, November 24: Arvind Kejriwal's party was Saturday named 'Aam Admi Party' at a meeting of its founder members in New Delhi during which the constitution for the organisation was also adopted. The meeting of around 300 founder members was held at Constitution Club in New Delhi during which Kejriwal proposed the name of the party which was accepted by other members, sources said. The