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New Delhi, May 9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today dared the Election Commission to provide an EVM to the AAP, claiming it can be tampered with in 90 seconds flat. During a day-long special sitting of the Delhi Assembly today, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj put on a "live demonstration" on how electronic voting machines can be programmed to favour any political party. "He (Bhardwaj) showed how

Srinagar, May 9: A 25-year-old woman in Kanachak area of Jammu has accused a station house officer of sexually assaulting her and torturing her for over a week while she was in custody there. She along with her husband has alleged that he forcibly stripped her, inserted a beer bottle and chilli powder in her private parts. She had been in custody over allegations of theft by a couple for whom she

New Delhi, May 9: National carrier Air India will launch flights to three new destinations in the US as well as to Stockholm, Nairobi and Tel Aviv this year, its chief Ashwani Lohani said today. Making it the fifth non-stop destination in the United States, a direct service would start to Washington from July 7, followed by a flight to Los Angeles from September 1 and then to Dallas. Air India

New Delhi, May 9: A TV news channel on Monday claimed that former Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar body was moved from one place to another at Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi. After airing 19 telephonic conversation between a correspondent and a close aide of Mr Tharoor, who was present at the hotel, Republic TV said that the Congress leader had re-visited the hotel after

New Delhi, May 9: Under intense attack, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight indicated that he would answer tomorrow the graft allegations levelled against him by Kapil Mishra who was suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party. "Truth will triumph. Its beginning will be made during the special session of the Delhi Assembly tomorrow," Kejriwal tweeted amid turmoil in his party. His tweet came as

New Delhi, May 8: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Kapil Mishra today submitted documents to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to back his allegations that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had delayed the probe into a Rs 400 crore tanker scam. A day after he said he had witnessed Kejriwal take Rs 2 crore from Health Minister Satyendra Jain in another case, Mishra alleged that the investigation

New Delhi, May 8: In a big setback to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the CBI plea opposing the dropping of charges against former Bihar chief minister in connection with the infamous fodder scam case. These are distinct offences and cannot be clubbed as one case, the SC said in its order. The apex court ruling implies that the veteran politician will now have to

New Delhi, May 7: Sacked Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra's allegation that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took Rs 2 crore from health minister Satyendra Jain triggered calls for the Delhi chief minister's resignation. "Kejriwal has no moral right to hold the post of chief minister. He must resign immediately," Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said while hailing Mishra's courage. "I have said a

New Delhi, May 7: India stands behind 161 nations, including Pakistan, as it is yet to ratify the 30-year-old United Nations' Convention Against Torture by making a law on it despite signing it way back in 1997. It may sound bizarre, but India is among the only nine countries worldwide which are yet to ratify this crucial convention, an essential condition for a signatory state to ratify the

Lahore, May 7: Pakistan International Airlines will suspend its flight between Karachi and Mumbai from tomorrow due to commercial considerations, a senior airline official has said. PIA operated two flights in a week (Monday and Thursday) between Karachi and Mumbai. However, the PIA's Lahore-Delhi flight operation will continue as traffic volume on this route is satisfactory, the PIA official told