India

New Delhi, Dec 15: A day before son Rahul Gandhi takes over as the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, who held the party baton for 19 years, hinted that she's close to retiring from politics. "My role now is to retire," Sonia Gandhi said. As the grand old party, Congress, gears up to formally make Rahul as party President on Saturday, there has been talk of whether or not his mother would formally

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Supreme Court today dismissed the pleas of activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband and her two NGOs challenging the Gujarat High Court order rejecting their pleas for de-freezing of their personal bank accounts. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the pleas are dismissed. Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and their two NGOs -- Sabrang Trust and Citizens for

New Delhi, Dec 14: The BJP looks headed for facile victories in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, exit polls by various media houses concluded unanimously after a rancorous campaign which saw sharp exchanges between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress's president-elect Rahul Gandhi. Almost all exit polls predicted more than 100 seats for the BJP in Gujarat where the party has been ensconced

Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Dec 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'roadshow' after casting his vote in the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections has created a fresh controversy with senior Congress leader P Chidambaram accusing the Election Commission of allowing a 'political campaign'. Modi exercised his franchise on Thursday at Nishan School in Ranip area of Sabarmati Assembly constituency where

Ahmedabad, Dec 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cast his vote here after waiting in a queue to exercise his right at a polling booth set up at a school in Sabarmati constituency of Ahmedabad district. After casting the vote at the Nishan High School, he showed his inked finger to thousands of supporters who had gathered outside the school in Ranip locality of Sabaramati constituency, amid

Kochi, Dec 14: A city court has awarded death sentence to Ameerul Islam, the lone convict found guilty in the rape and murder case of a 30-year old Dalit law student in Kerala last year. Ernakulam Principal Sessions court judge N Anil Kumar awarded death penalty to Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, for committing murder of the law student at nearby Perumbavoor. Islam has been awarded life

London, Dec 14: Vijay Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will face next year a parallel litigation brought by 13 Indian banks to freeze nearly USD 1.5 billion of his assets. According to court documents submitted at the UK High Court, the claim brought by the Indian banks against the 61- year-old embattled liquor

Hyderabad, Dec 14: Eight extremists, members of a newly formed group which allegedly indulged in extortion and violence, were today killed in an exchange of fire with police in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district, an official said. The face-off took place in a forest area falling under Tekulapalli mandal of the district around 6.30 am, a senior police official said. "Eight extremists have

Lucknow, Dec 13: A BJP Lok Sabha member was caught on camera threatening an IAS officer over an 'anti-encroachment' drive in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district. ''Jeena mushkil kar doongi...ye Barabanki hai,'' (I will make life difficult for you...this is Barabanki), Priyanka Singh Rawat, who represents Barabanki in the Lok Sabha, was heard telling Ajai Kumar Dwivedi, a trainee IAS officer

New Delhi, Dec 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy in Mumbai today. "This is a fine example of the fast growing strategic partnership between India and France," said PM Modi while dedicating the submarine to the nation. Named after the first Foxtort-class submarine, INS Kalvari was inducted into the Navy on December 8, 1967