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New Delhi, Feb 16: Air India, which is in the process of selling five Boeing 777 aircraft to Etihad and carrying out sale-leaseback of its Dreamliners, would use the proceeds to pay off aircraft loans and meet working capital needs, according to official sources. The sale of five Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is estimated to fetch $336.5 million for the

New Delhi, Feb 16: Aam Aadmi Party Saturday demanded that the investigation of cases registered by Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) during its regime should not be hampered, especially the case in which industrialist Mukesh Ambani and Union Minister Veerappa Moily have been booked. "The biggest case is against Mukesh Ambani, Moily. The investigation of this case should not be hampered. We have also

New Delhi, Feb 16: Claiming to have supported the Arvind Kejriwal Government till the very end, the Congress on Saturday accused it of running away from responsibilities and not even making an effort to introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly. To expose the “doublespeak” of the Aam Aadmi Party Government, it has now also decided to “issue a charge sheet” against it. Delhi Pradesh

London, Feb 16: The arrest of an India-born businessman and his son as part of a probe by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into allegations of bribery at aerospace and defence major Rolls-Royce has shaken the corridors of power in Britain. Multi-millionaire Sudhir Choudhrie and his son Bhanu, well-known as major political donors to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party, were

New Delhi, Feb 15: Lashing out at Lt Governor Najeeb Jung for not recommending dissolution of the House as per the Cabinet's decision, Arvind Kejriwal, who resigned as Delhi Chief Minister yesterday, said that he was "openly flouting" the decisions taken by a majority government. "I am questioning the logic of his decision (of not recommending dissolution of the House)," Kejriwal said, adding that

New Delhi, Feb 15: Holding BJP and Congress responsible for the fall of Arvind Kejriwal government, AAP leader Prashant Bhushan today said the party was left with no option but to quit as implementing Jan Lokpal was their top priority. "From the beginning, Congress and BJP were against this bill and that is why they didn't support the government. Both party leaders don't want the country to be

New Delhi, Feb 15: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, with all the sound and fury, would have been surprising if it did not happen. When, in December 2013, the Aam Aadmi Party formed a government in Delhi, it had a single objective in mind — to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill failing which to bow out of office as a martyr punished for taking on the corrupt. The script has played out

Washington, Feb 14: Amid a mixed reaction to US Ambassador Nancy Powell's meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the US reiterated its readiness to do business with whatever government emerges from India's May elections. "I know that there's a lot of attention being paid to this one, but it really is part of our broader outreach," State Department

New Delhi, Feb 14: Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung has told the Delhi assembly not to consider the Jan Lokpal bill as he has not okayed it but the AAP said it was determined to go ahead with the bill. "Since the bill is not approved by me, it may not be considered for discussion," informed sources said, reading out from the letter sent to assembly Speaker M.S. Dhir. Delhi Education Minister Manish

New Delhi, Feb 14: Under criticism for withdrawing US scholar Wendy Doniger’s book, ‘The Hindus: An Alternative History’, from the country, Penguin Books India on Friday said it had an obligation to respect laws even if they were “intolerant and restrictive”. In its statement, released two days after the controversy broke, the publisher added that it has a moral responsibility to protect its