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Three Opinion Polls give BJP edge in Delhi
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on some opinion polls that showed Aam Aadmi Party ahead of BJP in Delhi, three new surveys came as a big relief for the saffron party, which is fighting it out to reclaim Delhi after a…
Anil Goswami sacked as Home Secretary
As part of its commitment towards zero tolerance on corruption, the Narendra Modi government has sacked Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami with immediate effect after he was found guilt of trying to block the arrest of former Union Minister…
Major Australia India Skills MoU Breaks New Ground
Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Mr Patrick Suckling, has welcomed a major new skills agreement which puts Australia at the centre of India’s drive to train half a billion Indian students within the next decade. The Memorandum of…
PIL Filed for CBI Probe in AAP’s Foreign Funding
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed Wednesday in the Delhi High Court to seek a CBI probe into foreign funds the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received in the past and now in violation of law. The plea came days after AAP Volunteer Action…
Asked Natarajan to protect environment: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said he asked the then environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan to protect the environment and the tribals. He accepted that he advised Natarajan on the work of her ministry. "I told Jayanthi…
Delhi Police likely to question Sunanda Pushkar’s Son Today
Delhi Police are likely to question Sunanda Pushkar's son Shiv Menon Wednesday in connection with her murder. Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi told media that Shiv Menon has reached Delhi and they have asked him to join the probe as soon as…
Arvind Kejriwal’s Name Correctly Enrolled: EC
The Election Commission Wednesday told Delhi High Court that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's name was correctly enrolled in the electoral list in his New Delhi constituency and it can't be struck down. It denied that the former Delhi chief…
Tripura CM Manik Sarkar flays BJP Remark on ‘Immigrants’
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Wednesday attacked the BJP for describing people from the northeast living in Delhi as "immigrants" -- a folly the BJP later rectified. "The northeastern states are an integral part of India. Those people…
India-Sri Lanka bonds Unbreakable: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday greeted Sri Lankans on their country's 67th independence day, saying the bonds of history and culture between the two countries were "unbreakable".
"My greetings to the people of Sri Lanka. The…
Violence in Uttar Pradesh Prison after Inmate’s Death
Violence broke out in a Uttar Pradesh jail as prisoners attacked officials after an inmate was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the toilet, police said Wednesday. The incident took place in Kannauj around midnight. Police…