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New Delhi, Dec 23: BJP MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad was today suspended by party chief Amit Shah for publicly targeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with allegations of irregularities in Delhi's cricket body DDCA. "Kirti Azad, Darbhanga MP, is suspended from party with immediate effect for his anti-party activities," a BJP statement said. A show cause notice has been issued to him asking

New Delhi, Dec 23: The Rajya Sabha's proceedings were briefly disrupted twice in the pre-lunch session on Wednesday over the issues of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and alleged irregularities in the DDCA. Soon after the upper house met for the day, Janata Dal-United member K.C. Tyagi raised the issue of stones being transported and carved for constructing the proposed Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar

New Delhi, Dec 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Russia today for annual summit talks with President Vladimir Putin that is aimed at further expanding the special and privileged strategic ties with a particular focus on nuclear energy, hydrocarbons, defence and trade. After the talks on Thursday, the two "time-tested" partners are likely to ink a number of pacts in

New Delhi, Dec 23: An aggressive Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ordering a “flop” CBI raid on the Delhi government secretariat. He also sought the sacking of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) during the latter’s tenure in office. “My office was raided

New Delhi, Dec 22: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday took up for discussion the Juvenile Justice amendment bill, a day after members cutting across party lines agreed that the important legislation should be taken up immediately. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014, provides for the trial of those between 16-18 years as adults for heinous offences. Also, anyone between the

New Delhi, Dec 22: A Border Security Force (BSF) aircraft carrying technicians crashed close to the Indira Gandhi International Airport at Dwarka in Delhi on Tuesday, killing all 10 people onboard. The Ranchi-bound Beechcraft Super King plane crashed at 9:50 am, after hitting the wall while taking off from the Palam airport at 9:45 am. "We are yet to confirm the cause of the accident," BSF

Mumbai, Dec 22: Mumbai Police arrested artist Hema Upadhyay's estranged husband Chintan in the wee hours of Tuesday on charges of killing his wife and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani on December 11. According to reports, Vhintan was first called for interrogated by the Kandivali Police in connection with the case and later formally arrested. The case cam to fore after a sweeper noticed two boxes in a

New Delhi, Dec 22: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and sought Rs.10 crore in damages for accusing him of corruption when he headed the DDCA. Kejriwal retorted that he and his Aam Aadmi Party cannot be intimidated. Even as a combative Jaitley defended himself in parliament against the corruption charges, fellow BJP MP

Hyderabad, Dec 21: Air India barred 19 students from boarding its flight to the USA on the grounds that the two universities in which they had secured admission are under "scrutiny" of American authorities. The national carrier asked its staff to not allow the 19 students to board its flight to San Francisco at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here last night. The students have taken admission

New Delhi, Dec 21: Cutting across party lines, lawmakers today sought the passage of the amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act at the earliest amidst the clamour over the release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape case even as BJP and Congress traded charges over the delay in clearing of the legislation. Following the Supreme Court's dismissal of a plea against the release of the