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New Delhi, Dec 19: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in the National Herald case on Saturday by a trial court here. They appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Loveleen in the Patiala House courts complex.Kapil Sibal, who appeared on their behalf, told reporters that the court rejected petitioner Subramanian Swamy's plea to impose restrictions

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the December 16, 2012 gang-rape "juvenile" convict, slated to be released from an observation home on December 20, cannot be kept back, leading to dismay among various sections of society with the victim's downcast family ruing that "crime has won". The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said it will challenge the release by writing to

New Delhi, Dec 18: Decks were cleared for the release on Sunday of the juvenile convict in the horrific December 16, 2012 gangrape case with the Delhi High Court today refusing to intervene, saying he cannot be stopped from walking free under the existing provisions of law. The convict, now 20-year-old, is expected to walk out of the reformation home on December 20, at the end of his three- year

New Delhi, Dec 18: The confrontation between Delhi's ruling AAP and the Centre today intensified with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal making fresh allegations that CBI has been asked to "target" the opposition and "finish those who don't fall in line". Kejriwal's latest salvo came a day after he demanded that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley be removed from the Cabinet for alleged corruption in

New Delhi, Dec 18: NDA ministers will fan out across the country from January to "expose" the Opposition's "stalling tactics" in Parliament due to which several key bills are stuck and highlight the government's achievements seeking to project it as "pro-poor". At a meeting of the Council of Ministers at his residence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the ministers to "feel upbeat" about what

New Delhi, Dec 17: Hitting back at Arvind Kejriwal over the DDCA row, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused him of spreading "false propaganda", saying he seems to believe in untruth and defamation and delivers a language that borders on hysteria. Jaitley also attacked West Bengal and Bihar chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar for supporting Kejriwal, saying "they need to redeem

New York, Dec 17: India has been ranked a low 97th out of 144 nations, behind Kazakhstan and Ghana, on Forbes’ annual list of the best countries for doing business in 2015, scoring poorly on metrics like trade and monetary freedom and tackling challenges like corruption and violence. Denmark topped the list of the 144 nations on the Best Countries of Business in 2015 list by Forbes. The US has

New Delhi, Dec 17: Keeping up the attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, AAP today alleged huge financial bunglings in DDCA during his 13 year-old tenure as its chief, saying large amounts were siphoned off through fake companies besides other irregularies including in team selection. At a press conference here, the AAP leaders, quoting from reports of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)

Kanpur, Dec 16: Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan made a shocking allegation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi figures in the list of top 10 criminals of the world. "If Modi ji can be the Prime Minister, then why can't I? Have you seen in Google whose name is there in world's ten top criminals? I have not said this. it is the Prime Minister's name," Khan told the media

New Delhi, Dec 16: Technology giant Google hopes to bring its Project Loon to India, which will offer affordable Internet access to millions, soon even as the government holds the view that the project will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in the country. Speaking at the Google for India event, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai said: "Project Loon will launch balloons in the