India

Gaya, Mar 17: Maoists blew up two mobile towers exploding powerful bombs, on Thursday, in two areas of Gaya district ahead of two election rallies of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. About one hundred Maoists gathered in the areas and blew up two mobile towers of a private company by exploding powerful bombs at Manjhauli and Dumaria Bazar villages late last night, superintendent of

New Delhi, Mar 27: Two suspected terrorists believed to be Pakistanis have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh anti-terror squad in Gorakhpur. A huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them. The two men were allegedly part of a terror plot ahead of elections and were recruited by the Indian Mujahideen, sources say. They allegedly came to Gorakhpur via Nepal. The UP police was alerted

Srinagar, Mar 27: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday lashed out at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for uttering ‘lies’ during a public rally in Jammu. “The ease with which NaMo lied today about me flying over his rally in Jammu makes me wonder what else the man lies about in his speeches,” Omar wrote on micro blogging site Twitter. Modi had alleged that Omar

New Delhi, Mar 26: Unhappy BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday went online to obliquely attack Narendra Modi by referring to his old blog on A B Vajpayee, saying the former prime minister has ''no trace of ego or arrogance''. This comes a day after his close aide Jaswant Singh targeted the party’s prime ministerial candidate for denying him a ticket. Jaswant Singh has accused the present leadership

New Delhi, Mar 25: Coming down heavily on BCCI President N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today asked him to step down for a free and fair probe in the betting and spot fixing scandal involving his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and some cricketers, failing which it would pass an order. After going through the contents of a report filed in a sealed cover by apex court-appointed probe panel into the

Delhi Police chief BS Bassi on Monday said the inquest would continue in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, Union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife while maintaining that there is "no reason" to proceed in any other way, virtually ruling out an FIR in the case as of now. "From the circumstantial evidence collected so far and from the statement of witnesses, there is no reason for us to proceed

New Delhi, Mar 25: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Centre to defer the notification of new gas price from April 1 after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contended that it will violate the poll code. The EC has taken note of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s argument that the notification amounts to the Union government violating the model code of conduct, which came into effect on March 5 with the

Madurai, Mar 24: Amid speculation about him campaigning in favour of Narendra Modi after he endorsed the BJP's PM candidate, rebel DMK leader MK Alagiri is soon set to launch a statewide tour to hold consultations with loyalists across Tamil Nadu as he looks to galvanise them ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Sources indicated that he will meet both leaders and party workers who are "committed to the core

New Delhi, Mar 24: Empty chairs, hanging mirrors, a burning pyre, water tubs- the stage seemed set for the visual spectacle that chronicled the infamous December 16 gangrape incident that hit the city in 2012. 'Nirbhaya: Breaking the Silence', a play based on the gruesome incident of a 23 year old student being brutally gangraped in a moving bus was staged in the capital recently to a packed

Hyderabad, Mar 24: The seat-sharing talks between the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party hit a road block on Sunday with the two sides remaining firm on their stances. The BJP insists on six Lok Sabha and 25 Assembly seats in Seemandhra and 11 and 62, respectively, in Telangana. Senior party leader Prakash Javadekar, who was in the city to hold unofficial negotiations, left on