India

New Delhi, Mar 6: Delhi has been pegged as the most unsafe city in the country, for the second time in a row, by women travellers, a recent survey has found. "Delhi retained its notorious reputation as the most unsafe city amongst the top 10 Indian cities polled with 95 per cent respondents expressing the opinion as opposed to 84 per cent in 2013" according to a survey by travel portal Trip

Bhuj (Guj), Mar 6: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today apologised for his party workers' behaviour in Delhi and Lucknow while protesting his "detention" and urged them to stick to non-violence. "It was going to happen...some of them retaliated after they were attacked... I apologise for their behaviour and I once again urge them to remain non-violent," he told reporters here in response to a query on

New Delhi/Lucknow, Mar 6: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal faced a series of protests and was allegedly detained by police while touring Gujarat to verify BJP?prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s development claims on Wednesday. The “detention” triggered protests and violent clashes between BJP and AAP workers in Delhi, Lucknow, Allahabad and Coimbatore. In a move to take on the

Nay Pyi Taw, Mar 4: Even as the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 32 more Indian fishermen, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue with the neighbouring country's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, here Tuesday, calling for a humane approach to the issue. Meeting on the margins of the BIMSTEC Summit, the two leaders also spoke about the upcoming US-led resolution at the United Nations Human Rights

New Delhi, Mar 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it was totally unhappy with Sahara chief Subrata Roy's proposal to refund money to investors. The apex court said it will send him to custody in Delhi till he comes up with a concrete proposal. Earlier, Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that its order will be followed by him and sought more time for refunding

Washington, Mar 4: The US Defence Department has suspended all military-to-military engagements with Russia because of Moscow's military movement in Ukraine. The suspension covers bilateral meetings, port visits and planning conferences, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, adding the Pentagon values the relationship it has developed with the Russian military in the last few years. Kirby

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 4: On a day the Janata Dal (United) snubbed its alliance overtures, the Congress was dealt another blow on Monday when in the evening Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) not only ruled out a merger but also indicated it was open to a tie-up with other political parties. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao announced in Hyderabad that his party had unanimously decided not to merge

Muzaffarpur, Mar 4: Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan cemented his renewed alliance with the BJP by addressing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as “Vikas Purush (man of development)” and “future Prime Minister” at a rally in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar on Monday. Sharing the dais with the prime ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Mr. Paswan

New Delhi, Mar 2: BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today attacked the third front, saying the "experiment" will prove "costly" for the country which needed a government that could take decisions and come up to the people's expectations. "It is my firm belief that the country is at a decisive stage where such an experiment (of a third front) would prove costly. The country needs a

Patna, Mar 2: Hundreds of ruling JD-U workers Sunday disrupted train services and blocked roads at many places to enforce a statewide shutdown to press for a special status for Bihar. Police said Janata Dal (United) supporters halted over half a dozen long-distance trains, and as a result, passengers were stranded at Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur, Nalanda and Darbhanga railway stations. Buses