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New Delhi, Jan 25: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Law Minister Somnath Bharti today mounted an attack on the media with the latter even going on to accuse it of taking money from Narendra Modi. In his address at an event organised on the eve of Republic Day at Chhatrasal Stadium here, Kejriwal said, "I don't know why media houses want people to speak against me. They are associated either with

New Delhi, Jan 25: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday that the Jan Lokpal Bill is almost ready, and will be passed next month in a special session of the state assembly at Ramlila Maidan, in the heart of Delhi, amidst the people. "Corruption is the biggest issue for our government. We have to fight corruption. The Jan Lokpal Bill is almost ready and in the month of February we will

Mumbai, Jan 25: After the Income Tax searches on Yash Birla group last week, the Mumbai Police also conducted searches at seven premises belonging to the group here today. "We have conducted searches at seven premises in the city," a police official said. The Economic Offence Wing of the Mumbai Police is probing an alleged cheating case of Birla Power Solutions Pvt Ltd, against which 28 investors

New Delhi, Jan 24: The national capital has earned the dubious distinction of meting out maximum discrimination and harassment to women from northeast, a survey has said. Around 60 per cent women from northeast have faced harassment and discrimination in the four metros -- New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. While 23 per cent of the respondents admitted to having been harassed by landlords

New Delhi, Jan 24: Delhi Police today suspended its three personnel pending inquiry after Aam Aadmi Party released a video in which the cops were seen beating a man, close on the heels of the ruling party's confrontation with the Centre over functioning of the force. The action against the three constables -- Jitendra, Arvid and Saurabh -- came hours after AAP posted the video on its Facebook page

New Delhi, Jan 24: Reacting to the Supreme Court notice to Delhi Government and Central Government over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s recent protest at Rail Bhavan here, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said Kejriwal’s protest was an insult to the nation and to the Indian Constitution. “SC has issued a notice today, but I had said it on the day he held the protest that whatever

Paris, Jan 24: French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler is going on Sunday to India in support of a charity effort, an aide said, after a week-long stay in hospital following revelations that her partner Francois Hollande is having an affair with an actress. Trierweiler "is going to Mumbai," said the aide, adding that the two-day trip was organised by relief organisation Action Against Hunger. The

Chennai, Jan 24: The DMK Thursday announced the temporary suspension of former union minister and party's south zone organising secretary M.K. Alagiri in the "interests of the party". In a statement issued here, party general secretary K. Anbazhagan said Alagiri was creating confusion in the party by urging party cadres not to work and criticising the disciplinary action taken by the party against

Washington, Jan 24: Putting the Khobragade affair behind them, the United States hopes to move forward the "broad" and "strong" strategic partnership between "the oldest and the largest democracies in the world." The sentiment was expressed by US Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom Thursday at a reception hosted by Indian Ambassador S. Jaishankar at his residence to celebrate India's

New Delhi, Jan 24: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dr. Veerappa Moily said that prime ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi, had deliberately shielded the 2002 'genocide' in Gujarat, ruling out his chances of becoming country's next PM. Slamming him for Gujarat riots, Moily said that Modi believes in disintegrating the country, and has actually disrupted