India

Mumbai, Jan 22: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today stoked a potential controversy when he called Arvind Kejriwal a "Yeda Mukhyamantri" (mad chief minister), while recalling his own days in the police force. "When I was in Kherwadi police station in Mumbai's Bandra area, I did not get leave because there were Sena (led) riots. Similarly, yesterday (in Delhi), because of a 'veda

New Delhi, Jan 22: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, has approved the launch of portability of LPG connections from today onwards across oil marketing companies and distributors, covering 480 districts in the country. These districts cover all possible LPG markets which have multiple LPG distributors of various ratings. With this, an LPG consumer in these markets can now

Davos, Jan 22: As India prepares for elections, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today hit out at BJP terming its economic policies as retrograde and "blood-eyed" and asked why the Opposition Party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi never fielded a Muslim candidate. He also expressed confidence that Rahul Gandhi would be Prime Minister if Congress comes back to power, saying the young

New Delhi, Jan 22: One of the African women assaulted in a midnight raid in south Delhi has accused Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti of having led the group that barged into her house and assaulted them. The Ugandan national had recorded her statement before a magistrate yesterday, saying that she would be able to identify the persons who had barged into her house on the intervening night of

Kochi, Jan 22: Aam Admi Party (AAP) Executive Member Kumar Vishwas, whose alleged derogatory remarks against Kerala nurses sparked a controversy, today tendered an apology, saying it was never his intention to hurt the feelings of any one. In a statement sent to the AAP's Kerala unit, he said he had never tried to 'intentionally hurt the sentiments of anyone'. "It has come to my knowledge that an

Ghaziabad, Jan 22: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who sat on a two-day dharna outside the Rail Bhavan, is unwell on Wednesday and undergoing tests at a hospital here. Kejriwal is suffering from acute bronchitis and had fever in the night, sources at Yashoda Hospital here said. A CT scan has been conducted on him at the hospital besides various other tests Dr Bipin Mittal, the chief minister

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung played a "key role" in ending the stalemate between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Centre by getting the two sides to reach a compromise on issues involving Delhi Police, a source said. "The Lt Governor played a key role in defusing the situation," said a government source. Jung made discreet inquiries at his end and reportedly

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called off his dharna against Delhi Police after the two SHOs of Malviya Nagar and Pahar Ganj proceeded on leave. The two police officers have not been suspended but they will report to police lines of their concerned district. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said the L-G of Delhi appealed to him to end his protest keeping in mind

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his protest was indefinite and threatened to fill the street with lakhs of people, if the government does not concede his demands. "I said 10 days, but it was a way of saying that the protest is indefinite. If the central government does not agree to our demands by Jan 26, then we will fill Rajpath (the central boulevard in the

New Delhi, Jan 21: Leading a group of an estimated 150 cadre from his Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal defied prohibitory orders on Monday to launch an unprecedented protest outside Parliament House, demanding executive control of the Delhi Police and the transfer of police personnel his government says defied orders from Ministers. “Some people say that I am an anarchist and