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New Delhi, Jan 20: Ministry of External Affairs today rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that a Ugandan official had met his Law minister Somnath Bharti in connection with an alleged sex racket, and said Aam Aadmi Party was playing with the "reputation" of India. Hours after Kejriwal produced an internal letter purportedly written by a Ugandan official to his government mentioning an

New Delhi, Jan 20: Drug overdose appears to be the cause of the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, last Friday, according to the findings of doctors of AIIMS, who had conducted the autopsy on her. "Drug overdose", which in other words could be called drug poisoning, has been cited as the cause of death in the conclusion by doctors, according to AIIMS

New Delhi, Jan 20: Asking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to maintain the dignity of the office he holds, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today ruled out any action against Delhi Police personnel till an inquiry is over. Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a function to mark the raising day of National Investigation Agency (NIA), he also made it clear that the Centre will not hand

Panaji, Jan 20: Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is yet to respond to the questionnaire sent by Goa Police probing the sexual assault case allegedly involving Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal. The former woman journalist with Tehelka magazine, who accused 50-year-old Tejpal of sexual assault, and the accused were with the Hollywood star a little before the alleged offence took place in November

New Delhi, Jan 20: In an unprecedented action, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers today began a dharna outside Rail Bhavan demanding action against police officials who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi last week. Defying prohibitory orders in force in the high-security area near the seat of power, Kejriwal accompanied by six

Lucknow, Jan 19: Calling him a “hypocrite,” CPI (M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for trumpeting his humble background as a tea-seller. Ms. Karat dared Mr. Modi to state a “single example” where he has issued license to a tea-vendor to run his shop without having to face police harassment. “This is utter

Ludhiana/New Delhi, Jan 19: Hitting back at Narendra Modi over his remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Congress today said BJP can "only" name Prime Ministerial candidates and not give "strong" PMs, even as JD(U) joined the tea-seller spat saying a person selling "poisonous" tea should not hold the top post. Congress general secretary Ajay Maken asked why the party should follow BJP's "failed" model of "PM

Bhopal, Jan 19: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur today said there were few sexual crimes against women in Chennai as they dress up fully and regularly visit temples. Gaur who recently returned from a trip to Chennai said that the crime rate against women in the capital of Tamil Nadu against women was much less than what it was in Bhopal. Gaur said that the rate of crime against women in

New Delhi, Jan 19: Attacking the Congress’ first family, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that only the BJP practises internal democracy as even a tea seller can aspire to become prime minister and a farmer a party president, which is contrary to Gandhi's first in the ruling dispensation. “Internal democracy is only practised in the BJP where a tea seller (Narendra Modi) can aspire to

New Delhi, Jan 18: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar, who died Friday night, had "injury marks" on her body and it is a "case of unnatural, sudden death", one of the doctors who conducted the autopsy said. "On post mortem examination we can say that it is a case of unnatural sudden death. There were certain injury marks on the body but we can't divulge details at this point,"