India

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a "clear majority" in this year's Lok Sabha election, party president Rajnath Singh asserted Monday. Inaugurating a meeting organised by the Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) here, Rajnath Singh gave credit to overseas Indians for providing economic stability after India's 1998 nuclear tests. "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance)

New Delhi, Jan 6: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday distanced itself from the views of its senior leader Prashant Bhushan that a referendum should be carried out in Kashmir to decide on deployment of the Army to deal with security threats in the valley. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said decisions on internal security are taken based on the law and order situation and there cannot have referendum on

Ahmedabad, Jan 6: An FIR has been lodged against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand, Zakia Jafri's son Tanvir Jafri and two others for allegedly usurping Rs 1.51 crore collected by them for turning Gulbarg Society into a museum, police said. "An FIR has been lodged under Sections 120(B), 406 and 420 of the IPC and Section 72 (A) of the IT Act against Setalvad, Anand, Tanvir

Mumbai, Jan 6: Fuel prices in Mumbai are now the highest in the country. Petrol price was hiked by Rs 1.79 on Sunday to Rs 81.31 per litre and diesel by over a rupee to Rs 62.60. This was the second hike in just two days, the last one being a 96-paise and 62-paise increase on Friday. While Friday's hike was part of an uniform increase announced across the country, the rate hike on Sunday was only

New Delhi, Jan 6: As cold wave maintained its grip in the North India, Delhi experienced the worst fog in four year, with flight and trains operations coming to a standstill. Intense cold wave continued unabated in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan with temperatures settling below normal in most parts of North India adversely affecting normal life. With dense fog enveloping the IGI Airport, the

New Delhi, Jan 6: With Aam Aadmi Party deciding to go national, Congress is staring at the usurpation of its "aam aadmi" slogan but with a fervent hope that the newbie can stop the BJP in cities as it did in the recent Delhi elections. There was a sense of inevitability in the growing visibility of AAP following its victory in Delhi and its national ambitions but its decision to contest a big

New Delhi, Jan 6: After weeks of holding out, even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a Public Interest Litigation demanding restraint in any action against Justice A K Ganguly, the retired Supreme Court Judge facing charges of sexual harassment has reportedly decided to resign as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission. "Justice Ganguly has decided to resign and he has told his

Dhaka, Jan 5: Polling for the 10th parliamentary elections ended in 147 constituencies in 59 districts of Bangladesh amid an opposition-led string of violent incidents Sunday. Counting of votes began shortly after balloting ended at 4 p.m. The Election Commission postponed voting in 160 polling centres due to violence, Xinhua cited a commission official as saying. "Voting at 160 polling centres in

Sriharikota (AP), Jan 5: In a new year gift to the nation, ISRO today successfully launched a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV D5) with an indigenous cryogenic engine from the spaceport of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, entering a select club of nations. With this launch, ISRO became the sixth space agency in the world after US, Russia, Japan, China and France to have tasted success

New Delhi, Delhi 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said there will be no compromise on corruption, and sought time for taking action against it. "It has just been eight days, give us some time. We will not spare anyone who is corrupt," Kejriwal told reporters. "There is no question of compromising on corruption, I will put my life at stake, but will not compromise on the issue," he