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New Delhi, Jan 4: Facing criticism, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced his decision not to take up the two five-bedroom duplex flats he has been allotted. He told the media that he has asked the government to look for smaller accommodation for him. "Since yesterday my friends, supporters have been calling me and sending messages saying I should not move into the five-bedroom flat

New Delhi, Jan 4: Within a week of taking charge, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has gone back on some of its promises of austerity. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had earlier said that he will rent a flat, has now decided to move into two five-bedroom government flats on Bhagwan Das road. Also, several cabinet ministers were given Toyota Innova cars as official perks. The opposition Bharatiya

Mumbai, Jan 4: Was it Manmohan Singh? Or was it a robot? To a neutral observer, the difficult answer would be that it was both. At the end of close to 10 years in office, latent mechanical qualities like passivity, subservience and obedience that must have come in handy for survival at the top, have finally won the battle for the upper hand. The machine in the man spoke on Friday, and both self

Dubai, Jan 3: With the launch of the Doha edition of Malayala Manorama, Malayalam dailies now outnumber the local Arabic and English dailies in Qatar. Five Malayalam newspapers are being published from Qatar and more are in the offing. The Doha edition of Malayala Manorama was launched yesterday. The other dailies that already have Doha editions are Madhyamam, Chandrika, Thejas and Varthamanam

Kolkata, Jan 2: Gang-raped twice and dumped in a government hospital for nine days with fatal burns, the 16-year-old victim had no peace even after death. Police hijacked the hearse carrying her body on Tuesday night and forcibly took it for cremation, ignoring the family's requests to wait till Wednesday. The girl's father rushed to governor M K Narayanan to complain against police high

Patna, Jan 2: Two policemen, including an inspector, were shot dead in Bihar on Thursday. According to reports, the policemen were shot dead by two groups fighting over a land dispute. More details are awaited.

Patna, Jan 1: The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant has cash and movable/immovable properties worth nearly Rs two crore to make him more than three times richer than his father, according to the declaration of assets and liabilities by Kumar for the calender year 2013. Kumar has personal fortune comprising cash, deposits in banks and movable/immovable properties worth Rs 68 lakh in

New Delhi, Dec.31: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no intention of stepping down ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, his office said today, rejecting the speculation in this regard. The speculation was triggered by the Prime Minister's decision to hold a rare press conference here on January three, which will only be the third of his current tenure. "The Prime Minister will complete his tenure,"

Lucknow, Dec 31: Attacking Lalu Prasad for going to Muzaffarnagar riot relief camps a few days after Rahul Gandhi's visit, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the RJD leader was a sycophant who was "licking the feet" of Congress leaders. "Despite all help to riot victims by the SP government, everyone is trying to play politics on the issue. Some persons (Lalu) reached there immediately

New Delhi, Dec 31: After fulfilling his party's promise of providing free supply of 700 litres of water everyday for Delhi households, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday initiated steps to reduce power bills by asking the three private power distribution companies to present their case on their likely audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. According to reports, Chief Minister has