India

New Delhi, Dec 27: Chief Minister designate Arvind Kejriwal today questioned the move by the Centre to hike CNG prices when a new government was to assume power in Delhi in two days' time even as he suggested that autorickshaw fares in the national capital may be revised as a result of the steep increase. He said he would examine the files and also ask the Centre about the reason for its haste in

Dec 27: With air travellers increasingly feeling like packed sardines, flying has become a contact sport. Flying airplanes can be a bruising experience these days. Rory Rowland said he was rudely rebuffed after he asked the person in front of him not to recline his seat on a red-eye flight. When he later got up to use the bathroom, and the other passenger had fallen asleep, “I hip-checked his seat

Lucknow, Dec 27: Amid a raging controversy over child deaths in the relief camps for people displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in September, the Uttar Pradesh government has admitted for the first time that 34 children below the age of 15 died in the aftermath of the clashes. This was concluded by a fact-finding committee of the state government, which has contradicted Chief Minister Akhilesh

Panaji, Dec 26: At least six Goans on an average are changing their nationality daily to become Portuguese since the last five years, according to the records available with the Election Commission of India (ECI) here. The data at ECI Goa office, where the Portuguese embassy is situated, a total of 11,500 Goans have surrendered their Indian passport to obtain Portuguese passport between January 31

Ahmedabad, Dec 26: Narendra Modi gets clean chit in 2002 Gulbarg society case as metropolitan magistrate rejects Zakia Jafri's plea against SIT's clean chit. A magistrate court in Ahmedabad pronounced its order on Zakia Jafri's petition against Special Investigation Team (SIT) closure report that gave a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in 2002 Gujarat riots. Magistrate

Ranchi, Dec 26: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the party is not blindly supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the formation of next government in Delhi, and called for a programme or a committee to look into the coordination between the two parties. “It is unfortunate but true that the voters in Delhi against the Congress. We did not get the mandate as it was against us

New Delhi, Dec 25: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday accepted the Delhi lieutenant governor's proposal on government formation by the Aam Admi Party. The home ministry sent the President's communication to lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung on government formation by Arvind Kejriwal. "It is up to LG to decide date of swearing-in after holding consultation with the chief minister-designate," the

Malkangiri (Odisha), Dec 25: Armed Maoists blew up a block office building at Padia in Odisha's Malkangiri district early today using powerful explosives, police said. A group of armed ultras, including women, stormed into Padia, about 70 km from here, in the early hours and entered the block office building after breaking the lock, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said. The

New Delhi, Dec 25: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday managed to keep his political outfit intact and denied reports of rift by saying that a key party MLA Vinod Kumar Binny is not upset with his decision to allocate Cabinet berth to a few elected leaders. "Binny is not miffed, he met me Tuesday evening at my residence and told me that he has not joined the party for any

Muzaffarnagar , Dec 25: Amid heightened political tempers over the plight of riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, administrations in two districts are trying to wind up at least half-a-dozen relief camps where displaced Muslims are braving the chilly weather while battling with poor conditions. The State officials, for whom camps are “officially” over since they have completed the formality