India

New Delhi, Dec 24: Arvind Kejriwal is understood to have finalised his team of ministers that includes his trusted associate Manish Sisodia and five others to be inducted into his ministry that will be sworn in later this week. Besides Mr Sisodia, a former journalist who won from Patparganj constituency, the Cabinet will include Rakhi Birla, the giant killer who defeated PWD Minister Rajkumar

New Delhi, Dec 24: Senior BJP pleader L K Advani on Tuesday contested allegations that Sardar Patel was anti-Muslim and quoted Rafiq Zakaria, an Islamic scholar and Congress leader, who had done research on the ‘Iron Man’, to underline his nationalistic credentials. In his blog, Mr. Advani expressed surprise at a “perverse” article in a national magazine which quoted records to brand Patel as a

New Delhi, Dec 24: Shortly after it pulled off the biggest political surprise in recent years by its stunning electoral debut, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has followed it up by taking an unexpected risk of forming the government with Congress support. Given the apparent dislike both parties have for each other, a fact proved by near vitriolic statements from prominent Congress and AAP leaders even

New Delhi, Dec 24: Dense fog in the national capital has disrupted flight schedule once again this morning. At the Indira Gandhi International Airport, only one of the two main runways is operational. Runway 28 is currently operational with a visibility of 150 metres. Runway 29, where visibility has dropped to less than 50 metres, is closed. Two international arrivals have been delayed while one

New Delhi, Dec 23: India and the US may be moving towards a resolution of the stand-off over senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade's case with the envoy getting exemption from personal appearance in a New York Court hearing visa fraud charges against her even as she got her accreditation to the UN headquarters. Khobragade, who was arrested on December 12 in New York, had been transferred by the

New Delhi, Dec 23: Veteran journalist and first Indian Editor of The Statesman, Pran Chopra passed away this morning following brief illness. He was 92. Chopra is survived by wife and two daughters. The Editor's Guild of India had condoled the death of Chopra, who was former executive member of the body. Born in Lahore in January 1921, Chopra received his education there and began his career in

New Delhi, Dec 23: It is a big day ahead for the Aam Aadmi Party as it is all set to stake claim to form the next government in Delhi on Monday. AAP is likely to take the support of the Congress on conditional grounds to form the next government. The AAP seems to have finally decided to bite the bullet, going through the last leg of the referendum, seeking opinion on government formation with

Srinagar, Dec 22: Asking security forces to ensure that human rights of people are respected, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday advised them to differentiate between strictness and misbehaviour while discharging their duties. Praising the forces for working in difficult conditions here and assuring them full support for maintaining peace, the Chief Minister said the

New Delhi, Dec 22: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today hinted that the decision on forming the new government in Delhi would be taken tonight or by tomorrow morning. "Most probably tonight or early tomorrow morning," he told reporters here while replying to a question on feedbacks that the party was receiving indicated that AAP was preparing to form the government. Asked whether he would

New Delhi, Dec 21: Calling it a "paradox", BJP today took a dig at Congress for working on an alliance with RJD after supporting Aam Admi Party which won on anti-corruption plank in Delhi, but the ruling party hit back reminding BJP of its association with tainted leaders like BS Yeddyurappa. "What a paradox - Congress supports Kejriwal in Delhi and Lalu in Patna," Leader of Opposition Arun