India

New Delhi, Dec 21: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, Jayanthi Natarajan on Saturday resigned as Minister of State for Environment and Forests. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Veerappa Moily has been given additional charge of Environment Ministry. Source said general secretaries in the Congress, who wish to contest Lok Sabha elections could be replaced by

New Delhi, Dec 21: Strongly indicating that Delhi's wait for a government could be over soon, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said auditing of power companies and legislating the Jan Lokpal bill would be top priorities for the new city government. Though he added the proviso that a formal announcement on government formation will await till a referendum AAP is conducting is over, Kejriwal

Washington, Dec 20: The United States has ruled out acceding to either of the two Indian demands- withdrawal of charges against its diplomat Devyani Khobragade, and an apology for alleged mistreatment, after her arrest in New York last week. "We take these allegations very seriously. We're not in any way walking back from those allegations or the charges. Again, this is really a law enforcement

New Delhi, Dec 19: India hit back Thursday at the US over the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade and accused American officials of interfering with the Indian legal system. Describing Khobragade as the "only ... victim" in this case, the external affairs ministry said the action taken against her violated the Vienna Convention. "There were no courtesies in the treatment meted out to the

Washington, Dec 19: Manhattan's high profile India-born US attorney Preet Bhrara, also known as the "Sherriff of Wall Street", has defended his department's actions against an Indian diplomat sparking a diplomatic row between India and the US, insisting she was not handcuffed and was given due courtesies. He also said the domstic help, Sangeeta Richard's family was "evacuated" from India to

New Delhi, Dec 19: Indian merchant ship captain, Sunil James, who was under arrest in the west African country of Togo since July, has been released along with another Indian sailor, the external affairs ministry said Thursday. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted: "After meet between India's High Commissoner in Accra and President Gnassingbe of Togo, Captain Sunil James

Nagpur, Dec 18: In a scathing attack on AAP, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today dubbed the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit's activities as "right-wing Maoism" and said its move to elicit views of people to form government in Delhi was a "mockery" of democracy. "AAP is doing a tamasha (drama) over the popular mandate and asking people to tell them the future course of action. Why AAP is not forming

New Delhi, Dec 18: : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday termed as "deplorable" the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities. "This is deplorable," he told reporters outside Parliament when asked to comment on her ill treatment in New York. The Prime Minister's remarks on the issue came soon after the government asserted in Parliament that India will

New Delhi, Dec 18: The historic Lokpal Bill today took a giant step towards enactment after a 40-year wait, with the Lok Sabha passing it a day after the anti-corruption measure sailed through the Rajya Sabha with the support of opposition parties. "It is our responsibility to complete our unfinished fight against corruption," said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is being pitched by his party as

Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 18: In less than six months of the gangrape of a 30-year-old US national in Manali, a court here sentenced three Nepalese youths to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the crime, an official said Wednesday. District and Session Judge Purender Vaidya Tuesday sentenced Arjun, Lucky and Som Bahadur Tamang and imposed on them a fine of Rs.10,000 each. In case of default