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New Delhi, Dec 12: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi narrowly escaped a disaster while landing in Delhi when another aircraft was found to be still on the runway on which his private business jet had been cleared to land. Just moments before his Cessna Citation jet was about to touch down on Tuesday, air traffic controllers asked Rahul's plane to abort landing and take off again to avoid a

New Delhi, Dec 12: Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Wednesday called Harsh Vardhan and asked the BJP legislature party leader to meet him Thursday. "I got a call from Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, who asked me to meet him Thursday," Harsh Vardhan said. "I told Jung that I would be busy with the swearing-in ceremony of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in Raipur, and will only be able to meet him

Mumbai, Dec 12: The BJP is pulling out all the stops to make its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally scheduled for December 22 a "grand" success, and in a strong message to Congress is inviting as many as 10,000 tea vendors to attend the public meeting. "Around 10,000 tea vendors from the city will be invited to attend Modiji's rally. We will send invitations to them soon," a party

Coimbatore, Dec 12: Tamil Nadu has agreed to release water to Kerala as per the Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement for irrigation this year. The agreement was reached at a meeting in the city on Wednesday. As per the PAP agreement between the two States, signed decades ago, Tamil Nadu has to release 7.25 TMC of water from Aliyar dam near Pollachi and 12.3 TMC of water from Sholayar dam in

Ahmedabad, Dec 12: The noose seems to be tightening around Narayan Sai, son of self-styled god man Asaram, with the Surat police claiming that he had confessed to his involvement in the rape of one of the Surat victims. The police also claimed that the rape accused is believed to have revealed relationship with eight other women followers. Surat Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana told mediapersons

New Delhi, Dec 12: Congress today dismissed as "hypothetical" talk of Nandan Nilekani being made the PM candidate, maintaining that it was for the high command to choose Rahul Gandhi or any other leader. Party spokesman Sandeep Dikshit also said that "Rahul Gandhi has lot of support and lot many of us consider him our leader" but feigned ignorance about the possibility of his being made the PM

New Delhi, Dec 11: Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday evaded giving his party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi credit for the good showing by the BJP in the recently concluded assembly elections, and lauded chief ministers instead. Asked about Modi's role in the party's victory in recent state elections, Advani said: "It is a contribution of all party members, particularly chief

Surat, Dec 11: Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has "more or less" accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by a woman, police claimed here today. "During our intense questioning, Sai has more or less accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by one of the two (Surat-based) sisters," Surat Commissioner of Police Rakesh Asthana told mediapersons. Sai

Panaji, Dec 11: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal was Wednesday remanded in 12 days in judicial custody by a court here. Tejpal was presented before the court Wednesday after his extended four-day police custody period expired. The district and sessions court passed the order after police argued that Tejpal should not be released on bail for fear of intimidating the victim and witnesses who

Lucknow, Dec 11: Buoyed by the electoral successes in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to fast track its preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Senior leaders said that the party leadership will select candidates Jan 15 onwards for the polls. "The winds of change are sweeping the country and we would like to continue