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Jaipur, Dec 1: Polling began on Sunday in 199 Assembly seats in Rajasthan to decide the fate of 2,087 candidates including Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BJP’s Chief Ministerial nominee Vasundhara Raje. Over 4.08 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 47,223 polling booths. Polling will take place between 0800 hours and 1700 hours. Of the 200 Assembly seats, polling has been

Panaji, Nov 30: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal is escorted on his arrival in Panaji, Goa on Friday. Tejpal is accused of sexually assaulting a woman journalist. Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a junior colleague, was arrested here Saturday after a court rejected his anticipatory bail application. Tejpal, who was at the Crime Branch office since 4.30 p.m

Panaji, Nov 30: The sessions court on Saturday denied anticipatory bail to Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. The decision was taken after a very long deliberations. The Sessions Court Judge passed the order after hearing both defence and prosecution arguments. Earlier, the sessions court in Goa said it will decide on the anticipatory bail application filed by Mr. Tejpal at 4.30 p.m. on

New Delhi, Nov 30: In a first, the Delhi Chief Electoral Office will keep a "live watch" on 630 critical booths through web-casting to deter people from indulging in any nuisance on the polling day. Besides, CCTV cameras will be installed and central paramilitary force personnel along with micro observers will be present inside the critical polling stations. "For the first time we will be

New Delhi, Nov 30: In another dig at Narendra Modi, finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the BJP prime ministerial candidate was giving his "first lesson in economy" and denied he had ever said that buying gold causes inflation. "After history lesson, Narendra Modi has delivered his first lesson in economics...I recall having said on many occasions that buying gold, which is almost

Panaji, Nov 30: The hearing on Tarun Tejpal's anticipatory bail petition today resumed in a District and Sessions court here. The hearing on Tarun Tejpal's anticipatory bail petition today resumed in a District and Sessions court here. Tejpal's lawyer Geeta Luthra continued her arguments before judge Anuja Prabhudesai, who had yesterday given the Tehelka editor interim protection till this morning

New Delhi, Nov 30: With its vice president Rahul Gandhi's rallies not making an impact on the people, the Congress is using websites to target BJP chief ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party leader Arun Jaitley said Friday. In a post on social networking site Facebook, Jaitley said that environment at Modi's rallies was electrifying and claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rally

New Delhi, Nov 30: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde endorsed the claims of investigative website Cobrapost that IT companies are misusing social media platforms to artificially boost popularity of politicians and malign their rivals. “I had raised these issues in the recent Intelligence Bureau conference. My worry is being proved right,” he told reporters. Cobrapost has alleged that IT companies

New Delhi, Nov 29: Justice A K Ganguly, former judge of the Supreme Court, believed to have been accused by a law intern of sexual harassment, has recorded a statement before the three-judge committee, which has submitted its report. The Committee headed by Justice R M Lodha submitted the report yesterday after recording the statement of Justice Ganguly, who is now heading the West Bengal Human

New Delhi, Nov 29: Rejecting "insinuations" that her complaint is part of a pre-election political conspiracy, the victim of Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal's alleged sexual assault today said what he did to her "falls within the legal definition of rape". In a statement ahead of Tejpal's journey to Goa to face police questioning, she said she was heartened by the broad support she has received over