India

New Delhi, Nov 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today warned that terrorist groups may try to disrupt the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls and asked security forces to remain alert. Voicing concern over a "substantial increase" in the number of communal incidents in some states, he said they must be tackled with utmost firmness, without prejudice, fear or favour. "There is a likelihood of

New Delhi, Nov 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed worry over the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh last September and said state governments have the responsibility of tackling such disturbances with utmost firmness. Addressing the annual director generals of police conference here, the prime minister reminded the senior police officials of rising expectations

Panaji/Delhi, Nov 23: A special investigation team of Goa Police today flew to Delhi in connection with the probe into alleged sexual assault of a Tehelka journalist by its Editor Tarun Tejpal and will seek to record the statements of the two along with that of magazine's Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury. A senior Goa police official said the Crime Branch team led by a Deputy Superintendent will

Hyderabad, Nov 23: Nine people were killed and hundreds of villages and towns in six coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh were reeling under darkness as wind with speeds up to 100 kmph and heavy rain under the influence of cyclone “Helen” uprooted trees and power lines. More than 16,200 people, mainly in Krishna district, were evacuated and shifted to 73 relief camps. Krishna District Collector

Lucknow, Nov 23: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at Narendra Modi on Friday saying the BJP's PM aspirant's campaign was heavily based on strong marketing tactics. Without taking Modi's name even once, Akhilesh said, "Ye sales aur marketing ke log hain. Inhe agar America ka visa milta to Taj Mahal ko bhi claim kar lete." (These people have built their image with the help of strong sales

Panaji, Nov 22: Goa police team headed by theinvestigating officer Sunita Sawant will be leaving for Delhi this evening after an FIR was filed by the state against Tehelka's founder editorTarun Tejpal for allegedly raping a woman journalist in a starred hotel in Goa earlier this month. Director general of police (DGP) Kishan Kumar said that FIR has been filed against Tejpal based on the material

Panaji, Nov 22: Goa police today said that they may book Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal on rape charge if the allegations levelled by his woman journalist colleague are substantiated. Deputy Inspector General of Police O.P. Mishra told PTI that the police are examining the footage received from the five-star hotel where the incident was reported. “We will go through all the details. We will press

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Helen, the cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal, is heading to hit Andhra Pradesh coast later in the day while several parts of the region started receiving heavy rains under its impact. An alert has been sounded in the coastal districts, while authorities are taking precautionary measures including evacuation of people from low-lying area to minimize the damage from the cyclone in

New Delhi, Nov 22: Embarrassed by a sting operation purportedly showing senior leaders "raising funds through illegal means," Aam Aadmi Party today said it has formed a committee to probe the matter and is mulling legal action against the web portal. The Kejriwal-led party has called an emergency meeting and formed a committee, which include Political Affairs Committee (PAC) members Yogendra Yadva

Panaji/New Delhi, Nov 22: The Goa government on Thursday ordered a suo motu "preliminary inquiry" into allegations that Tehelka's high-profile founder-editor and author Tarun Tejpal sexually assaulted a junior colleague in the lift of a starred hotel near the state capital of Panaji. Briefing the media, chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who also holds the home portfolio, said that "a prima facie