India

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

New Delhi, Nov 21: A media portal on Thursday claimed to have done a sting operation on Aam Aadmi Party's senior leaders including Shazia Ilmi and Kumar Vishwas and alleged that they were involved in "raisingfunds through illegal means." The sting operation, conducted by Media Sarkar, alleged that several leaders of AAP, who were contacted for their help in recovery of money from individuals and

Tiruchirappalli (TN), Nov 21: A cost effective satellite-based surveillance system has been installed in 21 airports in the country to help controllers track aircraft more accurately and enhance air space capacity. The ADS-B system will help controllers track aircraft more accurately and thereby reduce spacing between two aircraft and enhance air space capacity, V Somasundaram, Board Member (Air

New Delhi, Nov 21: India is the tenth most vacation deprived nation in the world as the average Indian fails to relish their leisure time and continues to stay connected to work during vacations, according to a new survey. Such holiday habits have pushed India to the world's tenth most "vacation-deprived" nation down from last year's fourth position, found the survey by online travel service

New Delhi, Nov 21: In a shocking incident, Tarun Tejpal, the Editor of the news giant Tehelka, has "removed himself" from the position for a period of 6 months. Tarun has recused himself for six months as the Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka, after what is being described, in an official statement, as 'an incident with a journalist'. In an e-mail sent to the weekly magazine's Managing Editor, Shoma

Dudu (Rajasthan), Nov 20: In yet another slip up, BJP leader Narendra Modi has mispronounced the first name of the Mahatma calling him Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi instead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. "Towards the end of his life, Mahatma Gandhi had a wish which was not fulfilled. Would you fulfil that wish? Would you fulfill Gandhi's wish? Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi..." he said addressing a rally

New Delhi, Nov 20: The Supreme Court today dismissed Centre's plea seeking review of its judgement debarring arrested persons from contesting polls, saying it is not necessary to look into the issue in view of amendment in law by Parliament. The apex court, however, said that the issue of constitutional validity of the amendment will be considered separately after an NGO Lok Prahri opposed Centre

Mumbai, November 20: The UPA government has taken a big step in wooing the country’s women voters, who virtually form half of the voting population, by throwing open the first all-woman bank here on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and finance minister P Chidambaram, was in India’s financial powerhouse to launch Bharatiya Mahila Bank(BMB) which

New Delhi, Nov 19: Narendra Modi today denied having violated the Model Code of Conduct in his reply to the Election Commission notice over his "khooni panja" remark made during poll campaign in Chhattisgarh. In his nine-page reply filed this evening before the Commission, a day ahead of the deadline, Modi said he has only exercised his right of free speech by criticising the policies and work of