New Delhi:  Team Anna came out in support of Kiran Bedi today. In a press conference in New Delhi, key Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal  said, ” The case of misappropriation of funds against Kiran Bedi is totally false.’ Mr Kejriwal alleged that the cases against Ms Bedi were ‘politically motivated’ and Team Anna members  [ Read More ]

Hooghly (West Bengal):  The engine of a Howrah-bound train caught fire on Monday as it entered Adishaptagram station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district but no harm was caused to passengers. “The Malda-Howrah Intercity Express developed technical problems when it reached Mogra station and flames were seen coming out from the engine on its arrival at  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Nov. 27 (ANI): Hitting out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday said that she was scared of the people’s response his party was getting during its rallies and tour campaigns in the state. “Mayawati is scared of the Bharatiya Janata Party due to  [ Read More ]

Lucknow, Nov 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday made fun of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his trips to Uttar Pradesh showed that his party was scared of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The Congress ‘is so scared that its ‘yuvraj’ has left parliament and indulging in various kinds of drama’, Mayawati thundered at a  [ Read More ]

Lucknow, Nov 26 (IANS) Pointedly blaming Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s nod to foreign equity in retail, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati asserted Saturday that she would steadfastly oppose the measure. ‘The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will launch a strong movement against the policy in case the UPA  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi on Saturday said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had absolutely no clue about the problems of the state and also flayed her remarks on Rahul Gandhi. “If the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh considers this only as a travel plan, then I can say that the  [ Read More ]

It is the 3rd anniversary of 26/11. Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole captured Lashkar-e-Taiba operator, was sentenced to death by a special court in May this year for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. But he successfully appealed against it in the Supreme Court. The apex court in October admitted Kasab’s petition,  [ Read More ]

Kolkata/ Delhi:  Claiming he had information that Maoist leader Kishenji was arrested and “murdered in cold blood”, Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Gurudas Dasgupta on Friday telephoned Home Minister P. Chidambaram to demand a probe into the death. Mr Dasgupta, speaking to reporters later in Delhi, said though the police claim that Kishenji died  [ Read More ]

Mumbai:  Mumbai journalist, Jigna Vora, who was arrested today in connection with the murder of MidDay reporter J Dey, was sent to police custody till December 1. Ms Vora, who works for a Asia Age newspaper in Mumbai, has been charged with aiding and abetting the crime. “This is not a rounding up of people.  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The Delhi Police on Friday refused to take responsibility for the violence at the Ramlila Maidan during Baba Ramdev’s fast and told the Supreme Court that the crisis was created by the yoga guru’s “irresponsible behaviour”. The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu petition on the alleged police violence at Baba Ramdev’s  [ Read More ]