Delhi’s activist-turned-Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called off a dramatic 33-hour street protest Tuesday evening after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung intervened to defuse a major crisis for the central government ahead of Republic Day, acting partially on the AAP’s demand for action against five policemen. “It is people’s victory,” Kejriwal declared and said he and his […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear an PIL against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging he had “suppressed the actual figures of property owned by him”. The PIL filed by NGO Maulik Bharat Trust said that in an affidavit filed before the Election Commission (EC), Kejriwal had not disclosed the actual amount of his […]
Asking what has happened to the media, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused a section of it of promoting the BJP and the Congress. “What has happened to the media? I am not saying that all media people are bad. But there are some who are promoting the politics of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) […]
The Congress Tuesday expanded its panel of spokespersons to strengthen the party’s media reach ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Union ministers P. Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid were named senior spokespersons while minister Shashi Tharoor was appointed spokesperson. The names were cleared by both party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. The party […]
Shot extensively in South Africa, Bengali blockbuster film “Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon)” has generated huge interest among travellers from West Bengal, said a South African tourism official. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee’s film, the most expensive Bengali celluloid outing till date, was filmed for 45 days in the ‘Rainbow Nation’. Based on author Bibhutibhushan Banerjee’s novel, […]
Delhiites woke up to a cold Wednesday morning with light rain. The minimum temperature was recorded at 12 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. Met Office has forecast a rainy day ahead. “The skies will remain overcast and parts of the city will witness light rain,” said an official of the India Meteorological […]
Former Indian-American US Treasury official Neel Kashkari, architect of the bank bailout during the 2008 financial crisis, plans to run for governor of California with a pledge to create jobs and improve public schools. “Today, the gift of a good education and the opportunity it creates are out of reach for millions of struggling Californians,” […]
Telugu cinema icon Akkineni Nageswara Rao died here early Wednesday, his family said. He was 91. The thespian, who was battling cancer for few months, breathed his last at a private hospital. Family sources said the end came at 12.10 a.m. However, the announcement was made after 2 a.m. Popularly known as ANR, he is […]
The aged care industry is working cooperatively with the NSW Government to ensure all nursing homes in the State are fitted with fire sprinkler systems, according to new results published today. New laws that came into effect 12 months ago require all NSW nursing homes to have fire sprinkler systems installed. Almost half of the […]
A controversy erupted Monday over a purported letter handed over by a Ugandan High Commission “official” to Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, with the external affairs ministry revealing that the Ugandan mission staff are not in town and “not to give credence to rumours”. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters that he felt “sad […]