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New Delhi, Oct 21: A US-based lawyer has alleged that his former business partner and controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma "honey-trapped" BJP MP Varun Gandhi and some senior military officers with foreign sex workers to extractsensitive information about defence deals. The allegations have been made in two letters sent to PM Modi's office on August 25 and September 16 by lawyer-turned

New Delhi, Oct 20: BJP MP Varun Gandhi was at the centre of a controversy over allegations that he had leaked defence secrets to middleman Abhishek Verma and arms manufacturers after being "honey trapped", a charge he stoutly denied. At a press conference here, Swaraj Abhiyan leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav released a letter written by Edmonds Allen, a New York-based lawyer, to the PMO

New Delhi, Oct 20: Mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing from the campus since Saturday today said that she wants her son back as she alleged that the administration has been "insensitive" towards her. "Mujhe mera beta lauta do (Return my son to me). I won't demand any action against anybody. I just want him back and I will leave once he is handed over to me," Fatima Nafees told

Mumbai, Oct 20: More than 32 lakh debit cards of customers have been blocked or recalled by banks to prevent them from falling prey to any financial fraud after a major security breach at a payment services provider that manages ATM network of a private sector bank. While some of the banks like SBI have recalled around six lakh cards, others like Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, Central Bank and Andhra

New Delhi, Oct 20: In a jolt to Congress in poll- bound Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi today joined BJP and attacked Rahul Gandhi over the way he was running the party and his reaction to the army's surgical strikes. 67-year-old Joshi, daughter late Congress veteran Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, over whom there has been speculation of deserting Congress, joined BJP in the

New Delhi, Oct 20: The protests in JNU over a missing student turned volatile today with the agitating students locking down the Vice Chancellor and other senior officials in the administrative building. "We have been locked inside the building since 2.30 PM. There is a female colleague with us who is unwell as she is diabetic," JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said tonight. The VC and other

Asansol (WB), Oct 19: Union Minister Babul Supriyo was today attacked with bricks allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists here when he was on way to a police station to stage a protest against the arrest of some BJP workers. "I was going to the police station to secure release of some of my partymen. I was hit with bricks and windowpanes of my car were damaged by TMC workers," Supriyo, Minister

Lucknow, Oct 19: In yet another sign of worsening infighting in Samajwadi Party,UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced that he will embark on his 'Vikas Rath Yatra' alone from November 3 which will make him skip the party's silver jubilee celebrations slated to begin two days later. In a letter to his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Chief Minister declared his intention

New Delhi, Oct 19: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today suffered a setback when the Delhi High Court dismissed his plea to stay a trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case against him and other AAP leaders filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying, "it is devoid of merit". "The request of the petitioner to adjourn the court proceedings before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

New Delhi, Oct 19: After protracted negotiations, Russia has agreed to lease a second nuclear submarine to India in a deal which will cost around USD 2 billion. Sources today said the deal was struck during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 on the sidelines of the BRICS meet in Goa. However, it was not part of the slew of