India

New Delhi, Jul 22: A combative BJP top brass today rallied behind Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and two state chief ministers who are under Opposition attack over Lalit Modi row and Vyapam scam, asserting that they have done no wrong and there will be no resignations. Party leaders were also asked to aggressively "expose" Congress over its "disinformation campaign". The assertions came at the BJP

Jammu, Jul 22: Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said. The army later carried out a flag march there. "Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Rajouri town this afternoon to maintain law and order," a senior police officer said here. An order issued by District Magistrate Deepti Uppal said restrictions under section

Nagpur, Jul 22: Hours after the Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition by Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict on Tuesday filed mercy plea before Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao. This is his last-ditch bid to prevent execution of his death sentence on July 30. Memon, the only convict on death row in the case, handed over his mercy petition to the

New Delhi, Jul 21: The Centre today asserted in the Supreme Court that the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi did nor deserve any mercy as the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving foreign nationals. "Our former Prime Minister was killed by these people. There was a conspiracy to kill him in which foreign nationals were also involved. What mercy is to be seen or shown

New Delhi, Jul 21: The Supreme Court today dismissed curative petition of sole death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Memon, convicted for his role in the March 1993 bomb blasts, will be hanged on July 30. He is likely to be be hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged, following the rejection of his mercy plea in April this year by the

New Delhi, Jul 21: Disruptions marred the proceedings in Rajya Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon session today, with Opposition Congress adamant on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's resignation over Lalit Modi controversy and BJP accusing it of "running away" from a debate on it. Leading the opposition protests, Congress members forced three adjournaments in the pre-lunch session

Mumbai, Jul 21: Light to heavy rains after nearly a month-long dry spell brought relief from the sultry weather conditions even as suburban train services on western and central lines were hit today due to the water-logging in some parts following incessant showers. Some express trains of Western Railway were cancelled due to water-logging while local train services of Central Railway were

Mumbai, Jul 21: In a first incident of its kind, Jinan, a Luyang II-class missile destroyer of Chinese Navy, on Monday docked at Mumbai harbour on a stopover while on an anti-piracy mission on the Gulf of Aden. Defence sources said the destroyer reached the Mumbai harbour earlier in the day. The PLA Navy vessel will be leaving for Salalah in Oman on July 24. The arrival of the Chinese vessel comes

Bhopal, Jul 20: Days after he lodged a complaint with CBI against senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Vikram Verma, Vyapam scam whistleblower and government doctor Anand Rai has been transferred from Indore to Dhar district. Rai had lodged a complaint with the CBI alleging that Verma, using his influence and power, had got his daughter, pursuing MBBS in Santosh Medical College at Ghaziabad

Mumbai, Jul 20: Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena leader Snehal Ambekar compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Hitler and said they were quite similar. In an interview with the Afternoon Despatch & Courier, the 43-year-old said, "I admire Narendra Modi for his self-reliant way of working. But at some level, I feel his rule is quite like Hitler..." "This is bound to happen when power is concentrated