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New Delhi, Jan 17: Nine Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) members resigned from their posts citing interference, corruption in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. This comes a day after CBFC chairperson Leela Samson stepped down from her post as she was “tired of” being coerced by politicians, religious groups as well as the government to give certification to films from time to

New Delhi, Jan 16: The AAP has launched a twitter war against Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi, who have joined the BJP by pulling out old tweets of the two. In a subtle attack on Ilmi on Wednesday, AAP chief Kejriwal took a swipe at Ilmi by retweeting one of her tweets, dated November 21, 2013 titled 'Hypocrisy, thy name is BJP' The tweet by Ilmi, who was in AAP at that time, criticises the BJP and the

New Delhi, Jan 16: Petrol price was today cut by Rs 2.42 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.25 a litre after an excise duty hike limited the benefit of global crude prices slumping to six-year low. The reduction would have been almost double but for the government also raising excise duty by Rs 2 per litre on both petrol and diesel today. This is the ninth straight reduction in petrol prices since

New Delhi, Jan 16: In all probability, Delhi assembly election is likely to turn into a presidential-style face-off. Kiran Bedi, who was once part of anti-corruption campaign launched by Arvind Kejriwal, is now poised to contest against Arvind Kejriwal and lead a political battle against Aam Admi Party, which has poised to end corruption. "I'm ready to fight Kejriwal directly in his constituency,"

Shanghai, Jan 16: More than 20 people were missing today after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river, state media and authorities said. The newly built vessel was undergoing testing with 25 people aboard in the eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened, state media said. Three people had been rescued, state broadcaster China

Mumbai, Jan 16: Security was stepped up at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport after another terror message was discovered by cleaning staff in a washroom in Terminal 1A. The message warned of an Islamic State (IS) attack on January 26th.The incident is being probed by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). A similar message was discovered on January 7 with the words, 'ATTECK

Meerut, Jan 16: Forgotten by most and out in the cold, quite literally, 25 people have died of chill this winter in the Muzaffarnagar camps that continue to house a little over 3,500 riot refugees. Last year, though, had a different story to tell. In January 2014, Mohd Irfan would sit outside his tent in the relief camp at Loi village and count the number of politicians visiting those who were

New Delhi, Jan 16: Delhi Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, on Thursday questioned the crew of a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi in which former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and his wife had allegedly fought on January 15, 2014. The SIT may also question a senior Congress leader, who was on the same flight, about what was the fight all about

New Delhi, Jan 15: Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today joined BJP and will contest the February 7 Delhi Assembly polls, a move seen as the party's effort to contain Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital. The 65-year old former IPS officer was inducted into the party fold in the presence of BJP President Amit Shah and Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Harsh Vardhan, triggering speculation

New Delhi, Jan 15: Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. Bedi, India's first female IPS officer, was a member of Team Anna, a core group of activists who worked closely with Anna Hazare when he launched his campaign to demand a bill to appoint a lokpal against corruption. Arvind Kejriwal, who too was a member of the team, had a