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New Delhi, Nov 4: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has been inducted into the three-member selection committee which will select the Chief Information Commissioner. As per file notings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who heads the panel, has nominated Defence Minister Arun Jaitely besides Kharge to the committee.The decision to include Kharge has been taken on the advice of Law

New Delhi, Nov 4: Delhi appears headed for a mid-term Assembly election after all the major political parties — the BJP, Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — on Monday expressed their inability to form a government. Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung is likely to send a report to the President recommending dissolution of the Assembly, ending the eight-month-long political uncertainty. The Assembly has

Attari (Punjab), Nov 3: A symbolic Retreat ceremony for the lowering of national flags and closing of border gates took place Monday at the Attari-Wagah joint check post between India and Pakistan following a deadly suicide bombing near Wagah Sunday which left over 60 people dead. Senior Border Security Force officials said border guards on both sides had agreed, on a request from Pakistan Rangers

New Delhi, Nov 3: The BJP has decided it will not form a government in Delhi and fresh polls should be held, party sources said Monday. BJP sources said Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Monday morning. Upadhyay, according to sources, conveyed BJP's point of view in the meeting. The LG's office, however, refused to comment. Jung will Monday meet representatives from

New Delhi, Nov 3: The BJP and the AAP Sunday lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, a day after Vadra snapped at a TV crew on being questioned over his controversial land deals in Haryana. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denounced Vadra and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Gandhi family of "arrogance". Sonia Gandhi Sunday visited her daughter Priyanka and

New Delhi, Nov 2: Backing Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, Congress today said "repeated hounding" of an individual is "not appropriate" and advised the media to avoid "unpleasantness" of shooting questions at private functions, like what happened to him. Taking a step further, the party also highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brush ins with the media and said the entire episode

New Delhi, Nov 2: The government was committed to bringing back "every penny" of black money stashed abroad and it will not be held back in its efforts, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. "I want to tell the people that please have faith in this pradhan sevak (chief servant) of yours...that this is an article of faith that every paisa that has gone will come back," said Modi in his

New Delhi, Nov 2: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra today lost his cool and angrily pushed the microphone of a reporter away when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana. A livid Vadra was seen on a video footage shown on TV channels asking the reporter four times as to whether he was serious about his land deal question. Vadra had earlier anwsered a

New Delhi, Nov 1: BJP today launched a membership drive amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for making it all inclusive so that every section of the society feels that their "flower" is represented in this "wonderful bouquet" of diversity. Becoming the first person to get the party's membership in the renewed drive, Modi said the BJP workers should toil hard like during an election campaign

New Delhi, Nov 1: Using ATMs (automated teller machines) to withdraw money or for other purposes such as balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a levy of Rs.20 a transaction from Saturday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s new guidelines that come into force from Saturday, bank customers in six metros —Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore — are allowed