India

New Delhi, Dec 30: Fulfilling its poll promise, the Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday announced 667 litres of free water daily for domestic consumption to each household having metered connection in Delhi. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Jal Board chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in Ghaziabad in Kausambi. “All the domestic consumers having metered

Varanasi, Dec 30: In an embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government, UP Minister Surendra Patel was caught on camera slapping a youth during a programme at his residence in the district. Patel was caught on camera slapping a youth when attempts were being made to restore order during a blanket distribution programme at his Raja Talab residence yesterday. However, the minister has denied that

New Delhi, Dec 30: Union minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that the pain reflected in Narendra Modi's blog over the 2002 Gujarat riots was aimed at electoral gains during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Sibal claimed that it was "too late" for BJP's prime ministerial candidate to say that Gujarat riots had shaken him to the core, arguing that the "riots baggage" will remain with Modi. "Modi's

New Delhi, Dec 30: Arvind Kejriwal, who had said no to a government bungalow, has reportedly rented a 5-room flat within a two kilometre radius of the Delhi Assembly. He is likely to shift in two days’ time, said party sources. Four days before being sworn in as the seventh chief minister of Delhi, he had turned down Delhi Chief Secretary D M Sapoli’s proposal for a bungalow, one of the many perks

Ghaziabad, Dec 29: Samajwadi Party leader Kamal Farooqui Sunday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and expressed a desire to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), party sources said. Farooqui, a former Samajwadi Party national secretary, met Kejriwal at his residence here for an hour. AAP sources quoted Kejriwal as telling Farooqui that he will discuss the matter with his party colleagues and take

Rameswaram, Dec 29: Amidst stepped up pressure to secure the release of over 220 Tamil Nadu fishermen detained in Sri Lanka, 22 more were arrested by the island navy early on Sunday while fishing in the Palk Strait. The fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel this morning for allegedly fishing in their country's territorial waters and taken

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 29: On a visit to relief camps of riot victims here, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today blamed both the BJP and the SP for the communal violence here even as he heaped praise on Rahul Gandhi, saying Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal were nothing in front of the Congress Vice President. "Kejriwal and Modi are nothing in front of Rahul. Rahul Gandhi is Rahul Gandhi. You guys have put

Ghaziabad, Dec 29: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought ten days time to formulate a system to address grievances and problems of the people in Delhi. He said that he would accept the applications of the people visiting him only after a system is in place. "I don't want to give you false assurances. I will take the application when we put a system in place to resolve the problems," he

Chennai/Colombo, Dec 29: Tamil Prabakaran (24), a Tamil Nadu-based journalist arrested in Colombo on Thursday reached Chennai on Saturday after he was deported by the Sri Lankan government. "I was tortured psychologically by the Lankan army personnel," Prabakaran said soon after landing in Chennai. Speaking to reporters at the airport, Prabhakaran denied violating any rules while visiting

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29: Haneef Maranaveetil, a native of the northern district of Kannur, and his wife Aseena have been caught in this agonizing situation because of the delay on the part of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan to issue passports to the children aged three years and 18 days. Haneef, who had gone to Karachi along with his wife six years ago, to dispose of the property owned