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New Delhi, Dec 23: India and the US may be moving towards a resolution of the stand-off over senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade's case with the envoy getting exemption from personal appearance in a New York Court hearing visa fraud charges against her even as she got her accreditation to the UN headquarters. Khobragade, who was arrested on December 12 in New York, had been transferred by the

New Delhi, Dec 23: Veteran journalist and first Indian Editor of The Statesman, Pran Chopra passed away this morning following brief illness. He was 92. Chopra is survived by wife and two daughters. The Editor's Guild of India had condoled the death of Chopra, who was former executive member of the body. Born in Lahore in January 1921, Chopra received his education there and began his career in

New Delhi, Dec 23: It is a big day ahead for the Aam Aadmi Party as it is all set to stake claim to form the next government in Delhi on Monday. AAP is likely to take the support of the Congress on conditional grounds to form the next government. The AAP seems to have finally decided to bite the bullet, going through the last leg of the referendum, seeking opinion on government formation with

Srinagar, Dec 22: Asking security forces to ensure that human rights of people are respected, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday advised them to differentiate between strictness and misbehaviour while discharging their duties. Praising the forces for working in difficult conditions here and assuring them full support for maintaining peace, the Chief Minister said the

New Delhi, Dec 22: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today hinted that the decision on forming the new government in Delhi would be taken tonight or by tomorrow morning. "Most probably tonight or early tomorrow morning," he told reporters here while replying to a question on feedbacks that the party was receiving indicated that AAP was preparing to form the government. Asked whether he would

New Delhi, Dec 21: Calling it a "paradox", BJP today took a dig at Congress for working on an alliance with RJD after supporting Aam Admi Party which won on anti-corruption plank in Delhi, but the ruling party hit back reminding BJP of its association with tainted leaders like BS Yeddyurappa. "What a paradox - Congress supports Kejriwal in Delhi and Lalu in Patna," Leader of Opposition Arun

New Delhi, Dec 21: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, Jayanthi Natarajan on Saturday resigned as Minister of State for Environment and Forests. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Veerappa Moily has been given additional charge of Environment Ministry. Source said general secretaries in the Congress, who wish to contest Lok Sabha elections could be replaced by

New Delhi, Dec 21: Strongly indicating that Delhi's wait for a government could be over soon, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said auditing of power companies and legislating the Jan Lokpal bill would be top priorities for the new city government. Though he added the proviso that a formal announcement on government formation will await till a referendum AAP is conducting is over, Kejriwal

Washington, Dec 20: The United States has ruled out acceding to either of the two Indian demands- withdrawal of charges against its diplomat Devyani Khobragade, and an apology for alleged mistreatment, after her arrest in New York last week. "We take these allegations very seriously. We're not in any way walking back from those allegations or the charges. Again, this is really a law enforcement

New Delhi, Dec 19: India hit back Thursday at the US over the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade and accused American officials of interfering with the Indian legal system. Describing Khobragade as the "only ... victim" in this case, the external affairs ministry said the action taken against her violated the Vienna Convention. "There were no courtesies in the treatment meted out to the