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New Delhi, Nov 17: Fashion Designer Mala Lakhani wound up a long conversation with her sister, saying she would call back after watching "Bigg Boss" but that was never to be. About an hour later, she was killed, allegedly by her own tailor who she had helped get out of jail, her sister Aarti Sharma said on Friday. It was 'Meenu', as Mala was known in her family, who helped get Rahul out of jail

London, Nov 17: The UK High Court on Friday quashed a lower court's order against extraditing alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla to India and directed the District Judge to re-start extradition proceedings against him after being convinced with the assurances by the Indian government on the safety of prison conditions in New Delhi's Tihar jail. Chawla, a key accused in the cricket match-fixing

Raipur, Nov 17: Former Union Minister and Senior Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, while claiming recovery of back black money of Rs 35 thousand crore during UPA regime, alleged that during four and a half years of Modi rule frauds like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Mallya have fled abroad with Rs 62 thousand crore. Moily who came to Chhattisgarh under election visit, said at a press conference here

New Delhi, Nov 16: A 1984 anti-Sikh riots witness and victim on Friday identified Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with the alleged killings of the Sikh people during the riots. During the hearing of the case in Delhi's Patiala House court, the witness, Cham Kaur issued a statement identifying Kumar. Earlier, another witness Sheela Kaur identified him. The case has been listed for

New Delhi, Nov 16: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has come out in support of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma, saying that he is an 'honest' man and 'a lot of injustice' has been done to him. "I knew him when he was Delhi police commissioner. I have seen him working in CBI on Aircel-Maxis and other cases. It hurts our campaign against

Guwahati, Nov 16: As many as 70 organisations, led by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), hit the streets here on Friday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, demanding that it should be scrapped. KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, while speaking to ANI, said that if the proposed bill is passed, then the Assamese people will become a minority in their own state. "We are protesting

Chennai, Nov 16: The Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Gaja, which has caused extensive damages in Nagapattinam, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts while crossing the coast early on Friday, has so far claimed 23 lives, including 20 in the Central districts of Tamil Nadu. Reports received here said while ten people were killed in cyclone and rain-related incidents in Central districts of Thanjavur, four deaths

Bhopal, Nov 16: The BJP on Thursday expelled 53 rebel party leaders, including former Union minisrter Sartaj Singh, ex-minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria, for anti-party activities and indiscipline. BJP spokesperson Deepak Vijayvargiya told media, "The party decided to expel 53 leaders on Thursday." In a major action taken against the turncoats ahead of the November 28 Assembly elections, BJP has

Dhaka, Nov 16: Muhammad Abdul Kalam, the Commissioner of the Bangladesh Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission, stated that the Rohingya will not be forced to return to Myanmar on Thursday, the same day that the first scheduled repatriation was slated to take place. "No one will be forced back to Myanmar. They survived atrocities so it's natural they fear to go back," the commissioner told Al

Paradise/ Calif, Nov 15: National Guard troops joined the grim search on Wednesday for more victims in the ruins of an incinerated northern California town while the death toll climbed to 56 in the most deadly and destructive wildfire in the state's history. The latest fatality count was announced as authorities released a revised list of 130 people reported missing by loved ones after flames