Former Union minister and expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh is all set to return to the saffron party. In the wake of initiatives by BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader L.K. Advani to bring him back, an announcement is expected soon. Mr Singh was expelled from the BJP in August last year after releasing a book in which he had praised Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

All the Indian nationals stranded in the two violence-hit towns of Osh and Jalalabad in Kyrgyzstan were safely evacuated by air on Monday night to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. The airlift was arranged by the Indian embassy in Bishkek with the active cooperation and support of the Kyrgyz authorities. There were an estimated 116 Indian

Residents of several South Delhi areas had to sweat it out with long powercuts all through Tuesday. Delhi Transco Ltd attributed the disruption to work for installing a transmission tower near the Rajokri flyover to ensure power supply to Delhi airport. The heavy powercuts are likely to continue till the coming Sunday.

The Madhya Pradesh government came on the backfoot on Tuesday and issued orders to remove Swaraj Puri as member of grievance redressal authority (Madhya Pradesh Narmada projects) after the media questioned his post retirement appointment pointing out that he was the Bhopal superintendent of police and had driven

Taking cognisance of representations received from various trade associations, Delhi finance minister Dr A.K. Walia on Tuesday stated that the city government is committed to provide a trader-friendly Value Added Tax (VAT) mechanism.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday booked former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his two sons, Ajay and Abhay, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Two unidentified bike-borne assailants snatched a bag containing lakhs of cash from two youth in Vivek Vihar area of east Delhi in broad daylight on Tuesday.
The police officials said the incident took place at around 1.45 pm when the victims, identified as Gulshan Chawla, a resident of Jhilmil colony in Vivek Vihar, a

Star-struck BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday appointed actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani as the party’s women wing chief. Earlier too, many eyebrows were raised in the organisation when Mr Gadkari tried to nominate yesteryears’ “dream girl” Hema Malini for a Rajya Sabha berth from Madhya Pradesh. He was later forced to backtrack following a stiff resistance over her nomination from within the party. He, however, had already made Ms Malini the party’s vice-president.

A 19-year-old girl committed suicide at her west Delhi residence on Monday evening, apparently due to fear of poor performance in examinations.
According to the police, the incident was reported by the authorities of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial hospital where the deceased, identified as Puja, was admitted by her p

Former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren was on Tuesday acquitted in a 36-year-old double murder case by a fast-track trial court where he was facing trial as the sole accused. Lack of enough evidence against him led to Mr Soren’s acquittal, making it the third murder case from which he emerged unscathed.