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Modi meets displaced Kashmiri Hindus, promises to work for their home-coming

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, on Sunday met a delegation of displaced Kashmiri Hindus and promised to work for their home-coming. Meanwhile, a displaced Kashmiri Hindu, Ajay Bharti said that so far political parties had paid lip-service to their cause.

Jan 19, 2014

Tea vendor can be PM, not 'poisonous tea-vendor': KC Tyagi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): After BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi's tea-vendor remark, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi said that tea-vendors can be the PM of the nation but not 'poisonous tea-vendor'. He said this targeting Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots. Tyagi also said that Modi is trying to get attention of people on unimportant things as usual and is not focusing on real issues facing the nation today.

Jan 19, 2014

NSA Reforms: Obama Speech Long on Promise, Short on Substance [Video]

The speech, which mainly revolved around bringing reforms in the National Security Agency and, in consequence, the entire American Intelligence agencies, was sourly disappointing.

Jan 19, 2014

BJP gives PM candidates, we give PM: Congress

Ludhiana/ New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Taking a jibe at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the Congress on Sunday said that BJP has always given the country a prime ministerial candidate and the Congress a PM.

Jan 19, 2014

Sonia won't give away son to failure: Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): While addressing a BJP strategy meet on Sunday, Narendra Modi said that Congress didn't announce their PM candidate because they are seeing their failure and a mother (Sonia Gandhi) will not give away his son to failure. Modi said that the elite Congress leaders are also feeling embarrassed on fighting against a 'meagre tea vendor'. Modi also said that while Congress have name, he is known by his works.

Jan 19, 2014

PM only created committees, country needs commitments: Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Addressing BJP's strategy meet, party's PM candidate Narendra Modi said that the prime minister of the nation has only created committees, but the nation needs commitments. He further asserted that regional aspirations should not be considered as a road block for the country to prosper, and added that regional aspirations could become an opportunity to progress

Jan 19, 2014

Congress trying to save their party, BJP trying to save nation: Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): BJP s PM candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed Congress and said that Congress is trying to save their party, while the BJP is trying to save the nation. Modi said that Congress ideas are based on dynastic rule and BJP s is based on nationalist rule.

Jan 19, 2014

V Narayanasamy calls Modi dictator for declaring himself as PM candidate

Chennai, Jan 19 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister s Office and Congress leader V Narayanasamy called Narendra Modi a dictator for announcing himself as the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP much before time. BJP announced Modi as the PM candidate in September last year for the upcoming general elections, whereas ruling Congress party is yet to announce their candidate for the same. Speaking on party lines in Chennai on Sunday, Narayanasamy said that the lawmakers of the winning party decide the prime minister.

Jan 19, 2014

Hong Kong maids march for better protection

Domestic workers take to the streets of Hong Kong to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers and better protection for the city's hundreds of thousands of foreign maids. Duration: 00:47

Jan 19, 2014

Twitter Starts 'Aloknathing' Mahesh Bhatt: Top 20 Jokes on the 'Scratch' Master

After Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt issued a controversial statement about social media on Saturday, Twitter users seem to have started grilling the veteran director with jokes in the similar tunes to the cryptic ones on Alok Nath, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Arvind Kejriwal and Nirupa Roy that became trending in the recent days.

Jan 19, 2014

Law Minister in Trouble as Mob Targets Blacks in Delhi; Latest Reactions

In what seems to have been a case of racial profiling, a group of African women who were targeted by a vigilante mob led by Delhi's Law Minister Somnath Bharti has caused a national embarrassment. The women, who are Ugandan nationals, have now demanded the resignation of the law minister.

Jan 19, 2014

Congress Will Regret Supporting AAP: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has pledged action against corrupt officials from the previous government, even if it leads to the Congress party withdrawing its support to AAP. In two separate television interviews, the CM reiterated that Congress would soon regret offering support to his party.

Jan 19, 2014

Dennis Rodman's Penance: Says 'Sorry' and Checks into Rehab [Video+ Latest Reactions]

News of former basketball player Dennis Rodman checking into a rehabilitation facility following his supposedly alcohol-fueled outburst on a TV channel interview has evoked a series of reactions online.

Jan 19, 2014

Kim Jong-un Supporter and North Korea Fan Dennis Rodman Checks into Rehab

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's supporter Dennis Rodman, a former basketball star who has been facing severe condemnation for his visits to the nation, has checked himself into an alcohol-rehab facility, US media reported.

Jan 19, 2014

Shashi Tharoor to be Questioned by Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Connection to Sunanda Pushkar's Death

Union minister Shashi Tharoor will be questioned by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate on Monday, in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.

Jan 19, 2014