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With talk of assembly elections in the air, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari announced that battery-powered rickshaws, known as e-rickshaws, would not be considered motor vehicles, and hence won`t be covered under the Motor Vehicles Act. In other words, it will virtually be a free-for-all for e-rickshaws. The move is seen as an act of political one- upmanship to counter AAP , who have taken up the cause of e-ricks.

Amitabh Bachchan rolled up his sleeves and swept the streets of Mumbai on Wednesday (October 29) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s Swachch Bharat campaign.

In a big relief for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court-appointed SIT has given him a clean chit in the post-Godhra Gulberg massacre case and sought its closure as it found no evidence against him. The CBI has given a clean chit to Modi`s close aid Amit Shah too in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

Former state health minister Harsh Vardhan was Wednesday named BJP`s chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi assembly polls scheduled for Dec 4, beating strong claims by state party chief Vijay Goel.

Pressure is mounting on the Bharatiya Janata Party as a woman who has alleged she was sexually assaulted by Union Minister of State Nihal Chand three years ago, has called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove him from the Cabinet.

Two days after Rahul Gandhi attacked BJP`s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi over his alleged close ties with Adani Group, photographs of Priyanka Gandhi`s husband Robert Vadra with the conglomerate`s promoter Gautam Adani went viral on the web.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who will take oath as Delhi`s Chief Minister on December 28, appealed to all honest officers to approach him via SMS, emails and letters. "We would give such officers good position in our government, and take their help to make strategies," Kejriwal told reporters after addressing a Janata Darbar.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) finally stopped digging at the fort of former king Raja Ram Bux Singh in Duandia Khera village in Uttar Pradesh in hope of finding gold worth Rs 31,000 crore.

Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi resigned today and Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s government is keen for at least a dozen more to follow because they were selected by its predecessor, the UPA.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to submit to it the names of all foreign bank account holders by Wednesday, saying it need not provide a `protective umbrella` to such persons.