After nosediving over the past few months, donations to the Aam Aadmi Party sharply rose on a day the party fielded its chief Arvind Kejriwal to make an emotional pitch to the public, with around 540 contributors today chipping in with over Rs 6.50 lakh. |
The IPS officer, Amitabh Thakur, who has filed a complaint against Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh for `threatening him over the phone` has now been booked on rape charges. The case against Mr. Thakur and his activist- wife, Nutan Thakur, was filed at the Gomtinagar police station here late on Saturday night on the basis of a complaint by a Ghaziabad- based woman. |
If we need to use nuclear weapons for "our survival, we will", said Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. Asif told Saleem Safi on Geo News programme `Jirga` that use of nuclear weapons was an option as they were not kept merely for show but as deterrents. |
After 48 deaths, nationwide outrage and mounting Opposition pressure, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan finally recommended a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam and related deaths. The move also comes just two days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition in the case. |