The convention of rebel Aam Aadmi Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan began on Tuesday morning with volunteers from across the country terming it a day of "new beginning" even as the Arvind Kejriwal-led party warned of action against those attending the event.
Rubbishing various speculation surrounding his mother Sunanda Pushkar's death, her son Shiv Menon on Wednesday said she was "too strong" to commit suicide and died due to an unfortunate combination of media stress, tensions and a wrong mix of different medication.
The Delhi police probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union minister Shashi Tharoor, indicates that her husband had no prima facie role to play in it.
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Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley on Wednesday told a United States court that he had conducted a surveillance of the German Bakery in Pune and identified Chabad houses in Delhi, Pushkar and Pune which could be bombed.
The complaint was submitted with Mallital police station on Wednesday by Pushkar Singh Dhami, vice chairman of state urban development monitoring board and a BJP leader.
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A Spanish woman, who fell unconscious after being offered a drink by a man, suspects that she was raped in Pushkar town of Ajmer district, following which an FIR has been registered. The 32-year-old woman has alleged that Bhanwar Lal, 52, offered her a drink during a session of reiki. After consuming the drink, she fell unconscious and does not remember what happened after that. The woman is staying in Pushkar since April 15, said the police.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
Shiv Menon was asked how the relationship was between Tharoor and Sunanda
A large number of political leaders, diplomats and other bigwigs attended the wedding reception hosted by Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and his new wife Sunanda Pushkar in New Delhi.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned in a day or two in connection with the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said on Monday.
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Trouble for beleaguered minister of state for external affairs, Shashi Tharoor grew on Friday with opposition paralysing Parliament demanding his removal and his own ministerial colleague Farooq Abdullah favouring his stepping down to protect the "honour" of the government.
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Describing Sunanda Pushkar's decision to give up her stake in Kochi Indian Premier League team as immaterial, Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh immediately sack Union Minister Shashi Tharoor as the matter was now of 'stinking corruption.'
BCCI's media and finance committee chairman and Congress M P Rajiv Shukla on Friday defended junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor on the Indian Premier League's Kochi ownership row, saying that there was 'no reason to disbelieve him'.
The controversy surrounding the Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise took yet another political turn on Thursday as Lalit Modi was accused of working under the pressure of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to take away the bid to Ahmedabad.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded the sacking of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the wake of controversy over Indian Premeir League's Kochi team ownership.
Policemen were on their toes as heavy rush was expected on the day of "Aadi Amavasya" on Wednesday.
Shashi Tharoor's stint of less than a year as a Union Minister was dogged by a spate of controversies from his stay in a five star hotel to the high-voltage Indian Premier League row involving him and Sunanda Pushkar, whom he reportedly intends to marry.
Sunanda Pushkar on Sunday quit Rendezvous Sports World which is a stakeholder in IPL Kochi after she decided to return her free equity worth Rs 70 crore to the franchise in a last ditch attempt to save her friend, Union minister Shashi Tharoor.
Beleaguered Minister for State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday amidst indications that he may get a reprieve at least, for the time being.
Sunanda Pushkar on Wednesday strongly denied media reports that she is acting as a proxy for Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the Kochi IPL franchise. She also came out strongly in support of Tharoor, who has come under fire from several quarters, following his spat with IPL commissioner Lalit Modi over the Kochi team.
With the public showdown between Lalit Modi and minister Shashi Tharoor over the Kochi franchise snowballing into a major controversy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to convene a meeting of the IPL Governing Council within 10 days to discuss and take a decision on the episode.
The Indian Premier League's new franchise Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) has threatened to sue IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for breaking the confidentiality terms.
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