JUST IN: Delhi HC refuses to stay AAP government's Commission of Inquiry against the DDCA.

A British mother who is accused of taking her 14-month-old baby to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group has gone on trial in the United Kingdom.

Tareena Shakil, 26, told her family she was leaving for a holiday in Turkey in October 2014 but instead travelled to the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS in northern Syria, Birmingham Crown Court was told this week.

She is believed to be the first British woman to return from the IS heartland to face terror charges.

"Although she booked a return flight, she was not going to come back, and this was no spur-of-the-moment decision," prosecutor Sean Larkin told the jury.

"She was given a house to live in. She was provided for. She was given access to firearms, and there were images of her child wearing clothing with the IS logo and posing by a firearm," he said.

Shakil was arrested by British police at Heathrow airport in February last year after arriving on a flight from Turkey.

She told officers she was kidnapped and taken to Syria but had managed to escape. The prosecution believes that was a lie.

In a message to her father, who was back in the UK, she allegedly wrote: 'I can leave, but I don't want (to). I want to die here as a martyr.'

She also told her family: 'If you don't love ISIS I don't want to talk to you anymore.'

Her defence lawyer, Timothy Moloney, told the court: "Her marriage had ultimately broken down and she accessed websites about life in Syria. The issue is whether she intended to encourage terrorist acts or was reckless. Her case is that she did not and was not reckless. The second issue is whether she became a member of IS and her case is that she did not." Shakil's trial is expected to last three weeks.

A senior Congress leader from Punjab today created a flutter by praising Arvind Kejriwal's show at Muktsar, insisting that there was never such a huge rally in the poll-bound state.

"Aam Aadmi Party, Maghi conference at Muktsar (Punjab), a record breaker. Never before In Muktsar, so many people heard any leader from Punjab or India," Jagmeet Brar tweeted about Kejriwal's rally at Maghi Mela in Muktsar.

In a message to an AAP leader, he also tweeted, "This was Historic. Never before in History of Muktsar such a big responsive gathering."

Replying to another tweet, the former Faridkot MP admitted that it was a fact that AAP's show was good and said what has come out is from the heart and it will have its effect. "Dil se Jo baat nikelti hai asar Rakhti hai, par Nahin takkte parvaz magar Rakhti hai," he said quoting famous poet Iqbal.

Pakistan today rejected United States President Barack Obama's remarks that the country could become a safe haven for terrorists and would continue to face instability for decades to come.

In his last State of the Union address on Tuesday, Obama said 'instability will continue for decades in many parts of the world -- in the Middle East, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in parts of central America, Africa and Asia'.   Obama has said the US' foreign policy must be focused on the threat from Islamic State and al-Qaeda, but it can't stop there.

"For even without the IS, instability will continue for decades in many parts of the world -- in the Middle East, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in parts of Central America, Africa and Asia," he has said.

"Some of these places may become safe havens for new terrorist networks; others will fall victim to ethnic conflict, or famine, feeding the next wave of refugees," he said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz rejected Obama's comments in a breakfast meeting with Chinese scholars, diplomats and mediapersons.

"Whatever the US president said about instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan is his prediction and has nothing to do with ground realities," Aziz said.

He said Pakistan was committed to defeating militancy and had major successes in the fight to eliminate terrorism.

"Pakistan is taking decisive action against terrorism and militancy and days to come will witness more stability here," he said.

Aziz said Afghanistan faced the issue of 'instability' but Pakistan was putting in all efforts to bring peace and stability in its neighbouring nation.

The Supreme Court today said it will await the government's stand in its endeavour to examine a plea to legalise passive euthanasia by means of withdrawal of life support system to terminally-ill patients.

"Is the government making its stand clear in a reasonable time," a five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice A R Dave, asked Additional Solicitor General P S Patwalia, who sought some time to get instruction from competent authority. The law officer apprised the bench about the 241st report of the Law Commission which has stated that passive euthanasia should be allowed with certain safeguards and there was a proposed law -- Medical Treatment of Terminally Ill Patient (Protection of Patients and Medical Practioners) Bill, 2006.

He said his contention will also be based on 6.7 regulation of 2002 under Medical Council of India Act which says that practicing euthanasia shall constitute unethical conduct.

However on specific occasions, the question of withdrawing supporting devices to sustain cardio-pulmonary function even after brain death, shall be decided only by a doctors' team and not merely by the treating physician alone.

Who really gives a damn about the most iconic Gone With the Wind scene?

Cate Blanchett, Eddie Redmayne and others play Rhett and Scarlett.

This is a must watch!
And frankly my dear, you should give a damn.

Petrol price cut by 32 paise, diesel by 85 paise a litre with effect from midnight tonight. The last cut in prices was in October 2015, when petrol price was slashed by 50 paise per litre, but there were no changes in rates of diesel. This comes after the average price for a basket of crudes from OPEC producers fell to $25 a barrel yesterday.

A convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case -- who had carried weapons to the house of actor Sanjay Dutt along with co-accused prior to the explosions in furtherance of conspiracy -- has moved the Bombay High Court challenging cancellation of remission in sentence awarded to him.

Ibrahim Moosa Chauhan alias Baba Chauhan was initially granted remission in his 10-year sentence on account of good conduct and was to be released from prison in November 2015.

However, his remission was cancelled by Inspector General (prisons) recently, says the petition.

Aggrieved, he moved the high court. Dutt was also sentenced to five years imprisonment by a TADA court and is due to be released from jail next month.

His jail term was reduced by 18 months on account of his good behaviour and work done by him in prison. The actor has already spent around three-and-a-half years in jail.

Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh to undergo lie detector test next week in connection with Pathankot terror probe: MHA

Dismissing BJP's charge of return of 'Jungle Raj' in Bihar over the killing of engineers for extortion in the state, disgruntled party leader Shatrughan Sinha said performance of a government could not be judged in a short period of time.

When asked about BJP and its allies' 'jungle raj' barb on the ruling coalition, the Patna Sahib MP today said it was "no way to judge performance of a government in such a short period of time."

"Even the honeymoon period of the new government in Bihar is not yet over," Sinha said about the JD(U), RJD and Congress alliance government in the state which is less than two months old.

"What is happening in Delhi or for that matter Maharashtra (where BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government is in power)," asked Sinha, who had kept himself off from recent Bihar elections campaign to protest "conspiracy' of a few state leaders against him.

"Negative politics never work. I do not appreciate practice of negative politics," Sinha said.

Earlier, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and others citing Darbhanga murder of two engineers and a few other cases of crime in Vaishali and elsewhere had raised the slogan of "jungle raj-2'. Union Minister and LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan had also sharpened attack on law and order situation in Bihar.

A woman has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, the WHO confirmed today, a day after it declared West Africa free from the deadly disease that has killed over 11,000 people since its outbreak in December 2013.

"The case has been confirmed. The information that I have is it's a woman who passed away and then was tested [positive] for Ebola. She passed away on January 12," said WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic. Though WHO has not yet confirmed the identity of the victim, reports indicate that the victim was a 22-year-old woman from the Guinean border who came to the northern Tonkolili district for medical help. Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free on November 7, last year but remained under a 90-day  period of enhanced surveillance to ensure no hidden chains of transmission have been missed.

That's the car Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose used to escape from Kolkata, 75 years ago. There's a special programme at Netaji Bhavan in Kolkata on Netaji, tweets TMC MP Derek O'Brien.

Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, died of poisoning, a long-awaited medical report submitted to the police today has confirmed, said sources.

The report, prepared by top doctors at Delhi's state-run AIIMS hospital, draws from the findings of the FBI, which, last year, was sent viscera samples or samples of Pushkar's organs like the large intestine.

"I can say with certainty that the death was not natural," said Delhi Police chief BS Bassi, adding that the report is being studied by a special team of the Delhi Police set up to investigate Pushkar's death.

He also said that the FBI has ruled out the possibility of radioactive poisoning, as suggested in a post-mortem examination.

Pushkar, 53, was married to former union minister Shashi Tharoor when she was found dead in a luxury hotel in Delhi in January 2014, days after she publicly accused him of having an affair with a Pakistani journalist.

The Delhi government's odd-even scheme restricting movement of private vehicles on alternate days ended today amid indications that it could be reintroduced in the future.

A victorious and vindicated Delh CM addressing a press meet congratulated the Delhi police and the people for their support and said it contributed to the success of the Odd-Even formula.

"Odd-Even was a very good government-people experience. The world watched the success of Delhi's traffic scheme. The plan was supported not just by the people of Delhi, but even by judges who car-pooled and walked to work.

"Pollution levels came down by 25 percent, but less congestion on roads was one of the benefits that people witnessed.

"This experience shows how good the people of Delhi are. I request the people of Delhi to continue with the Odd-Even Plan voluntarily as it is in the interest of our children and state. An assessment meeting will be held on Monday." 

One person has been left "brain-dead' and five more have been hospitalised after a clinical trial went wrong in France.

The Ministry of Health said the trial was being undertaken in Rennes on Thursday but did not confirm what was being tested, France Info reported.

Marisol Touraine, the French health minister, said she was travelling to the hospital where the group are being treated after what she called a "very serious accident'.

There are ways and ways to promote a film, or any product, and the dictates of our times says that the more shocking the promo, the more the eyeballs, headlines, outrage, clamour for ban, all of which leads back to greater promo.

Many are the brands that have taken this route to reap a rich harvest, never mind what it does to public morality, truth, and other such high-falutin ideals.

Even making extra-wide allowances for this, the mailer put out by a PR agency for the film Sanam Teri Kasams song Tera Chehra (since when did individual songs come to be promoted via mailers!) takes the cake, and the Pongal too.

The subject matter grabs you by the, well, eyeballs all right. Say goodbye to birthday sex, sympathy f*** it is, it jumps at you.

Clutter Communications creative copywriter then goes on to tell us: Guess what! We noticed something that raised our curiosity. The youth are going completely gaga over this new term Sympathy f*** trending strongly across the internet. To the extent that the rapid interest in this craziness has also led to growing discontent amongst certain section of the society. And if you can figure out that statement, we doff our hat to you.

The release doesnt let up, though. What is Sympathy f***? You may ask, it says. Well.. Watch the video of the song Tera Chehra from the movie Sanam Teri Kasam and youll know exactly what were talking about!

Enclosed in the mailer is a link to the video which shows Harshvardhan Rane and Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane no doubt explaining the term to viewers through their histrionics.

And, no, we are deliberately not enclosing the link to the video. If as the PR says everyone is hunting for sympathy f*** on the web, the least you can do is to search for the song.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that raids by investigative agencies might be carried out at his deputy Manish Sisodia or Health Minister Satyendra Jains office, on the direction of Centre, very soon. Kejriwal revealed this in his latest tweet, attributing it to a PMO source.  Kejriwal tweeted: "PMO sources - Next raid on Manish or Satinder. Officers under them being pressurized to get something wrong signed from them."

His followers on Twitter are not amused. @Amit_smiling  tweets: @ArvindKejriwal Bhai tum CM ho ya ACP Pradyuman? PMO me bhi tumhare aadmi hai?


Kejriwal had launched a scathing attack at Centre after the CBI raided the Delhi Secretariat last month. He alleged that his office was raided under the pretext of raiding his Principal Secretary's office, the charges refuted by the investigating agency.

Legendary singer Rafi's son, Shahid Mohammed Rafi, joins the Congress party in Rahul Gandhi's presence. Shahid was a MIM candidate in the Lok Sabha elections. 

India wants to have constructive engagement with China along the northern borders, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag said today, holding that there has been significant improvement in understanding between the two countries on the boundary front. Even though intrusions have taken place in the disputed areas along the Line of Actual Control, there has been a significant improvement in understanding between the two countries, he said, addressing the Army Day parade in New Delhi.

"India wants to have constructive engagement with China along the northern borders," Suhag said. The Army Chief pitched for modernisation of weapons and equipment to counter different kinds of challenges facing the force.

Five-judge Constitution Bench of SC sought Centre's response on petition seeking to declare execution of `living will of persons suffering from chronic terminal diseases and likely to go into permanent vegetative state, to refuse treatment to pave way for their death.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who is the front-runner at this year's Oscars in the best actor category, says working in "The Revenant" was "one of the most rewarding" experiences of his life.

The survivalist drama about the 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass is leading in the nominations with 12 nods including the best director for Alejandro G Inarritu.

"I am so grateful to the Academy for their recognition of this film. Making 'The Revenant' was one of the most rewarding and collaborative experiences of my life," DiCaprio, 41, said in a statement.

The actor thanked Inarritu for making the film possible, which was shot in sub-zero Canadian winter. "None of this would have been possible without Alejandro's talent, vision and determination. Our dedicated crew also deserves to share in this moment. Together, they have created a truly unique cinematic experience. Congratulations to all of my fellow nominees this season," DiCaprio said.

Inarritu, who won the best director Oscar last year for "The Birdman", said it meant a lot to be appreciated for the movie.

Delhi Police chief BS Bassi: Sunanda Pushkar's death was not natural, can say this with certainty.

This is what was discussed at the high-level meeting on security today. 

A time-bound security audit will be conducted for all "vulnerable" installations of armed forces, paramilitary and police, government today announced after a high-level meeting here reviewed the situation in the country in the aftermath of the Pathankot terror attack.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh presided the meeting that was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and other top officials of security and intelligence agencies to discuss the takeaways from the January 2 terrorist attack on the air base.

The government said that "strengths" displayed by all the concerned agencies should be further built upon.

"In view of the continuing threats from hostile elements from across the border, the need to further upgrade both intelligence and preventive abilities specially in terms of technology was stressed.

"It was decided that the security audit of all vulnerable stations of armed forces, para-military forces and police would be carried out within a given time-frame," a Home Ministry statement said.

The AIIMS doctor's body which was asked to give its opinion on the FBI viscera report on the possible cause of Sunanda Pushkar's death on Friday said overdose of an anti-anxiety drug killed her. "Sunanda Pushkar died of Alprazolam overdose," the board said.

India Today said that the AIIMS report slammed the FSL and CFSL over their failure to detect poisoning in Sunanda's body.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the Sunanda Pushkar case, may question Sunanda's husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor once again after Delhi Police on Friday received AIIMS medical board's report in the case.Delhi Police chief BS Bassi on Friday said, "The medical board report has been received and merits shall be ensured in the case".

Sunanda Pushkar's samples were sent to the US for testing after traces of radioactive isotopes were found in her body during the post-mortem examination. The eight-page FBI report, received around nine months after the samples were sent for examination, had ruled out radiation poisoning in Sunanda's case.

The investigators have so far conducted polygraph test on six persons, all prime witnesses in the case, including Tharoors' domestic help Narayan Singh, driver Bajrangi and Sanjay Dewan, a close friend of the couple.

Tharoor was not subjected to the test but was questioned.Pushkar, who married Tharoor in 2010, was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a room at the Leela Palace Hotel in Delhi on January 17, 2014. Police registered a murder case on January 1, 2015.Prior to her death, Pushkar was embroiled in a spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, whom she accused of stalking her husband.

Bengaluru bomb scare: Police say no explosives have been found and have given the all clear. The Cauvery theatre where the box was found has been evacuated, but there is a state of high alert across the city. 

Bengaluru Police Commissioner NS Megharikh says, "No bomb or explosives found although we have asked everyone to take precautionary measures. There was no wire connected, neither was there a metal base. There is no need to panic. It was a glass jar, but with no explosive material. Bomb squad found nothing suspicious." 

Just in: Reports of a bomb scare at the Cauvery movie theatre in Bengaluru. An unidentified box has been found in the hall. Police at the spot, bomb disposal squad also called in. Details awaited.


A file pic of the Cauvery theatre in Bengaluru.

Two Delhi-based lawyers are the latest victims of a hate tirade from radical groups for advocating the entry of women in Sabarimala Temple.

After the Supreme Court questioned the ban on women's entry in the temple, the lawyers have started getting life threatening calls from India and countries in the Middle East.

Advocate Naushad Ahmed Khan, president of the Indian Young Lawyers Association that filed the PIL, and advocate Ravi Prakash Gupta, who is fighting the legal battle for the petitioners, were taken aback when they started receiving calls from cities like Chennai and Kerala apart from Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries.

In his complaint to the police, Khan mentioned that the caller spoke to him in broken Hindi and said, "Tum ko bomb se uda dega. Hindi janta hai. You are the men behind filing the petition before the Supreme Court (sic).""What is your motive? Why do you want girls to enter Shabrimalla temple. You should respect hindu culture (sic)," read texts received on WhatsApp.

The baritone we will always miss: Alan Rickman made this video with a tortoise eating a strawberry to help the refugee crisis. Watch

Such a lovely read: A brief ode to Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson's friendship. 

Amarinder Singh will be the "face" of Congress in Punjab polls, says Ambika Soni when asked about CM candidate.

The Delhi police has received the medical board's 'advice' on the FBI lab report on the viscera samples of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, to identify the cause of her death.

"Have been told that Medical Board's advice in late Sunanda's case has been received," Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said in a tweet. Bassi added that Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deepak Mishra was reviewing the progress.

Sunanda was found dead inside her suite at a five-star hotel in New Delhi in January 2014, a day after she was involved in a spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar on Twitter over the latter's alleged affair with Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram.

Her viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in Washington DC in February last year to determine the kind of poison that killed her after an AIIMS medical board identified poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention any specific substance.

The FBI report had virtually ruled out the theory of 'polonium poisoning' having caused her death. However, after Delhi police failed to draw any conclusion on basis of the findings, the report was handed over to a medical board for examination before further proceedings in the high-profile case.

The investigators have so far conducted polygraph test on six persons, all prime witnesses in the case, including Tharoors' domestic help Narayan Singh, driver Bajrangi and Sanjay Dewan, a close friend of the couple. Tharoor has been questioned in the case.

Jailed former Trinamool Congress Minister Madan Mitra has expressed his intent to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections from prison, TMC sources told Indrani Roy/Rediff.com on Friday. Meanwhile, the CBI has sent a notice to TMC MP Suvendu Adhikari in the Saradha case.

China plans to land the first probe ever on the dark side of the moon in 2018, marking another milestone in its ambitious space programme, Xinhua, the official news agency reported.

China has launched a new round of work focused on lunar exploration, coming about two years after it made the first "soft landing" on the moon since 1976 with the Chang'e-3 craft and its Jade Rabbit rover.

Previous spacecraft have seen the far side of the moon, that is never visible from earth, but none has landed on it.

A new probe, the Chang'e-4, is similar to the Chang'e-3 but can carry a bigger payload, Xinhua quoted Liu Jizhong, head of the science, technology and defence industry administration's lunar exploration centre, as saying late on Thursday.

The craft will study geological conditions on the far side of the moon, Liu said.Advancing China's space programme has been a priority of leaders, with President Xi Jinping calling for China to establish itself as a space power.

China insists that its space programme is for peaceful purposes.

Singer Celine Dion, of My Heart Will Go On (Titanic 2007) fame, announced through her website the sad demise of her husband Rene Anglil on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.

"It's with profound sadness that we are announcing that Rene Anglil, 73, died this morning at his Las Vegas home after a courageous battle with cancer. The family wishes to mourn in private,' the award-winning Canadian singer's website said.

Pic: Celine Dion with her husband Rene Anglil and their son

"I remember the day I was standing there. In front of me lay the Babri Masjid in ruins. Angrily, I was stamping the ground, squashing the Indian soil with my shoes and saying, 'O Babri Masjid, we are ashamed, O Babri Masjid, we are sorry'you were a sign of our glorious past and we will not rest till we restore you to your former glory.''

These lines - translated by intelligence officials from tapes that sold openly in Bahawalpur, his home town in Pakistan's Punjab -- became part of speeches Masood Azhar gave to indoctrinate and motivate the militant cadre.

Read Harinder Baweja's report on how Babri demolition triggered Masood Azhars jihad

Delhi police receives Sunanda Pushkar's viscera report from AIIMS. 

A video clip shows the air force corporal moments before he was struck down by an Audi SUV outside Fort William on Wednesday and the vehicle speeding away. Take a look.

Home minister Rajnath Singh, defence minister Manohar Parrikar, home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and BSF chief Devendra Kumar Pathak meet to discuss strengthening border security in the aftermath of the Pathankot terror attack. The four terrorists who attacked the Pathankot airbase last week spent up to 24 hours resting inside a disused Military Engineer Services shed as they prepared to launch their attack, highly-placed sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told The Indian Express. This raises the prospect that the attackers may have been aided by reconnaissance conducted earlier.

Just in: Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh's cook Madan Gopal and shrine caretaker also arrive at NIA office for questioning Pathankot Attack.

Denouncing actor Aamir Khan's recent remarks on perceived intolerance in the country, BJP leader Ram Madhav yesterday said the Bollywood superstar should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about India's prestige but also to his wife.

"It will not work that you preach to an auto wallah how the country's prestige has to be saved but not tell the same to your own wife," Madhav said, while addressing students at Delhi University's SGBT Khalsa College.

In November, Aamir, 50, had expressed his concern about intolerance being displayed towards minorities. He was attacked on social media by many as "anti-national" for his remarks. He had said that his wife, Kiran Rao, said she was so concerned about the atmosphere of intolerance that she had wondered out loud about relocating from India.

Political and other opponents have accused the BJP and its supporters of whipping up religious tensions in different parts of the country, an allegation firmly rebutted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers who say parties like the Congress are trying to discredit the central government.

In September, a man in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh was lynched to death after being falsely accused of having beef in his home; rationalist MM Kalburgi was shot dead in Karnataka a few weeks before that.

Meanwhile, Ram Madhav also said that the government will ensure that in future no need arises for 'award-wapasi', and asserted that there will be no compromise on the security of the country's borders and self-respect.

"No one needs to return the awards, everyone will be taken care of but the country should be respected. The individuals should also take care of nation's prestige," Madhav said.

"We are dedicated to the security of the country. We want good relations with our neighbours. But with regard to the security of the country's borders and its self-respect, no compromise will be accepted...we will take care that no need arises to return awards years later," he said.

The team of "Harry Potter", including the lead cast members Danielle Radcliffe and Emma Watson, has paid heart-touching homage to actor Alan Rickman, most famously known for his role of strict professor Severus Snape in the fantasy film series.

Rickman has died following a battle with cancer. He was 69.

Radcliffe played the young braveheart Harry Potter, who for the most part of the series found Snape against him, only to find in the end that he was his well-wisher in disguise. Remembering the brilliance of Rickman on and off screen, in a long post, Radcliffe tweeted, "Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also, one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry. He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years post-Potter.

"I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that. I know other people who've been friends with him for much much longer than I have and they all say "if you call Alan, it doesn't matter where in the world he is or how busy he is with what he's doing, he'll get back to you within a day."

The 26-year-old star said he liked that the veteran treated him like a colleague not a child on the "Harry Potter" set.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be on medical leave for about 10 days starting January 22, and will go to Bengaluru for naturopathy treatment for his cough.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told NDTV that Kejriwal was to have gone on leave from December 22, but rescheduled his plans as he wanted to personally supervise the implementation of the odd-even scheme aimed at cutting through the capital's deadly smog.

The odd-even experiment, which allowed odd numbered cars on the roads on odd days and even numbered cars on other days, began on January 1 and ends today.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government has declared it a grand success.

Kejriwal's cough reportedly worsened at the start of the winter and his blood sugar levels too have been high, said Sisodia.

Kejriwal had spent 10 days in March last year at the Jindal Nature Cure Institute in Bengaluru, days after he was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister having swept elections in the capital. He will be visiting the same a health farm this year.

At the institute on the outskirts of Bengaluru, he had done yoga and was kept on a strict diet to treat his cough and diabetes.

Last year, the 47-year-old chief minister was admitted to the institute along with his parents and had booked a suite called the "Nest".

Doctors had advised Kejriwal a strong follow up for lifestyle modification, dietary changes and the daily practice of yoga. Kejriwal has just finished a tour of Punjab, where he launched his party's campaign for next year's election at a religious fair in Muktsar.


Pic: Arvind Kejriwal during his naturopathy session in Bengaluru in March 2015

Army trucks thundered through Indonesia's capital today as authorities boosted security at possible terror targets and probed a suspected Islamic State cell blamed for Jakarta's deadly terror attacks.

A series of bombings and subsequent gun battles yesterday between the attackers and police in a busy part of the capital lined with malls and foreign missions left two civilians and five attackers dead.

Police in the world's most populous Muslim country have blamed the carnage on a network of Islamic State fighters from Southeast Asia forged in the radical jihadist group's war in Syria and Iraq.

JUST IN: Manpreet Singh Badal, estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has joined the Congress. he also met party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, according to sources.

Honouring the indomitable valour and extreme courage of the armed forces, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Friday greeted the forces on the occasion of Army Day.

Condemning the recent attack on the Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, a senior US official has urged Pakistan to intensify their fight against terrorist outfits especially those working along its borders.

The Coast Guards of India and Japan will be conducting a joint exercise called 'Sahyog-Kaijin' off the Chennai coast today.According to reports, the focus of the bilateral training would be anti-piracy, search and rescue operations and interoperability between the two forces.

A mosque-cum-seminary run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was sealed and 14 people were arrested by the Counter-Terrorism-Department in a raid in Mundeyki Goraya village, Pakistan.

A  couple was beaten on a train in Madhya Pradesh over rumours of carrying beef.

Punjab (Pakistan province) Law minister Rana Sanaullah has confirmed that Jaish-i-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar is under their 'protective custody' and assured of his arrest only if his involvement in the Pathankot attack was proved.Azhar, was named by India as the mastermind of the Pathankot airbase attack.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who will be in Mumbai for a two-day visit, will inaugurate the Murli Deora Hall today besides addressing party workers.

On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, devotees were seen braving the biting cold to take the holy dip that also marked the beginning of the annual month-long religious congregation 'Magh Mela'.

The Delhi government's odd-even restriction on movement of four-wheelers will come to an end on Friday amid indications that it would be reintroduced in the future.

Three men have been arrested over Thursday's Islamic State suicide attack on Friday in Jakarta .

Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over.