LONDON: India should give political asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden for exposing the US cyber snooping programme that targeted India in a big way, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told TOI on Wednesday.

LUCKNOW: Getting straight down to business after his arrival for the first time in the state to a rousing welcome as UP in-charge, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's trusted aide Amit Shah directed a total revamp of the organisation while making senior leaders of the state accountable up to the booth level. This will do away with appointment of bhawan pramukh as planned earlier.

NEW DELHI: Amid worries in the BJP over resignation of LK Advani from organisational posts, senior party leader Sushma Swaraj has said that there is no crisis and the party will move forward with the blessings of Advani.

EW DELHI: The CBI has registered an FIR against Congress MP Naveen Jindal in the coal scam case, TV channels reported today.

BHOPAL: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) firebrand leader Dr Pravin Togadia on Sunday distanced himself from the BJP's crowning of his erstwhile friend of two decades and present bete noire, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, at the party's national executive in Goa.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalithaa on Monday greeted Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on his elevation as the chairman of the BJP's national election committee.

 NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has revised selection criteria for Income Tax officials to be posted in I-T's overseas units with too many contenders seeking postings abroad.

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader LK Advani has decided to skip the meeting of party's central office-bearers in Goa on Friday due to ill health.

NEW DELHI: Now, developers and government agencies managing and maintaining National Highways (NHs) will have to ensure that ambulances and patrolling vehicles are available 24x7. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to install vehicle tracking system (VTS) in all such vehicles with global positioning system (GPS) within a month to monitor their uninterrupted movement.

NEW DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday mocked Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, who blamed the UPA government for destabilizing existing institutions like the Intelligence Bureau (IB) by setting up new ones like the NCTC. Chidambaram rebutted Modi saying the UPA did not create new agencies, but operationalised the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) within the IB.