Former top cop and social activist Kiran Bedi expressed willingness to lead the BJP from the front for assembly elections. "If they ask me then I will accept it. I had refused earlier when they asked, but now I will accept it," she told reporters on Wednesday.

Former top cop and social activist Kiran Bedi expressed willingness to lead the BJP from the front for assembly elections. "If they ask me then I will accept it. I had refused earlier when they asked, but now I will accept it," she told reporters on Wednesday.

Gujarat revenue minister Anandiben Patel will take over as chief minister of the state on Thursday.

According to media reports, the swearing in will take place at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Some members of her council of ministers will also take oath on Thursday. She will succeed Narendra Modi who resigned as chief minister to become the prime minister of the country. He will be sworn in on Monday.

The Supreme Court today refused to hear N Srinivasan's plea for modification of its earlier orders to enable him to function as BCCI President for non-IPL cricketing activities.

A vacation bench of Justices B S Chauhan and A K Sikri pulled up Srinivasan for seeking its permission to look after cricketing activities of BCCI except IPL 7, saying it cannot modify the orders passed by another bench and asked him to approach the bench which had delivered the verdict.

BJP ally PMK on Thursday congratulated Narendra Modi, who will be sworn-in as Prime Minister next week, and lauded his development plank.

Party founder S Ramadoss spoke to the BJP leader over the phone and congratulated him, PMK president GK Mani said.

Europe's mammoth parliamentary elections kicked off on Thursday, with Britain and the Netherlands going to the polls in a vote that is expected to see a swing towards populist right-wing parties.

The elections, which are spread over four days in the European Union's 28 member states, are expected to see major gains for parties bent on dismantling the EU from the inside. The vote comes as the EU struggles for relevance in the aftermath of the euro financial crisis and as it grips with the chaos in on its borders in Ukraine.

For Chandra Prakash, a city-based cyber enthusiast, May 16 turned out to be memorable for more reasons than one. Not only did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prakash's "favourite leader" and prime minister-elect Narendra Modi, sweep the Lok Sabha elections, Prakash also received a "thank you" letter from the BJP leader. The letter, digitally signed by Modi, said: "A big thank you for your wishes! You have been a source of immense strength and constant support through the campaign. This victory is as much yours as it is the BJP's and the NDA (National Democratic Alliance)'s."

ongress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday urged Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal to help him in "exposing" BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.

On microblogging website Twitter, Singh tweeted: "Kejriwal instead of doing NAUTANKI should join me in exposing Gadkari. He has also filed a defamation case in the same Court against me."

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal spent the night in Delhi's Tihar jail after being arrested in a defamation case.

Scores of his party men who protested outside the prison last night were also detained.

Ramco Cements has dipped 6% to Rs 256, in an otherwise firm market, after reporting a sharp 61% year-on-year (yoy) decline in net profit at Rs 25 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (Q4FY14), due to lower realization and higher expenditure. The company had posted a profit of Rs 64 crore in the same quarter last year.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has simplified the rules for credit to exporters. They can now get long-term advance from banks for up to 10 years to service their contracts, easing the previous norms that only allowed on loans above one year.

Banks can make such payments to exporters with a satisfactory record of three years and adjust these payments against future exports.

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