New Delhi: Several political parties condemned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED on Thursday, claiming that it shows how “jittery” the ruling BJP at the Centre is with less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha polls. The opposition parties also accused the BJP of indulging in vendetta politics. Kejriwal…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night and took him to the agency’s headquarters here, officials said. The arrest, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has written to party president Mallikarjun Kharge saying a caste census cannot be a panacea nor a solution for unemployment and inequalities in society. Sharma’s letter comes at a time the Congress has intensified its demand for a nationwide caste census and promised to carry out the exercise…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday alleged that Congress MP Karti Chidambaram took a Rs 50 lakh bribe through a close aide for getting sanction of the Union home ministry for reuse of visas for Chinese personnel by a company that was establishing a power plant in Punjab. It claimed that this alleged bribe…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court slammed the Tamil Nadu Governor, R N Ravi, for acting like an extra-constitutional authority. It look took strong objection to his conduct and said he was “defying the Supreme Court of India,” on Thursday. The three-judge bench of the SC, led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr Dhananjaya…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal protection from coercive action in the alleged excise policy scam case. It told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to reply to Kejriwal’s plea by April 22. The application for interim relief forms part of Kejriwal’s petition challenging the summonses issued to…
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday directed the Centre to “immediately halt” sending bulk WhatsApp messages under the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” to highlight the government’s initiatives. The Commission issued the direction to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology after it received complaints about the matter. “The move is a part of a series of…
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a systematic effort to cripple the Congress financially, former party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday demanded that the party be given access to its bank accounts to ensure a level playing field in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls. In a press conference also…
London: Women’s Premier League-winning captain Smriti Mandhana and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh were the only Indian players who found takers during the Hundred Draft here. Mandhana, who led the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a WPL title last Sunday, was drafted in by Southern Brave Women’s while her teammate Richa found a new home at Birmingham…
Itanagar: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has asserted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will have no impact on the BJP’s electoral prospects, and the NDA will win the Lok Sabha polls with a thumping majority. The yatra which started on January 14 from Thoubal in Manipur, concluded in Mumbai on March 16,…
