New Delhi: Former Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria joined the BJP on Sunday. BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde lauded Bhadauria’s long service in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and expressed confidence that he will now contribute actively in the political field after playing an active role in the defence forces. The BJP leader said…
Chennai: With his legal options only strengthening his erstwhile colleague’s case, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam now banks heavily on the BJP to bail him out of the political quagmire. He is facing a piquant situation now wherein he has to perform to gain an identity for himself or become a non-entity in…
New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee met here on Saturday to finalise the party’s candidates in several states for the Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president J P Nadda were joined by other CEC members as they went over the list…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh likened his party to a “well-established company” whose market capitalisation keeps fluctuating and asserted that it will stage a comeback. In an interaction, Ramesh also dismissed suggestions that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma that was responsible for the BJP’s electoral…
New Delhi: The AAP will not celebrate Holi this year and will gherao the prime minister’s residence on March 26 to register its protest against Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the party’s Delhi convenor Gopal Rai said on Friday. Addressing a press conference here, Rai alleged that MLAs and councillors of the…
New Delhi: A court here on Friday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody till March 28, a day after his arrest in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja at the Rouse Avenue court said Kejriwal will be produced before the court on March 28 at 2…
Mumbai: Renowned social activist Anna Hazare on Friday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested because of “his deeds” and added that he had cautioned the AAP leader against getting involved in excise policy matters. Hazare, who had previously collaborated with Kejriwal during the anti-corruption movement, said he had corresponded with Kejriwal twice, reminding…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi has to bow down to the apex court directive resulting agreeing to swear in K Ponumudy as a minister on Friday. Ponmudy will be re-inducted as the minister of higher education, the portfolio which he held earlier. An official communication from Raj Bhavan said Ponmudy will be allocated…
New Dellhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court of India against arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Kejriwal told the top court that the AAP supremo is withdrawing the petition as it is clashing with the remand. Kejriwal was arrested by the…
New Delhi: From leading the ‘India Against Corruption’ movement to becoming the chief minister of Delhi thrice in a row, Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, has had a chequered career as a bureaucrat-turned-activist-turned-politician. Kejriwal’s arrest comes at a time when his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making a serious foray into…
