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 SBI (State Bank of India) on Thursday filed a detailed compliance affidavit in the Supreme Court and said that it submitted all the details of electoral bonds with serial numbers to the ECI on Thursday. “On March 21, we have provided/disclosed all the details of the electoral bonds which are in our…
Chennai: The legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday “handed” over the Chennai Super Kings captaincy to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on the eve of the IPL opener here, a stunning decision that is bound to send speculation swirling on his playing future with the franchise. In a post on X, the Indian Premier League made the…
Chennai: A high-stakes match between cross-city rivals Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru here on Friday will usher in IPL 2024, but, beyond the grandeur around it, the two protagonists will have to find early answers to some deep questions as they attempt to enter a rarefied territory. The Super Kings are five-time and…
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…
