New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case, holding that the petitioner had no legal right to seek his ouster. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said resignation in such circumstances is…
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Monday his family has always worked for the people of the Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency, unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi who works in the “interest of Adani and Ambani”. Addressing his first election meeting in the constituency after his nomination, Gandhi said he was contesting the…
New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday assured people that the “guarantees” listed by the party in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto will change their circumstances in this “difficult time”. In a video message, which was shared by the Congress on social media, she said women of the country are facing tough…
Vijayawada: Rentala in the Macherla constituency and Gurajala of Palandu district saw escalating tensions as clashes erupted between activists of the TDP and YSRC. The confrontations involved the hurling of stones and wielding of sticks, resulting in injuries to several individuals. Prompt intervention by the police helped quell the disturbances swiftly. In response to the…
New Delhi: AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Monday went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal staff “assaulted’ her at the chief minister’s official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received a formal complaint. There was no response to messages…
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu along with their respective family members, were among the early voters in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. Jagan Mohan Reddy cast his vote at Bhakarapuram in Pulivendula constituency of Kadapa district on Monday while Chandrababu Naidu and his wife…
New Delhi: Urging people to vote in large numbers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is everyone’s duty to strengthen India’s democracy. With assembly polls also being held in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha alongside the Lok Sabha elections across the country, Modi appealed to voters to turn up at polling booths in record…
Hyderabad: Polling for the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana was underway with voters standing in queues to exercise their franchise on Monday. After a high decibel campaign, including by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top leaders of Congress and BRS, polling began at 7 AM and will end by 6 PM, barring a few…
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Polling for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh is underway with voters standing in queues to exercise their franchise on Monday. After an intense campaign marked by fervent speeches from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and several other prominent…
Patna: The Bihar Chief Electoral Officer on Sunday dismissed charges that checking of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s helicopter on Saturday was an “instance of targeting the opposition”, asserting it was a “routine procedure” and those of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J P Nadda were also searched. Kharge had addressed a couple…
