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Another round of tussle between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ensued in Delhi on Tuesday over free yoga classes. Attacking the lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the BJP, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that “these people” have stopped yoga classes that benefitted more that 17,000 people, these included those struggling […]

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By Sushil Kutty Suddenly everybody is an advisor to newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, advising him on how to go about running the 137-year-old party, which, if it had life of its own, will know the constant that nothing changes in the Congress till the Gandhi family wants it changed. Kharge knows this and […]

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By Sushil Kutty Most times we forget there is also Himachal Pradesh in the Union. Tucked between Punjab and the high Himalayas, largely Hindu–dominated with a burgeoning Muslim-led demographic change. This is a state nestling in the lower reaches of the Himalayas, a paradise on earth largely gone unnoticed because the pure-driven snow hasn’t so […]

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Slamming Arvind Kejriwal for comparing his deputy Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendar Jain with Bhagat Singh, a close relative of the freedom fighter, Harbhajan Singh Dhath, on Monday asked the Delhi Chief Minister to “fight his fights politically”. Dhath also asked Kejriwal to refrain from “equating” criminals with freedom fighters and suggested that he “concentrate” […]

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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, called for questioning by the CBI in the liquor policy case, predicted his arrest today as part of a BJP “plan” to stop him from campaigning for the upcoming Gujarat election. He took out a roadshow and made a series of stops on his way to the CBI office, […]

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In the scam-versus-scam fight between the BJP and AAP in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wrote to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena with a renewed demand for action over a “Rs 6,000-crore scam” in collection of toll tax by BJP-run municipal bodies. This came a day after the Lieutenant Governor — appointed by the BJP-run Union government […]

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In the backdrop of persistent allegations against its MLAs and with an eye on the 2024 elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held the first national meeting of its elected representatives and supporters from across the country at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in the national capital on Sunday. Approximately 1,500 people from 20 states gathered, […]

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Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the “transparency and fairness” of the party chief’s election and sought that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a joint letter to Mistry dated September […]

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The row over the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy has got murkier with BJP releasing a “sting video” while alleging that the AAP government is hand in glove in the corruption. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra while playing the purported video alleged that “Kulvinder Marwah, the father of accused number 13 Sunny Marwah, admits that the money […]

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Amid the ongoing war of words between them on allegations of corruption, AAP and BJP legislators held overnight protests on the Delhi Assembly premises on Monday. Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its night-long sit-in against the Lieutenant Governor, BJP MLAs also started an overnight dharna on the Assembly premises demanding the sacking […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take a confidence vote in the house today to prove all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs are with him despite what he claims are the BJP’s attempts to break his party and dislodge his government. Kejriwal said he wanted to take the majority test to prove that his party […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre did not have to impose GST on food items if the BJP had not spent a whopping Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country. Kejriwal’s remarks come a day after his called the BJP a “serial killer of state […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of all AAP MLAs at his residence at 11 am on Thursday to discuss the ongoing political situation and central probe agencies’ raids on party leaders. It has also been alleged that the BJP, which is in opposition in the city, was “attempting to overthrow the […]

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday denied registering a money laundering case against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and several others moments after an official said that the agency had registered a case to probe charges of alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy. ANI news agency clarified stating the report was published after Additional Director […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday sought to position the contest between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls as a “Dharamyudh” like the Mahabharat where the ruling outfit has the “armies” of probe agencies CBI and the ED on its side, while his party has the […]

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Two senior bureaucrats were suspended on Monday by the Union Home Ministry amid a widening probe and an all-out BJP vs AAP political battle over Delhi’s now-overturned liquor sales policy that has also ensnared Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The then Excise Commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari were suspended days after […]

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The CBI Sunday issued Look-out Circulars against eight private persons named in the FIR registered in the Delhi excise policy “scam” case, officials said. They said no LoCs have been opened against four public servants named in the FIR, including Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and three former excise department officials. Officials said the […]

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After the CBI registered an offence against Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Punjab Congress has now launched an attack on the Bhagwant Mann government seeking a probe into Punjab’s excise policy alleging that it had been ‘manipulated’ on the lines of Delhi. A battery of senior party leaders lead by state Congress president […]

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It will be Narendra Modi versus Arvind Kejriwal in the 2024 general elections, the AAP claimed Friday seeking to project itself as the principal challenger to the BJP riding on the CBI raid at Manish Sisodia’s residence. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also claimed that Prime Minister Modi is “rattled” by the “growing popularity” of […]

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The New York Times story on Delhi’s education system was based on “an impartial and on-the-ground reporting”, the American newspaper said on Friday, rejecting a ‘paid news’ charge that was being hurled between the BJP and AAP amid a CBI raid on Manish Sisodia’s residence. The report had triggered a war of words between the […]

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Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai on Friday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under whose leadership India ran the world’s biggest vaccination drive during the Covid-19 pandemic, and credited him for saving the lives of Indians. “If you are alive, the credit goes to Narendra Modi. He developed the vaccine during the covid pandemic and […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Massive protests are being held by senior Congress leaders and workers, including Rahul Gandhi, against the Narendra Modi government, raising current issues like inflation and mass unemployment. However, the real cause behind the ongoing protest is the strong opposition to the Enforcement Directorate’s continued questioning of the party president Sonia Gandhi. […]

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By K R Sudhaman India’s Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran is of the view that India’s Inflation though beyond RBI’s band is not that big a source of worry as it is still much less than several advanced economies, some of whom have it in double digits. Inflation no doubt is a global phenomenon […]

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By Nihalsing B Rathod Two judgments of great significance delivered by the Bombay High Court in the last three years indicate a trend of understanding the Code of Criminal Procedure (‘CrPC’) as per the Constitutional framework of “due process of law” in Article 21 of the Constitution. This is a welcome trend, since the right […]

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By Sushil Kutty What’s with the Modi Government, why are AAP leaders being arrested? After Satyendar Jain, it could be Manish Sisodia. ‘Satyendar’ translates to ‘honesty’, the gospel ‘truth’. Yet, the enforcement directorate arrests Satyendar, health minister in the Delhi Government, and architect of the famed “mohalla clinics”. Kejriwal worried Thursday about the likely arrest […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections, the BJP is likely to undertake a major invasive strategy and major changes will be seen in the state government. While Basavaraj Bommai will remain at the helm as chief minister, he has been advised to be more assertive and effective ahead of the […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has taken a conciliatory step by not confronting the rebels in the party ( G 23) by postponing her decision on poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s entry into the party. It, however, does not mean that it will not happen, as she is biding time and preparing the ground […]

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By Harihar Swarup Elections in Gujarat have traditionally been direct fights between the BJP and the Congress. However, the 2022 Assembly polls expected to be held in November-December, are set to be different after Aam Aadmi Party announced it would contest all 182 seats. The ruling BJP is attempting to win an absolute majority for […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra After meeting with G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi reached out to other members of the group. Gandhi held a meeting with Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma and Vivek Tankha on Tuesday, as she stepped up efforts to placate the leaders of the G-23 dissident group to find unity […]

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By Sushil Kutty AAP’s Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann chose to launch himself from Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s maternal village Khatkar Kalan, 80 km from Chandigarh. Does that make Mann a revolutionary? Mann is a comedian-turned-CM, but Mann is serious about preempting people from cracking jokes on his comedian status. That said, Bhagat Singh is the […]

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