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Delhi minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot has been called for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. Mr Gahlot is currently the minister for home, transport, and law in the Delhi government. Gahlot has already reached the probe agency’s office. The summons come just […]
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The final rites of the gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari took place at the Kali Bagh graveyard in Ghazipur’s Mohammadabad on Saturday. Mukhtar was buried next to his mother as the funeral rituals were conducted amid a sea of the don-neta’s supporters. His younger son — Umar Ansari — and brother — Afzal Ansari — were present […]
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Taking an apparent swipe at the opposition, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar asserted on Friday that those who thought they were beyond the system are now being held accountable, saying some people hit the streets when the law is set in motion. He also wondered as to how one engaging in transgression of law plays the […]
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After India summoned an American diplomat over their remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case, the US reiterated on Wednesday its call for “fair, transparent, timely legal processes”. We continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, said US State […]
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The government will not be run from jail, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena said on Wednesday in the backdrop of statements by AAP leaders that Arvind Kejriwal will continue as chief minister even if he is behind bars. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 […]
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita on Wednesday said that her husband will reveal the truth regarding the Delhi excise policy case in court tomorrow (March 28). She also said that he will reveal where the money of the scam is and also provide evidence. Addressing a press conference, Sunita Kejriwal claimed that no money […]
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today challenged in Delhi High Court his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped liquor policy. The bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has passed over the matter for a hearing later in the day after Kejriwal’s counsel, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi questioned […]
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The Grand Alliance in Bihar has come to an understanding about the sharing of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. Sources said the under the deal, Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal will contest 26 seats, the Congress 9 seats, the Left parties five of which the CPIML will contest three seats. The parties will hold […]
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Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains and Somnath Bharti were among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members who were detained by the Delhi police today as they protested against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. Several AAP leaders and workers – including women – were seen being shoved and dragged […]
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Amid cries of ”Lal Salaam” and “Jai Bhim”, the winning students were hailed by their supporters. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday elected its first Dalit president from the Left-backed groups after nearly three decades. The United Left panel on Sunday effected a clean sweep in the JNUSU election, defeating its nearest […]
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Videos showed images of flames and black smoke pouring from the hall. More than 60 people were killed and about 115 others injured after gunmen opened fire at them in a Moscow concert hall, Russian authorities said, raising an earlier count of 40. Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said 115 people were hospitalised, […]
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Several former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly are expected to join the BJP and contest the upcoming bypolls on its ticket, sources told Press Trust of India today, as the political crisis plaguing the state continues to rumble. Six rebel Congress MLAs – Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder Rana, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Chetanya Sharma […]
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in the alleged excise policy scam has posed a leadership crisis in the Aam Aadmi Party as well as the Delhi government, with his wife Sunita Kejriwal and cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj being talked about as a possible replacement. The challenge before the AAP now is to […]
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Levelling a serious allegation against the government weeks before the Lok Sabha election, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the Prime Minister has made a systematic effort to cripple the party financially. The same charge was made by senior leader Rahul Gandhi as well. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Mrs Gandhi said, “The […]
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In a significant order weeks before the elections, the Supreme Court has once again refused to order a stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, stating that doing so at this stage would be “creating chaos”. While making the observations during a hearing on Thursday, the court also noted that there are no allegations […]
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A month before the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, the ruling BJP’s top minority leader in the state resigned and joined the Congress on Wednesday. Aminul Haque Laskar became the Assam BJP’s first minority MLA in 2016. Once a deputy speaker of Assam assembly, Mr Laskar was appointed the chairperson of the Assam State Commission […]
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In another serious setback to the Modi government and the State Bank of India (SBI) management, the Supreme Court today directed the SBI to disclose all possible details it possesses concerning electoral bonds. This includes the crucial alphanumeric codes assigned to each bond, which would enable tracing the origin of the funds and the political […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that a direct conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario. The Ukraine war has triggered the deepest crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West […]
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday threatened legal action against Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi over his social media posts alleging corruption by the BJP through electoral bonds. The Congress MP from Nagaon shared a post from a user claiming the Assam government had signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a firm which […]
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Megha Engineering has gone viral on social media since the Election Commission revealed that the company was among the biggest donors to political parties in the last 5 years. Data released by the poll panel showed that the company donated Rs 966 crore through electoral bonds between April 12, 2019, and January 24, 2024. A […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday (March 15) categorically stated that the State Bank of India (SBI) has to disclose electoral bonds numbers as well, in addition to the details it has already disclosed regarding the purchase and redemption of the bonds. In the latest development in the court-mandated disclosure process concerning electoral bonds details, a […]
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The Supreme Court agreed on Friday, March 15, to hear a batch of petitions seeking a stay on the recently notified Citizenship Amendment Rules (CAR). The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 19. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed by the Parliament in 2019, sparking controversy for its alleged discriminatory nature. The Act […]
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over allegations of sexually harassing a teen. The police in Bengaluru’s Sadashivanagar charged the senior BJP leader based on a complaint by the mother of the 17-year-old girl. According to sources in the […]
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Bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been chosen for the two vacant posts in the top panel of Election Commission of India, Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told the media this afternoon. Chowdhury was part of the panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select two Election Commissioners to […]
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