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Buzz about Robert Vadra contesting from Amethi
The media got the first glimpse of Robert Vadra when he accompanied Rahul Gandhi in 2004 to be a witness to the latter’s nomination process. Since then, people have been used to seeing the ‘jija’ who would restrict himself to a few visits and seldom spoke to the media....
ED accuses Soren of creating parallel evidences
The Enforcement Directorate, in its chargesheet filed in the Jharkhand land scam case, has said former chief minister Hemant Soren first denied the documents, then lied, created “false and parallel evidences” to evade probe, mislead investigators and tamper with evidence. According to the agency’s chargesheet, known as a prosecution...
Mass resignations jolt Chirag Paswan ahead of Modi rally
Days after Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) announced candidates for all the five seats in Bihar, at least 22 leaders from the primary membership of LJP. One of the leaders accused chief Chirag Paswan of “nepotism”. Party’s organisational secretary Ravindra Singh, who wanted to contest elections from Vaishali, made...
Storm over Sujewala’s ‘sexist, misogynistic’ remarks on Hema Malini
The Bharatiya Janata Party launched a scathing attack on Congress MP Randeep Surjewala for his ‘vile sexist comment’ against the saffron camp’s MP Hema Malini. However, the grand old party has claimed that only selectively parts of the speech were put out by the BJP. Congress MP Randeep Surjewala...
Sanjay Nirupam, Cong in war of words over ‘expulsion’
A day after being expelled from Congress for ‘indiscipline’, Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday said the disciplinary action against him by the grand old party came following his resignation from the party’s primary membership. The Congress on Wednesday expelled the Maharashtra leader from the party for six years for making...
Sanjay Singh bail comes as big relief for AAP
The release of Sanjay Singh on bail has come as a boon to the Aam Aadmi Party in its darkest hour, which welcomed the leader with massive celebrations as he walked out of Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Wednesday. His first stop was chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, to meet...
ED levels kickback charges against Kejriwal
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded kickbacks from the so-called South Group and his AAP was involved in money laundering, the ED has said in reply to the leader’s plea challenging his arrest in a case related to a now-scrapped liquor policy for the national capital. The Enforcement Directorate,...
Defamation notice to Atishi over claim of BJP ‘offer’
The BJP’s Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a “very close” person to join it. A day earlier, the Delhi minister claimed that four senior AAP leaders, including...
Kejriwal has notorious neighbours in Thar jail
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to Tihar jail for a 14-day judicial custody on Monday in connection with the Excise Policy case, is surrounded by notorious neighbours – an underworld don, a terrorist and a gangster – in the central prison. According to media reports, Don...
Manmohan Singh set to retire from RS after 33 years
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will end his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. As many as nine union ministers and 44 others end their Upper House tenure with the veteran Congress leader. Singh’s exit comes at a time when the former party chief Sonia Gandhi...
Atishi claims she, other leaders will be arrested soon
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Atishi Marlena on Tuesday, during her ‘explosive expose, claimed that party leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Durgesh Pathak, Raghav Chadha and herself would be “arrested in the coming two months before the Lok Sabha elections”. She also claimed that she was told “that in the next...
Maneka Gandhi says ‘happy to be In BJP’ after son denied ticket
Days after BJP MP Varun Gandhi was denied a ticket from his constituency Pilibhit, his mother and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, on her 10-day visit to Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, broke silence and expressed happiness her happiness to be a part of the party. “I am very happy that I...
Hemant Soren named prime accused land scam
In a 5,700-page chargesheet, the Enforcement Directorate has named Jharkhand’s former chief minister Hemant Soren as the prime accused along with five of his associates, in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. It includes ‘relied upon documents’ labelled as being from the chief minister’s office,...
Punjab ex-AAP MP joins Congress
Former AAP MP from Punjab’s Patiala, Dharamvir Gandhi on Monday joined the Congress in the presence of senior party leaders here. His joining comes ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi is likely to contest as a Congress candidate from the Patiala seat. Dharamvir Gandhi won the Lok Sabha...
Now ED Seen Likely to Freeze AAP Accounts in Liquor Policy Case
Its top leaders in jail, more trouble could be heading the Aam Aadmi Party’s way with the Enforcement Directorate likely to mention it as the prime accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in its upcoming chargesheet in connection with the liquor-excise policy case. Such an action...
Modi turns heat on DMK, Cong on Katchatheevu issue
The DMK has done nothing to safeguard the interests of Tamil Nadu and its “double standards” on the Katchatheevu issue have been exposed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, tearing into the regional party over its alleged role in the island being “given away” to Sri Lanka. “Rhetoric...
Modi says Opposition will regret attacks on BJP over electoral bonds
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that opposition parties, which are making furore over electoral bonds, will surely “regret” and stressed that there could be shortcomings in the scheme and they can be rectified. In an interview with Thanthi TV weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, the Prime...
Cong mayor from Kamal Nath’s home turf joins BJP
In another setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its leader and Chhindwara mayor joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning. Vikram Ahake, the mayor of Chhindwara, joined the BJP in the presence of MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and...
