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Supreme Court rejects SBI plea for more time for bond details
In yet another serious setback to the Modi government and the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court has thrown out the plea by the SBI to grant an extension of the deadline set by the court to publish details of the electoral bond donors and the recipients from...
Rift with CEC may have prompted Arun Goel to quit
Arun Goel stirred up a row yesterday when he abruptly resigned from the Election Commission just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. His exit has left the three-member Election Commission of India with only one office-bearer – Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. While he stated “personal reasons” in...
Talks between BJP, Naveen Patnaik’s party reported stalled
The much-anticipated pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks between Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hit a roadblock, raising the prospect of both parties contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections independently. The talks, which took place in Delhi, failed to...
Sudha Murty nominated to Rajya Sabha
Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu. Congratulating Ms Murty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said her presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to the country’s ‘Nari Shakti’ as the announcement came on International Women’s Day. I am...
Delhi court summons Kejriwal on Mar 16 on ED’s new complaint
In the latest development in the drama surrounding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his refusal to appear before it, a Delhi court has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear in court on March 16. The fresh summons comes after the...
Security beefed up as farmers headed for Delhi
Protesting farmers will start marching towards Delhi to press their various demands to the central government today. The announcement has prompted the police to increase security at the Punjab and Haryana borders. The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), the two umbrella bodies that are leading...
Mann fumes at Congress leader over assembly ‘lock’
The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed chaotic scenes during the discussion on the state budget when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann engaged in a heated argument with the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa following the former’s request to the Governor to “lock” the opposition in...
No immunity to MLAs, MPs in bribe-for-vote cases: SC
Lawmakers in parliament and state legislatures are not immune from prosecution in bribery cases, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark verdict by a seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The verdict set aside a 1998 judgment in which a five-member Constitution bench had...
AAP announces Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to all Delhi women
Delhi Finance minister Atishi on Monday announced the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ under which Rs 1,000 will be given monthly to all women aged above 18 from the fiscal year 2024-25. Atishi announced the scheme in her maiden budget speech. “The Kejriwal government will give a monthly amount of...
BJP list has message for MPs headlined for hate speech
As the BJP released its first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, some omissions stood out more than the names that made it to the list. These include firebrand leader Pragya Thakur and sitting MPs from Delhi, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri. The three leaders...
