Politics
VP Dhankhar slams Rahul for ‘mic off’ charge
In a veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks regarding microphones of the Opposition being turned off in Parliament, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said there cannot be a bigger lie to set a narrative and pointed out that such a thing was done during...
Kavitha questioned for 9 hours in Delhi liquor policy case
BRS leader K Kavitha deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for nine hours on Saturday for recording her statement in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy. The officials said the BRS leader has been summoned again on March 16 in...
Tejashwi skips appearance before CBI in land-for-jobs case
Bihar deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav did not appear before CBI on Saturday due to his wife’s ill-health, official sources said. Tejashwi’s wife had to be hospitalised in Delhi after the raids a day ago. She is pregnant and fainted due to blood...
Left, Cong team to study Tripura post-poll violence attacked
A fact-finding team of MPs and MLAs from the Left parties and the Congress, which arrived here on Friday to look into post-poll violence in Tripura, was attacked in Sepahijala district, police said. No one of the eight-member team was injured in the attack in Nehalchandrangar, Assistant Inspector General...
BJP MP wants Rahul’s Lok Sabha membership terminated
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday sought termination of Rahul Gandhi’s membership from Lok Sabha while deposing before a parliamentary panel over his privilege notice against the Congress leader. Following Gandhi’s speech in the first part of the Budget Session, in which he commented on the Hindenburg-Adani issue, Dubey...
Stalin says migrant attack lies due to Opposition unity call
As various social media content of alleged attacks on migrant workers from Tamil Nadu have turned out to be fake, Chief Minister M K Stalin has alleged the “lies spread” regarding such assaults in the State was a fallout of his recent call for opposition unity to dislodge the...
ED seeks 10-day custody of Manish Sisodia
Last Updated: March 10, 2023, 10:51 IST The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought ten-day custody of former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in connection with its money laundering probe in the Delhi liquor scam case. A Delhi court has directed that Sisodia be produced at 2...
BJP says accusers against central agencies themselves corrupt
The BJP on Thursday hit out at nine opposition leaders who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged misuse of investigation agencies CBI and ED, saying that they are involved in corruption and making false charges against these agencies to save themselves. Recently, the opposition leaders, including...
Acid test for Sisodia, Jain successors in AAP govt
Two well-known, articulate MLAs in their early forties of the Aam Aadmi Party, Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, have been sworn into the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet as ministers, two days after the President of India accepted the resignations of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and former minister Satyendar Jain....
Opposition unity least priority in TMC parliament agenda
Ahead of the second leg of the Parliament’s budget session that will begin on March 13, the Trinamool Congress led by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has chalked out their strategy to corner the BJP government. The Chief Minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee held an informal meeting with...
