Politics
CEC says money power, freebies to be on special radar
The Election Commission is fully committed to delivering free, fair, transparent and inducement-free elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. A 17-member team headed by the CEC is currently in the city to assess the poll preparedness in Telangana and, as part of that, Rajiv Kumar held...
Cong, BJP poster war over Modi, Rahul characterisation
Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engaged in a poster war on social media as both national parties gear up for assembly elections in five states and 2024 Lok Sabha polls. X, formerly Twitter, account of Congress on Wednesday posted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Waste of agencies’ time, says Kejriwal
AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said all the cases filed against his party leaders are “false”, asserting that probing these cases is a waste of time of the Centre and its agencies. Answering a question over the Supreme Court’s observations on the bail application...
ED move for naming AAP as ‘accused’ in excise scam
Reliable legal sources close to CNN-News 18 has learned that there are ongoing deliberations among Enforcement Directorate whether AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) will be named as an accused in the Delhi liquor scam case. This is said to be in ED’s plans after the Supreme Court asked why the...
BRS contests Modi’s claim on alliance in 2018
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that he nipped in the bud the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s desire to be a part of NDA, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao has said in fact it was the other way around and the saffron...
Sanjay Singh’s family claims nothing seized in raid
Reacting to the ED’s action against the 51-year-old Aam Aadmi Party leader and MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday, his family said that the probe agency officials “failed” to find anything during the 10-hour-long searches and called the case “fake”. When asked by the media about the arrest of his...
Kharge on why Cong wants census of backward classes
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party wants a census of the backward classes as the move will provide exact details about their status and help in taking measures for their welfare. He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of trying to divide the...
Pawar says Rahul will one day lead India
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that after Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress leader was being taken seriously and someday he would provide leadership to the nation. Speaking during an interaction at the India Today Conclave here, he reiterated that there was no...
Mann calls emergency cabinet meeting on SYL canal
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called an emergency meeting of his cabinet at his residence here on Thursday, official sources said. Though no official agenda of the meeting has been released, the council of ministers is likely to discuss the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue, they said. The...
Cong row over population-based quota suggestion
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Tuesday landed in a tight spot after his social media post apparently raised questions on the caste-based survey. However, he later deleted the post and clarified that he and his party will continue to support the caste-based survey. In a post on X, formerly...
