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Kejriwal spotted with assault accused; BJP cries foul
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Delhi on Thursday posted a fresh photograph of Bibhav Kumar, a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who allegedly assaulted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal earlier this week, accompanying the AAP chief at the Lucknow Airport. लखनऊ एयरपोर्ट...
Modi thanks abusers for making him what he is today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig at the opposition and his detractors during an exclusive interview with News18, saying those who abused him over the years made him who he is today. Otherwise, said the PM, people wouldn’t have ever given him too much importance. “When...
Modi complains of efforts to tarnish image after 2002
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his governance model does not discriminate on the basis of religion or caste, while adding that there were attempts to sully his image after 2002 — remarks that came amid a raging debate over religious polarisation in the seven-phase Lok Sabha...
AAP admits assault against Swati Maliwal by Delhi CM’s aide
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take action against his close aide Bibhav Kumar, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said on Tuesday. The development comes a day after AAP Rajya Sabha MP and former Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal alleged that Bibhav Kumar assaulted her at the...
Mamata Banerjee offers to cook a meal for PM Modi
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s offer to “cook food” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi elicited mixed responses from different political parties, with the BJP terming it a “political agenda” and the CPI(M) dubbing it as an “understanding” between the TMC and the saffron party. Taking a jibe at...
Model code has become Modi code, TMC tells EC
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to stop “blatant violations” of the poll code by the BJP and its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while alleging that the model code of conduct has been turned into “Modi Code of Conduct”. After submitting a letter over...
Kejriwal predicts ouster of Yogi as CM if Modi wins
A day after being released from Tihar Jail on interim bail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party and predicted that if the party comes to power again, it will oust Yogi Adityanath as the Uttar Pradesh CM. Addressing a press conference,...
Mehbooba accuses admin of trying to ‘fix’ elections
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of trying to ‘fix’ the Lok Sabha elections by ”selectively targeting and harassing” her party and its supporters. Addressing a press conference at the PDP headquarters here, Mufti also alleged that the authorities have imposed restrictions for...
Mamata demands Governor’s resignation over molestation charges
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused Governor CV Ananda Bose, accused of molestation by a former employee of Raj Bhavan, of showing ‘edited’ CCTV footage of the premises of May 2 to the common people. Demanding the Governor’s resignation, Banerjee said she would not visit the...
Lalu’s son Tej Pratap pushes party worker from stage
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Election campaigning, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav found himself amid a raging controversy after a video of him pushing his party workers from the stage went viral. The video showed Tej Pratap Yadav and his sister Misa Bharti,...
Rahul says it may be time to get married
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was caught in a peculiar situation on Monday where he had to answer the most asked question – When is he getting married? Gandhi, who initially tried to avoid the question, on the insistence of his sister and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was...
Amit Shah claims Sonia Gandhi Spent 70% MP funds on minorities
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of “spending more than 70 per cent of her MP funds on minorities” and the Gandhi family of being experts in lying. Rahul Gandhi is fighting the Lok Sabha elections...
Kejriwal hopeful he will be out of jail again on June 5
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he would get out of jail on June 5 if the INDIA bloc emerged victorious in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. The AAP leader, who got out on interim bail on May 10 in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi liquor...
Modi threatens to make Pakistan ‘wear bangles’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a befitting reply to the INDIA bloc over remarks made by Farooq Abdullah and Mani Shankar Aiyar in support of Pakistan, stating that India would make the cash-strapped country wear bangles if it wasn’t wearing any. PM Modi’s reply came in response...
Modi targets TMC govt for intolerance towards critics
Alleging there was no freedom of expression under the TMC rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a jibe at the West Bengal government for “threatening” people for sharing innocuous social media posts, such as humorous videos and cartoons. His remarks came at a rally in Bengal’s Arambagh...
SC to hear Kejriwal’s plea against another summons
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging a Delhi High Court order upholding the summons issued to him in a criminal defamation case for retweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in May 2018. A bench...
Kejriwal asserts AAP not a party, but an ideology
A day after his release on an interim bail, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with wife Sunita by his side along with Punjab chief Minister Bhagwant Mann offered prayers at the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place in Delhi before heading to the...
Amit Shah says interim bail to Kejriwal No clean chit
Supreme Court’s interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is not a clean chit for him, said Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday. He stressed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who is an accused in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, will...
