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Rahul’s poll affidavit shows Rs 20 cr assets
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has assets worth Rs 20 crore, but owns no vehicle or residential flat, according to his affidavit to file nomination for the Lok Sabha election in Kerala’s Wayanad. Mr Gandhi has declared about Rs 9.24 crore in movable assets. This includes Rs 55,000 cash, Rs...
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...
Arvind Kejriwal unwell in jail, has lost 4.5 kg weight
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is unwell and has lost 4.5 kg since he was arrested on March 21, sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have said. Authorities in Tihar jail, however, have said he is fine, and jail doctors have not flagged his health condition. Kejriwal, arrested...
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...
Supreme Court declines to accept Ramdev ‘apology’
Yoga guru Ramdev today appeared in the Supreme Court over Patanjali Ayurved’s “misleading advertisements”. The Supreme Court during the last hearing severely criticised Patanjali for failing to obey its directives and directed Ramdev and company’s Managing Director Balkrishna to be personally present before the court today. After the hearing,...
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...
INDIA Bloc’s Delhi rally demands level-playing field in elections
The INDIA bloc’s rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan yesterday afternoon was a massive show of strength where the leaders of all major Opposition parties pressed for the release of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand’s former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The leaders flagged concerns about the health of...
