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No legal bar against Kejriwal continuing as CM in custody
Amid discussions about whether Arvind Kejriwal can continue as Delhi Chief Minister and the BJP’s call for his resignation, he has issued his first order from the Enforcement Directorate’s custody on Sunday. The order relates to the water supply in the national capital and was sent to Delhi minister...
AAP to launch another ‘Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign
The AAP will hold the ’Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not resign from his post, the party decided in a meeting held on Sunday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held the meeting to decide its future course of action in the aftermath of...
Varun Gandhi, minister Choubey, ex-Army chief VK Singh out from BJP list
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released its fifth list of 111 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. Some big names that have been dropped from BJP’s candidate list for the Lok Sabha polls include...
Naveen Jindal quits Cong to Join BJP and ‘contribute’ to Modi’s dream
Congress leader and former MP Naveen Jindal on Sunday announced his resignation from the party and joined the BJP, weeks before polling for the Lok Sabha elections. The chairman of Jindal Steel and Power entered Lok Sabha in 2004 from Haryana’s Kurukshetra seat and was reelected in the 2009...
United Left sweeps JNU Student Union polls
Amid cries of ”Lal Salaam” and “Jai Bhim”, the winning students were hailed by their supporters. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday elected its first Dalit president from the Left-backed groups after nearly three decades. The United Left panel on Sunday effected a clean sweep in...
Over 60 Killed In Moscow Concert Hall Attack by ISIS
Videos showed images of flames and black smoke pouring from the hall. More than 60 people were killed and about 115 others injured after gunmen opened fire at them in a Moscow concert hall, Russian authorities said, raising an earlier count of 40. Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail...
Karnataka BJP Faces Rebellion Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s decision to deny tickets to some senior leaders has stirred the pot in Karnataka ahead of this year’s Lok Sabha elections, bolstering voices of dissent within its ranks. Some of the disgruntled leaders have threatened to fight the elections as Independent candidates, causing a...
AAP rejects any move for Kejriwal to quit
The morning after Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested and remained in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate, AAP had expected massive protests in front of the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the capital. Kejriwal is AAP’s fifth top leader to be...
Disqualified HP Cong MLAs, Independents may join BJP
Several former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly are expected to join the BJP and contest the upcoming bypolls on its ticket, sources told Press Trust of India today, as the political crisis plaguing the state continues to rumble. Six rebel Congress MLAs – Sudhir Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Rajinder...
Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj Detained Amidst AAP Protest
D The two ministers were taken away in police buses as officials asked protesters at the ITO intersection, which is near the AAP and BJP offices, to disperse in view of the prohibitory orders imposed in the area under section 144 Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were...
AAP says Kejriwal will run govt from jail
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday was arrested in connection with the excise policy case, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi. A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reached the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday evening to question him in connection with the...
Kejriwal’s arrest creates leadership crisis for AAP
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in the alleged excise policy scam has posed a leadership crisis in the Aam Aadmi Party as well as the Delhi government, with his wife Sunita Kejriwal and cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj being talked about as a possible replacement. The challenge...
Kejriwal’s arrest brings INDIA Bloc allies to bond more strongly
Will the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal give the INDIA bloc the much-needed shot in the arm? On the face of it, it seems so for now. As news broke of his imminent arrest, most of the INDIA bloc allies spoke out for a change in one voice. Condemning the...
CBI files FIR against Mahua in cash-for-query case
The CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case, officials said. The CBI action came on the direction of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal. The Lokpal has issued the directions to the CBI after receiving findings of the agency’s preliminary inquiry into...
The family affair in Karnataka Cong list
AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law and the children of five ministers figure in the second list of 17 candidates in Karnataka announced by the Congress on Thursday for the Lok Sabha elections. Satish Jarkiholi’s daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi (Chikkodi), Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Sowmya Reddy (Bangalore South), Shivanand Patil’s daughter...
Sonia alleges ‘systematic effort by PM to financially cripple Cong’
Levelling a serious allegation against the government weeks before the Lok Sabha election, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the Prime Minister has made a systematic effort to cripple the party financially. The same charge was made by senior leader Rahul Gandhi as well. Addressing a press conference...
Supreme court refuses to stay poll officers’ appointment
In a significant order weeks before the elections, the Supreme Court has once again refused to order a stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, stating that doing so at this stage would be “creating chaos”. While making the observations during a hearing on Thursday, the court also...
BJP manifesto to promise ‘One Nation, One Election’, Uniform Civil Code
The Bharatiya Janata Party could make “One Nation, One Election” a major promise in its manifesto or Sankalp Patra for the general elections starting next month, meaning 2029 could see simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, top sources have told News18. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will also...
