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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...

Mar 23 · >

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...

Mar 23 · >

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...

Mar 23 · >

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...

Mar 22 · >

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...

Mar 22 · >

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...

Mar 22 · >

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...

Mar 22 · >

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...

Mar 22 · >

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...

Mar 21 · >

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...

Mar 21 · >
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