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Kejriwal claims conspiracy against non-BJP leaders
Showing a shift in stance, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday openly supported Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he was sentenced to two years in jail in a defamation case and alleged a conspiracy was being hatched to “eliminate” non-BJP leaders and parties by prosecuting them. The Congress...
Woman who sheltered Khalistani leader arrested
As Amritpal Singh continues to be on the run, the police have arrested a woman who sheltered the Khalistani leader and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Haryana Baljeet Kaur sheltered Amritpal Singh and his aide Papalpreet Singh at her house in Kurukshetra’s Shahabad on Sunday night,...
Mamata pushes ahead with her opposition unity meetings
In the span of about a week, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting three important leaders from the opposition camp. It began with Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav on March 17. Then on Thursday, Mamata met Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. And on Friday, she will have a...
BJP attributes Opposition EVM meet to fear of poll loss
The BJP on Thursday took a swipe at the opposition meeting on the issue of Electronic Voting Machines, saying they have started looking for excuses for their expected defeat in the upcoming elections. The statement came after opposition parties decided to approach the Election Commission to voice their concerns...
Rahul convicted in defamation case, gets a month for appeal
A Surat court has convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks, party leaders said on Wednesday. The punishment is jail for two years, but the court has suspended the operation of the verdict for one month so...
Security keeps Khalistanis away from UK Indian Mission
Khalistan supporters protesting against the crackdown on Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh on Wednesday, shouted slogans, threw water bottles and ink at the London Metropolitan police, who kept them confined to the other side of the road, a safe distance from the Indian High Commission. For the protesters, the immediate...
Karnataka minister joins Cong two days after quitting BJP
Two days after resigning from the Karnataka legislative council, BJP legislator Baburao Chinchansur on Wednesday joined the Congress. Two weeks ago, another BJP legislator, Puttanna, too had resigned from the council and the party, and joined the Congress. Chinchansur, who had played a key role in the defeat of...
SAD criticises invoking of NSA against Amritpal
The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday witnessed noisy scenes after Congress MLAs stormed the well of the House for being denied a discussion on the law and order situation in the state, while the SAD condemned the invoking of the National Security Act (NSA) against radical preacher Amritpal Singh. As...
EC restarts review of recognised party status of NCP, CPI
After the Covid-19 pandemic stopped it, the Election Commission has restarted the process of reviewing the recognised status of political parties based on their performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and has given individual hearings to NCP and CPI, two of the eight recognised national parties. The commission...
Delhi Police crackdown on anti-Modi posters
The Delhi Police today registered 44 cases and arrested two people after thousands of posters seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were found in the national capital. Two of the four arrested own a printing press. In a massive operation on Tuesday, police took down nearly 2,000...
Indian envoy in UK dismisses sensationalist lies on Punjab
India’s High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami while summarizing the situation in Punjab, on Wednesday said “there is no truth to sensationalist lies being circulated on social media”. The Indian High Commissioner was talking about the law enforcement action against Waris Punjab De. “The situation for travel is...
Rahul asserts right to respond to ‘scurrilous’ claims
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asserted that he has the right to respond in Parliament to the ”totally baseless” and ”unfair charges” hurled at him by senior ministers in the Lok Sabha over his democracy remarks. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Gandhi invoked Rule 357...
Maharashtra political slugfest over Chaitra Navratri
Gudi Padwa, the Maharashtrian and Konkani new year, has become an issue of political slugfest in the western state as both BJP and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena have staked claim to the celebration of the festival on Wednesday. Uddhav’s cousin, Raj Thackeray, has joined the Gudi Padwa politics too...
Mamata dharna against ‘neglect of West Bengal’
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would sit in a dharna for two days on 29th and 30th March in Kolkata to protest the ‘neglect’ of West Bengal by the Central government. On her way to Odisha on Tuesday, she said, “This time also in the...
Amritpal Singh’s uncle flown to Assam as Centre takes over case
With the hunt for Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh entering the fourth day, his uncle Harjit Singh was flown to Dibrugarh in Assam this morning. On Sunday, his other four arrested associates were also taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail. Amritpal Singh’s uncle and six other aides have been charged under...
Kejriwal seeks PM’s help on Delhi budget passage
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “not stop Delhi budget” amid a growing rift between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Centre over the issue. Delhi government’s budget 2023-24 was scheduled to be presented on Tuesday but it has been...
Kavitha claims ED confirmation she was not called as ‘accused’
Senior BRS leader K Kavitha was summoned by Enforcement Directorate for the second round of questioning in connection to the liquor policy case on Thursday and was quizzed for nearly 10 hours. Kavitha’s team claimed that during questioning, the central agency officials told her that she was “not called in as an accused”. Sources...
SC transfers FIRs against Pawan Khera to Lucknow, extends bail
The Supreme Court Monday clubbed three FIRs lodged against Congress leader Pawan Khera for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and transferred them to the Hazratganj police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. Extending the interim bail till April 10, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y...
