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After Rabri Devi, CBI questioning Lalu Yadav today
A day after CBI sleuths reached Rabri Devi’s home for questioning in connection to the land for job scam, the officers of the central agency are likely to question Lalu Yadav over the case. The CBI on Monday issued a notice to her husband and former railway minister Lalu Prasad...
Neiphiu Rio, Sangma swearing-in as Meghalaya, Nagaland CMs
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)’s Neiphiu Rio and National People’s Party (NPP)’s Conrad Sangma are being sworn in as chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively today. BJP’s Manik Saha, will take oath as the chief minister of the saffron-party led alliance government in Tripura on Thursday, a day...
Cong’s dig at BJP support to Sangma-led govt
The Congress on Monday took a swipe at the BJP for supporting a government led by NPP chief Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya, saying that a few days back his dispensation was considered the ”most corrupt” by the top BJP leadership and now ”in a fit of amnesia”, the party...
ED team at Tihar Jail to question Sisodia
The Enforcement Directorate will question former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail today. The AAP leader was arrested by CBI and was sent to judicial custody till March 20 in connection to Delhi Liquor scam. The Enforcement Directorate will record Sisodia’s statement against allegations of money-laundering...
BJP burns effigies of AAP leaders across Delhi
Protesting against the alleged excise scam, the Delhi BJP burnt effigies of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in all 70 Assembly constituencies. Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri along with Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva burnt the effigies outside the ancient Hanuman...
AAP claims Sisodia pressured to admit false charges
Arrested former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is being mentally harassed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in custody and pressurised to sign papers containing false charges in the excise policy case, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said on Sunday. In a press conference, Singh...
Conrad Sangma gets support of 45 MLAs
Two major regional parties – the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the People’s Democratic Front (PDF) – on Sunday extended their support to the NPP-led alliance, increasing the number of MLAs backing the Conrad K Sangma-led coalition to 45. The UDP and the PDF are allies of the NPP...
Nagaland heading for a Govt without Opposition
Despite having one of the highest number of political parties, the new Nagaland government is heading towards an opposition-less government with almost all parties extending unconditional support to the NDPP-BJP alliance which won the polls held last month. In the state assembly elections, the results of which were declared...
Rahul skirts ‘PM candidate’ debate in London
“That’s not even up for discussion…that’s a distraction and I don’t want to get into it.” This is how Rahul Gandhi skirted a question in London on whether he will be the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024 against Narendra Modi. For the ‘larger opposition unity’, for which Gandhi made...
Pawar denies role in Uddhav, Ambedkar party talks
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has said he was not involved in any kind of talks between Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar. On January 23 this year, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and VBA announced an alliance...
TN row over ‘fake’ video of attack on migrants escalates
Chennai police have booked Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Annamalai for allegedly inciting violence and promoting enmity between two groups after rumours of attacks on migrant workers in the state. Annamalai called the case against him false and dared the Tamil Nadu Police to ‘touch him’...
Opposition writes to PM about ‘misuse’ of probe agencies
A day after former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s CBI custody was extended by two more days, nine opposition leaders including CM Arvind Kejriwal, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging misuse of central agencies. In the letter...
Sisodia claims mental harassment in CBI custody
d” The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday informed a Delhi court that former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who was arrested in connection with a corruption case related to the excise policy, had been interrogated for eight hours a day while in custody and stated that certain...
Cong confronts BJP attack on Rahul’s Cambridge remarks
The Congress on Saturday hit back at the BJP for criticising Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at Cambridge University, saying the ruling party’s statements either stem from ignorance or from “completely contrived politics” both of which have no place in a democracy. Gandhi’s remarks at the university that Indian democracy is...
Mann asks Opposition not to ‘play with fire’
Under attack from a united opposition over an alleged law and order issue in the state, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday hit back accusing them of trying to garner political dividends by fanning communal sentiments. The chief minister said he was informed about each moment as the...
Another ‘drunken urination’ aboard Delhi-bound plane
A passenger of a New York-New Delhi American Airlines flight has allegedly urinated on a fellow male passenger on board in a drunken state, sources said on Sunday. The incident allegedly took place on flight number AA292, which took off from New York at 9:16 pm on Friday and...
AAP sees signs of Emergency, claims 80% leaders arrested
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that 80 per cent of its leaders were arrested by Delhi Police since Sunday, and questioned whether anyone can be detained for more than 24 hours. The CBI on Sunday arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in...
Congress, Left dismiss Modi’s dream of capturing Kerala
Two major political players in Kerala– Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF)- have dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that the BJP will form the state as a “far-fetched dream”. Addressing BJP workers following the party’s win in the northeast, PM Modi on Thursday...
