INDIA parties stage protest in Mumbai, call Kejriwal’s arrest ‘illegal’, ‘unjustified’
Mumbai: Opposition INDIA bloc parties staged a protest in Mumbai on Friday against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case and called the ED action “illegal” and “unjustified”. Demonstrators held a ‘satyagraha’ (a form of non-violent resistance) at south Mumbai’s Azad Maidan and called for the Bharatiya […]
Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar; RJD to contest 26, Cong 9
Patna: The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday announced its formula for seat-sharing, with Lalu Prasad’s party laying claim on nearly two-thirds of the state’s 40 parliamentary constituencies, virtually steamrolling allies – the Congress and three Left parties. The RJD will be contesting 26 seats, nine more than it had fought in 2019 when it […]
44% of sitting MPs face criminal charges, 5% are billionaires: ADR
New Delhi: Out of the 514 sitting Lok Sabha MPs analysed, 225 (44 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the self-sworn affidavits analysed by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Out of those analysed, 5 per cent are billionaires, with assets exceeding Rs 100 crore. The report by the […]
To browbeat, bully others is vintage Congress culture: PM Modi on lawyers’ letter to CJI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is a “vintage Congress culture” to browbeat and bully others, remarks that came in reaction to more than 600 lawyers writing to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a “vested interest group” is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts. “To […]
Height of hypocrisy: Cong hits back at PM over his jibe after lawyers’ letter to CJI
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his criticism of the party over a lawyers’ letter to the chief justice of India against a “vested interest group”, saying the PM’s brazenness in orchestrating an attack on the judiciary, in the name of defending it, is the “height of […]
Remarks by US State Dept unwarranted on Kejriwal arrest, India proud of its independent democratic institutions: MEA
New Delhi: India on Thursday said the US State Department’s recent remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is “unwarranted” and asserted the country is “proud of its independent and robust democratic institutions” and committed to protect them from any form of undue external influences. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in […]
Working to ensure money looted from poor in Bengal, attached by ED returned to them: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he is working to ensure that nearly Rs 3,000 crore “looted” from poor people in West Bengal and attached by the Enforcement Directorate is returned to them. Modi made this assertion in a telephonic conversation with Amrita Roy, a member of erstwhile royalty and BJP […]
PM Modi can keep trying to divert attention but youth unemployment defining issue in LS polls: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi can keep trying to “distort, distract, and divert”, but youth unemployment is a defining issue for the country in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and it has a concrete plan to deal with it. The opposition party claimed that the country is sitting on […]
Excise ‘scam’: Delhi HC refuses to interfere with CM Kejriwal’s arrest by ED
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to the excise policy ‘scam’. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice on the AAP leader’s petition challenging his arrest and the subsequent remand to […]
BJP protests outside Delhi Assembly demanding Kejriwal’s resignation; AAP raises slogans against PM
New Delhi: MLAs from both the ruling AAP and opposition BJP held protests on the Delhi Assembly premises on Wednesday. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs held a demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the ED in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, the Aam Aadmi Party […]
