Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday stood formally notified as a disqualified Member of Parliament from Kerala’s Wayanad segment with Lok Sabha secretariat issuing a notification to this effect. By law Gandhi faced instant disqualification the moment he stood convicted by a Surat Court yesterday in a 2019 defamation case over his comments “How come […]
America’s nominee for the post of World Bank president Ajay Banga has tested covid positive upon arrival in Delhi. Banga had conducted multiple tests for covid during his tour, and tested negative before departing for India, said a US embassy spokesperson. The implication was that Banga contracted the infection outside the US. The spokesperson did […]
Alleging misuse of central probe agencies against political rivals, 14 political parties, including the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, DMK, TMC and Bharat Rashtra Samiti, on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking pre-arrest and post-arrest guidelines.A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud agreed to take it up on April 5 after senior advocate AM Singhvi mentioned […]
The Congress has decided to take to the streets to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and, along with other parties, will meet President Droupadi Murmu.The main opposition party announced a mass agitation on Thursday immediately after Rahul was convicted by a Surat court in a defamation case and said it would not just fight the […]
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said if Rahul Gandhi has the right to ‘disrespect’ or ‘abuse’ someone then anybody who is ‘at dismay’ due to it has the right to file a defamation case against him. Prasad was referring to a tweet the Congress MP shared quoting Mahatma Gandhi after Surat […]
Two passengers on board a Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at crew and co-passengers in an inebriated condition, a police official said on Thursday.They were placed under arrest after the flight landed in Mumbai on Wednesday and were granted bail by a court here, the official said. “The two accused are […]
Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya bought properties worth Rs 330 crore in England and France during 2015-16 even as his Kingfisher Airlines was facing a cash crunch at that time and banks had not recovered the loans defaulted by the liquor baron, the CBI has claimed in its supplementary chargesheet filed in a court here. Mallya […]
A day after Punjab Police issued a lookout circular (LOC) and non-bailable warrant (NBW) against ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh, Maharashtra Police said it is on alert over the pro-Khalistani leader.Maharashtra Police issued an alert over Amritpal Singh in some districts, including Nanded. Police said the movement of everyone arriving at and leaving Nanded […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname by a court in Gujarat’s Surat. He was also granted bail for 30 days and allowed to appeal the decision. Gandhi arrived in Surat […]
Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday presented a Rs 78,800 crore budget in the Delhi Assembly for the financial year 2023-24.The Delhi government’s budget size for 2022-23 was Rs 75,800 crore and Rs 69,000 crore in the previous year. This was the first time that Gahlot presented the budget after getting charge of the finance […]