The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP had approached four of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to switch sides and join the saffron party or else face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”. Addressing a press conference here, AAP’s national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said Ajay […]
The CBI on Wednesday morning started a search operation on the premises of several RJD leaders in Bihar in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam that took place when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister, officials said.The search operation comes on a day when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP […]
Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday downplayed the speculative reports of him being the candidate for the next party president, saying he was “hearing this from the media”. On Tuesday, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi met Gehlot ahead of the announcement of its final schedule to elect a new party […]
In Gujarat with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia on Monday afternoon doubled down on the claim of the BJP reaching out to him as the CBI steps up probe in the excise policy case. Hours after the rival party dismissed his allegations, Sisodia – at a press briefing – said: “They […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday targeted the Centre over a host of issues, including inflation and unemployment, and wondered how the nation would progress like this.Who people would talk to about their issues when these people were busy playing ‘CBI-ED’ and were busy toppling governments, he said. “Rupee is falling, people are troubled […]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed that he was approached by the BJP with the offer to close all cases against him if he joined their party. Asserting that all the allegations against him were false, Sisodia said he would never bow down before “conspirators and corrupt people”. Sisodia is among the […]
The CBI on Friday carried out searches at 21 locations in Delhi-NCR, including the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the Delhi excise policy case, officials said.The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy brought in November last year, they said. […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Delhi High Court’s order appointing a Committee of Administrators (CoA) headed by Justice AR Dave (retd) to run the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).The stay order came from a Bench led by CJI NV Ramana after the Centre and the IOA moved the Supreme Court against the high court’s […]
A suspicious boat with three AK-47 rifles and bullets was found off the Raigad coast in Maharashtra on Thursday, a police official said. Some locals spotted the boat, having no crew member, in Shrivardhan area, located more than 190 km from Mumbai, and alerted security agencies. Raigad Superintendent of Police Ashok Dudhe and other senior […]
The Congress on Wednesday sharpened its attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the release of 11 people convicted for rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Gujarat government for allowing the release of gangrape and murder convicts under its old remission policy. Gandhi said […]