The Supreme Court of India declined to hear an urgent request filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for an extension of bail in the Delhi Excise Policy case. The plea has been transferred to Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, who will now decide on the listing of Kejriwal’s request for an extension […]
In view of grave health grounds, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi Shri Arvind Kejriwal has requested to extend his interim bail by seven days, and adjourned his hearing till May 6,2021. He was initially granted interim bail upto June 1, to campaign for 2014 Lok Sabha election. However, during this time, he called it necessary […]
The Election Commission (EC) has made clear orders to both the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to control divisive comments and preserve India’s democratic process integrity. The directive is a reply to some of its prominent campaigners’ speeches and among them are Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) and (Rahul Gandhi) that have […]
The Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expelled Bhojpuri singer-cum-politician Pawan Singh. Singh sought to run for the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 as an independent candidate irrespective of the contrary official NDA person for the same position in Karakat. It was after he had shown interest in running for Karakat constituency as an independent […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a major development has conducted searches at the premises of Ramesh Abhishek, the erstwhile Secretary of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in relation to a probe under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Abhishek, alleging that he […]
A roadshow organized in support of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha nominee, Sanjay Tandon, on May 10 in Chandigarh turned chaotic as over 100 participants were issued challans for various traffic violations. The event, aimed at garnering support for Tandon’s candidacy, inadvertently attracted attention for the blatant disregard of traffic norms by many of […]
Friday saw Kanhaiya Kumar, an Congress candidate for the North East Delhi Lok Sabha member seat, being assaulted in the New Usmanpur area of East Delhi. At least seven people were involved in the incident, including those who beat him and threw ink at him. There is a video of this appalling incident available online […]
Recently, the electoral scenario concerning the Chandigarh Lok Sabha polls has been altered following the exit of Shakeel Mohammad who was running as an independent candidate leaving 19 competitors seeking for only one slot. At the same time that he declared his support for Congress candidate Manish Tewari, Shakeel Mohammad also announced that he would […]
According to reports, Gangopadhyay, who seems to be claiming candidate for BJP’s ticket in Tamluk, came into limelight after a video of him got viral, whose authenticity is in doubt, where he is making some disparaging remarks about Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This video has caused the current instability in the political setting of West […]
The Chandigarh district election officer has recently issued notices to Congress candidate Manish Tewari and the party’s state unit chief HS Lucky. This follows complaints concerning alleged violations of Election Commission of India (ECI) instructions. An official statement detailed that multiple complaints had been received regarding Congress workers allegedly engaging in the distribution of Congress […]