NEW DELHI:Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who visited Delhi Chief Minister in Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Monday, said that he is being given terrorists-like treatment by the jail authorities. “Kejriwal is given terrorists-like treatment by the jail authorities. He is not being provided basic facilities. There was a glass wall between me and him when […]
THRISSUR:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a blistering attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, saying that the latter has told lies for the past three years in the Rs 300 crore Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam, in which several CPI(M) leaders were involved. The Prime Minister was addressing a rally in Kerala’s Trissur where […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Agreeing to examine the matter, a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the federal anti-money laundering agency to file […]
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court has voiced concern over misuse of social media platforms with posting of messages, comments and articles on subjudice matters. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose (now retired) and Bela Trivedi made the observation while initiating a contempt action against Assam MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya for his misleading Facebook post regarding a […]
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the BJP used its majority in Lok Sabha for two consecutive terms to strengthen the country while the Congress used its decades-long majority to strengthen its “family”, asserting that even the opposition believes that his government will retain power for a third term. In an interview to […]
NEW DELHI:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested BRS leader K Kavitha in Tihar jail in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, officials have informed. K Kavitha, an MLC in Telangana and daughter of BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao, had been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money […]
HYDERABAD:Telugu Desam Party, has decided not to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Telangana, and the beleaguered party here is yet to take a call on whom to support in the state, though it is part of the NDA in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, a senior leader of the party said. TDP spokesperson Jyothsna […]
KOLKATA:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 11 said she will not allow implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. Addressing a gathering in Kolkata on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, she claimed that some people will try to “engineer riots” […]
NEW DELHI:A Delhi court on Wednesday said that it will hear, on April 15, the bail application of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy-related money laundering case. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday heard arguments from Sisodia’s counsel, who opposed the submissions made by the ED, […]
NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the ED and the trial court order remanding him to the agency’s custody. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who presided over the case noted the ED’s submission that CM Kejriwal was in possession of enough material which had led […]