AAP minister Kailash Gahlot summoned by ED in Delhi excise policy case today

New Delhi, 30/3: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot for questioning on Saturday in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for the capital, official sources said. Gahlot (49), an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Najafgarh, is the minister for transport, home and law in the…

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UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari’s death

UP, 29/3: A chief judicial magistrate’s court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the investigating officer in the case, the official…

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Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar, RJD to contest 26, Congress 9,Left 5

Patna, 29/3: The Mahagathbandhan, the opposition coalition in Bihar, on Friday announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26, out of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress will contest nine seats, followed by CPI(ML) 3 and CPI and CPI(M) one each. As per the announcement, the Congress has been made to…

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Ukranian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba

New Delhi, 28/3: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba in New Delhi on Friday as part of a bilateral engagement. Kuleba, who arrived here on Thursday, is on a two-day visit to India. “Welcome FM @DmytroKuleba of Ukraine to Hyderabad House. Look forward to our discussions today,” Jaishankar…

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Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail: Son Umar Ansari

Banda, 29/3: Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail, Umar Ansari, the son of the gangster-turned-politician who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, alleged early Friday. The charge has been denied by authorities. Mukhtar Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district…

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