Mumbai, 4/4: Former MP Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress leadership over his expulsion, claiming it was done after he sent his resignation letter to the party. Taking note of complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late Wednesday evening approved Nirupam’s expulsion from the party for six…
New Delhi, 3/4: A day after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case, AAP MP Sanjay Singh walked out of Tihar jail on Wednesday and said it was not a time to celebrate but struggle as scores of party workers gathered to greet himSingh had been lodged in the…
New Delhi, 3/4: Vijender Singh, India’s first Olympic medallist in boxing who took a plunge in politics in April 2019 by joining the Congress, switched to the BJP here on Wednesday. Singh fought the 2019 Lok Sabha election unsuccessfully from the South Delhi constituency on a Congress ticket. His name was doing the rounds for…
New Delhi, 3/4: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on CM Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by ED in a money-laundering case linked to excise policy case.
Bhubaneswar, 3/4: In a major political development, Bhrugu Baxipatra on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the BJP and joined the Biju Janata Dal. ” “With a heavy heart, I am tendering my resignation from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),” he wrote in his resignation letter to State BJP chief…
New Delhi, 3/4: The BJP’s Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a ‘very close’ person to join it. A day earlier, the Delhi minister claimed that four senior AAP leaders, including herself, would be…
New Delhi, 3/4: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been rapidly losing weight since his arrest on March 21, senior AAP leader Atishi claimed on Wednesday and accused the BJP of putting his health at risk by keeping him in jail. However, the administration of Tihar jail, where Kejriwal is lodged till April 15,…
Rajkot, 2/4: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed optimism about India’s eventual permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying it is inevitable but emphasised the need for heightened efforts in this regard. Addressing intellectuals in Gujarat’s Rajkot city, the External Affairs Minister stressed that diligent work is essential to secure…
New Delhi, 2/4: Citing the exemption given under “commercial confidence” clause under RTI, the SBI has refused to disclose its Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the sale and redemption of the electoral bonds, a decision that attracted the criticism of transparency.. Transparency activist Anjali Bhardwaj, who is a trustee of Common Cause that filed a…
New Delhi, 2/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc and said this is the first Lok Sabha election in which all the corrupt are rallying together to stop action on corruption. He also said Congress leaders are threatening that if the BJP wins, the country will be on…
