Srinagar/Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was on Thursday flown to New Delhi and admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. A state government spokesman said his “health is absolutely fine”. Sayeed’s daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti accompanied him to Delhi. An official spokesman […]
New Delhi, BJP veterans, including former president L.K. Advani, met here on Thursday amid signs that a section of the party is not happy over the suspension of MP Kirti Azad for taking on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi’s cricket body. Advani drove to the residence of another former president Murli […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Thursday unveiled its ambitious traffic rationing plan to combat rising pollution, but greens were unhappy over the exemption given to 25 categories of motorists including women drivers, bikers, emergency vehicles and a host of VIPs. The odd-even formula will be tried out for 15 days from January 1 between […]
New Delhi, Delhi government on Wednesday announced grant of Rs.1 crore as compensation to the family of the policeman who was killed in a firing incident at a court in Delhi. Head Constable Ram Kumar was killed at Karkardooma court in east Delhi when four gunmen fired at a rival gangster, Irfan. Delhi government will […]
New Delhi, The Rajya Sabha’s proceedings were briefly disrupted twice in the pre-lunch session on Wednesday over the issues of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and alleged irregularities in the DDCA. Soon after the upper house met for the day, Janata Dal-United member K.C. Tyagi raised the issue of stones being transported and carved for […]
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and sought Rs.10 crore in damages for accusing him of corruption when he headed the DDCA. Kejriwal retorted that he and his Aam Aadmi Party cannot be intimidated. Even as a combative Jaitley defended himself in parliament […]
New Delhi, The CBI on Saturday termed as “false and baseless” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s remarks that an official of the probe agency informed him that it has been asked to “target all opposition parties”. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a statement said there were media reports quoting the chief minister speaking […]
New Delhi, When Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with party vice president Rahul Gandhi entered the room of the magistrate at the Patiala House courts complex here, senior leaders including former prime minister Manmohan Singh stood up as a mark of respect. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Vadra, former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, […]
New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday appeared in a trial court here in the National Herald case filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and were granted unconditional bail. Outside, the party engaged in a political battle, attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “targeting his opponents” and terming Bharatiya […]
New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi may seek bail in a trial court here on Saturday in the National Herald case if the need arises, party sources said on Friday. The two leaders were also keen that party leaders and supporters from other states did not throng the capital on […]