Politics

A special CBI court here today convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in the third fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s. CBI judge SS Prasad also found another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and others guilty in the case. Former Bihar minister ...

In a blow to Delhi’s ruling Aam Admi Party, the Election Commission on Friday recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 of its MLAs for holding office of profit, setting the stage for their ouster from the Assembly In its opinion sent to President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday morning, the Election Commission said the MLAs, by occupying the ...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karti Chidambaram, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel- Maxis case. Official sources said the raids are being conducted in Delhi and Chennai since early morning. The central probe agency, on December 1 last year, had conducted similar ...

The electoral bonds mechanism is a substantial improvement in transparency over the present system and the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. In a Facebook post, Jaitley said the conventional practice of funding the political system was to take donations as well as undertake expenditures in cash. The sources ...

Former Chief Minister Harish Rawat has opposed large-scale demolition at Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar. Harish Rawat, in a statement issued here today, said he would stage a dharna at Ambedkar Park, Rudrapur, tomorrow against the demolition drive and delay in the release of payments to sugarcane farmers. He said there was no point in undertaking a demolition exercise when several ...

The BJP didn’t exactly apologise, but it said today that PM Narendra Modi didn’t mean to question his predecessor Manmohan Singh’s commitment to India when he accused him of colluding with Pakistan. The BJP also said it holds Singh and former vice president Hamid Ansari “in high esteem”. “PM in his speeches didn’t question, nor meant to question the commitment ...

Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde has hinted that Constitution which contained the word “secular” would be amended. Venting out his ire against the “seculars” at a public function in Koppal district on Sunday, Union Minister of State for Employment and Skill Development said, “Seculars do not know what their blood is. Yes constitution has given that right to say ‘we ...

A special CBI court today convicted former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and 15 others in a fodder scam case while acquitting six including another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra. CBI judge Shivpal Singh pronounced the verdict in a packed courtroom in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar Treasury between 1991 and 1994. Lalu ...

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu today made his displeasure known about frequent adjournments during the ongoing session of Parliament, saying the House being “on and off” these days is not good for the country. Today, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day as the Congress insisted on resolving the impasse over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against Manmohan Singh. The virtual ...