Politics

With 14 candidates, from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other bigwigs to an independent, entering the fray for ten vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, a contest to the Parliament’s Upper House became imminent today. “As many as 11 BJP candidates and an independent filed their nomination papers today. This takes the total number of candidates in the ...

The Congress on Friday accused the Modi government of “compromising” national security and causing a loss of over Rs. 12,000 crore to the taxpayer with its deal to buy 36 French Rafale fighter jets. Quoting from the annual report of Dassault Aviation, makers of the fighter aircraft, the party alleged that the company sold each jet to India at Rs. ...

The Delhi High Court on Friday gave Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram interim protection from being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the INX Media money laundering case. The interim relief to Karti Chidambaram from “any coercive action taken against him” by the ED till 20 March came a day after the Supreme Court transferred to the ...

The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear a fresh plea from Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, seeking quashing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons against him in the INX Media case. In his fresh writ petition, Karti Chidambaram has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to issue such notices based on the ...

Attacking Delhi government’s bureaucrats, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that some officers were in a “deep nexus” with ration mafia, while his deputy Manish Sisodia wondered why Lt Governor Anil Baijal was “protecting” black marketeers. The accusations came after the AAP government postponed a cabinet meeting, where, Sisodia said, Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash “failed” to bring a note on ...

Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, today launched the Swajal pilot project at Village Bhikampura, Karauli, Rajasthan. Besides ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to every household round the year, the project would also generate employment. Uma Bharti urged the people to own the project that will be started soon. She reminded that it is the ...

In a bizarre statement, former Bihar health minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav has accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi of letting ghosts loose in his government bungalow. Citing this reason, the young RJD leader has even vacated the residence. Talking to mediapersons on the issue, he ...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the Punjab National Bank fraud and the Rafale deal. Taking a jibe at the PM, he said that he looked forward to his “sermon” on the issues in his “Mann ki Baat” programme. Rahul also labelled the PM’s programme aired on All India Radio a ...

Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash has been allegedly manhandled by two MLAs of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, bureaucrats of the state government said on Tuesday. The chief secretary could not be reached for comments. But the BJP took potshots at Kejriwal’s party, which denied the allegations and approached lieutenant governor Anil Baijal for action ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress for creation of Telangana with only political considerations saying people are suffering because of the decision. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the PM said Partition was the result of Congress’s wrong policies. Modi said: “Not a single day has passed when the country has not suffered due to poison sowed by ...