Politics

Ram Jethmalani has quit as chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s counsel in the civil and criminal defamation cases filed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley against the CM. Following Kejriwal’s denial of having instructed the lawyer to use derogatory language against Jaitley during court proceedings on May 17, the lawyer has written a letter to the CM, accusing him of using ...

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee received books and reports related to Rashtrapati Bhavan today (July 24, 2017) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the eve of demitting office as the 13th President of India. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that he was overwhelmed by a deep sense of gratitude to the people of India for ...

More than 65% vote in favor of BJP candidate India got its 14th President today as the counting of votes for the Presidential election which began at 11 am has ended. NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind has won with a comfortable majority. Ram Nath Kovind would be the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The election, which was held on ...

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu is likely to become the country’s next vice president, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party announcing his candidature on Monday. Naidu’s victory seems to be a foregone conclusion as he has a clear lead over Opposition nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi in an electoral college consisting of 790 parliamentarians. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s combined strength in ...

The polling to elect 14th president of india ended on Monday after 71 MLAs inlduing one MLA from Bihar casted their vote in vidhan sabha  on Monday. Voting had begun by 10 am and ended by 2pm. As chief minister Trivendra singh rawat along with his cabinet colleague Harak Singh Rawat and party fellow Rajkumar Thukral went to cast vote ...

In a major security breach, a dangerous plastic explosive was found in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today informed the House, which unanimously recommended an NIA probe into it. As soon as the House met this morning, the chief minister, who earlier chaired an emergency security meeting, informed that white powder was found wrapped in a paper ...

A city court today reserved order on a plea of a BJP youth wing leader seeking one rupee compensation from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh, claiming he was projected as the person who had assaulted former minister Kapil Mishra. Additional Senior Civil Judge V K Gautam heard the arguments of the counsel for the plaintiff ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday carried out searches at 12 locations after registering a corruption case against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members including his son Deputy Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav The searches started at seven in the morning and were spread out at 12 locations in ...

Maharashtra BJP leader Ravindra Bawanthade, who was accused by a woman of raping her after a video showing them kissing on a bus went viral, has been arrested. Ravindra Bawanthade, 48, is a supervisor at a school at Nagbhid in Chandrapur district. A 19-year-old student of his school had filed a rape case against Bawanthade after CCTV footage of inside ...

Nityanand Mahto,BJP’s media in-charge in Ramgarh, was arrested on Saturday from the district party chief’s house, the police said. Mahto has pleaded innocence. He said he had visited the spot only to inquire into the incident after the police had reached. He has demanded an impartial probe into the incident. On June 29, Alimuddin alias Asgar Ansari was allegedly carrying ...