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SC seeks Delhi Jal Board’s Response on AAP govt’s pleaSC seeks Delhi Jal Board’s Response on AAP govt’s plea

06 Apr 2024 03:27 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to submit a reply regarding the AAP Government’s plea seeking the release of funds for regulating the distribution of drinking water in the national capital. A bench, led by CJI DY Chandrachud, directed the impleadment of the Delhi Jal

Court permits CBI to interrogate BRS leader Kavitha in Tihar Jail

06 Apr 2024 03:25 AM IST

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to interrogate BRS leader K Kavitha, arrested in the Delhi excise policy case in Tihar jail. The court’s decision came on a plea filed by the federal agency seeking authorization to question Kavitha during her

Court reserves orders on Kejriwal’s plea seeking to increase legal meetings

06 Apr 2024 03:23 AM IST

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday reserved order in an application filed by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal seeking an increase in the number of legal meetings with his lawyers from two to five times per week. Kejriwal argued that due to facing multiple FIRs in various states, substantial legal work

Karnataka: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh joins BJP

06 Apr 2024 03:19 AM IST

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday. The actor-turned-politician who was an independent MP called it a ‘great day for her political career’ after joining the BJP. “It’s a great day for my political career, I won historically

BJP Complains to EC Over Mamata’s Expletive Against PM Modi

06 Apr 2024 03:16 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had uttered an expletive while referring to PM Modi during her rally in Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar. The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for using offensive

Politicians courting controversies by using objectionable language

06 Apr 2024 03:12 AM IST

The use of highly objectionable, indecent and abusive language by various politicians against one another has become a routine nowadays. Be it ruling faction or the opposition parties in Haryana, the misconduct as well as use of objectionable language by the legislators is not an exception. A new political development

Bengal Guv takes on Trinamool, orders judicial probe

06 Apr 2024 03:00 AM IST

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption, violence and misuse of university campuses for political purposes, a statement by Raj Bhavan said on Friday triggering sharp criticism by the Trinamool Congress which said that Bose had set a “bad precedent”. The

No mention of OPS in Cong manifesto

06 Apr 2024 02:54 AM IST

Almost one-and-a-half years after the Congress won the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections by promising the implementation of the old pension scheme (OPS) and got it implemented in Rajasthan, the Congress on Friday, however, did not mention the scheme in its manifesto which it released during a programme at the party

Congress manifesto offers what party failed to do in five decades: BJP

06 Apr 2024 02:51 AM IST

Hitting out at the Congress for promising the moon to voters and failing to deliver the goods in its 55 years of rule, the BJP said inflation today is hovering around its lowest level of 5% and unemployment around 3% and the growth rate in the country in current times

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster Arun Gawli

05 Apr 2024 15:51 PM IST

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has ordered the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who was serving his life sentence in Nagpur Central Jail. The court pronounced the judgment on Friday, “holding that Arun Gawli would be entitled to the benefit of 2006 policy and he cannot

EC sends notice to Atishi over her “join BJP or face arrest” charge

05 Apr 2024 15:37 PM IST

The Election Commission (EC) issued a notice to AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi regarding her statement that the BJP approached her for membership through one of her ‘close’ aides. Atishi has been asked to respond to the notice by noon on April 8. “Criticism of other political parties, when

Kerala CM criticizes Congress for missing IUML flag at Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow

05 Apr 2024 14:53 PM IST

The use of Congress party’s flags or those of its ally, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), in Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad ignited a political dispute in Kerala. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that the Congress was “ashamed” of displaying the IUML flag in its rally, while the