In a compassionate gesture, the Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Satyendar Jain, a prominent leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and former Delhi Minister, on medical grounds. The court’s decision comes as a respite for Jain, who has been entangled in a money laundering case. The six-week interim bail was granted by … Read more
In an act of solidarity, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), and Communist Party of India (CPI) have jointly declared their decision to boycott the upcoming inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building, slated for May 28. Citing concerns over the exclusion of the President from the invitee list, the AAP expressed its … Read more
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said it will contest Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls with “full might and political power” whenever they are held. The decision was taken by the party at a meeting in New Delhi chaired by the AAP’s national general secretary (organization) Sandeep Pathak who is also the party’s … Read more
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said his government inherited a lot of problems in the Delhi school system, and the policies had a lot of “missing dots”. At the Delhi Education Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Sisodia said that in this education system, students were harbouring a mindset of seeking … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, December 12, dismissed Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s plea seeking the quashing of defamation proceedings initiated against him by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sisodia urged the top court to overrule the Gauhati high court’s November 4 order which had dismissed Sisodia’s plea to quash defamation … Read more
The BJP on Friday said the vigilance directorate’s report on “irregularities” in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools shows Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is only “worried about black money flowing to him and not about children’s education.” At a press conference here, the BJP’s national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia cited the vigilance directorate’s report … Read more
New Delhi: A new purported video of jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain having an elaborate meal inside Tihar has emerged, just a day after footage of the minister receiving an oil massage inside his jail cell trigged an uproar. The latest CCTV footage sourced from Tihar jail sources shows Jain getting an elaborate meal in … Read more
Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury at his office in Delhi. Nitish Kumar denied speculation on his Prime Ministerial candidature, saying that “I am not even a claimant, I don’t even desire it.” “We are together, that is why I am coming here”, said Nitish on meeting CPM leader … Read more