Confident of significant gains in states like West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh while equally sure of retaining dominance in north and central India, BJP president J P Nadda tells TOI’s Akhilesh Singh his party is set to retain office with a thumping majority. Excerpts:Just one phase of polling remains. What is your assessment…
NEW DELHI: A day before all 7 Lok Sabha seats of Delhi go to the polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday levelled serious allegations against Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, stating that he has ordered police to slow down voting in areas that have a large number of INDIA bloc supporters. “Information has been…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday wrote to the Union home ministry, stating that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) allegedly received foreign funds exceeding Rs 7 crore in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The ED discovered this information during a money laundering investigation related to drugs, involving former Punjab AAP…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police, late Saturday evening, submitted a remand paper seeking seven days of custody for Bibhav Kumar, an aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal, who presided over the hearing, granted five-day police custody based…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that Congress and AAP will be putting up a united front to strongly counter BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at a public meeting here said that on May 25 when Delhi goes to polls he will be voting for AAP and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be voting for Congress. This assertion…
NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP and former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal‘s medical report on Saturday has confirmed bruises over proximal left leg and bruise over right cheek below right eye.Maliwal’s medical examination was conducted on Friday. According to her medico-legal certificate (MLC) issued by All India Institute of Medical Sciences…
NEW DELHI: In a twist to the AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s assault case, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, who has been accused by Maliwal of assaulting her, filed a counter complaint against the MP on Friday.The development came hours after AAP held a press conference on the matter and accused Swati Maliwal of…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a clear battle line, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday hit out at its party MP Swati Maliwal for being hand-in-glove with the BJP, while strongly refuting allegations that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar either verbally or physically assaulted her on May 13 at the CM’s residence.In the first…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The prosecution complaint was submitted to a special court, and the accused are sought to be charged under…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday demanded Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to speak on AAP Swati Maliwal’s assault case and apologise. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing the press conference at the BJP headquarters condemned Kejriwal’s silence on the issue, labeling it ‘unbelievable and unacceptable.’“Since May 13, not a single word has…
