Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s assets affidavit false, claims SC lawyer | India News – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Delhi-based lawyer has written to the poll panel accusing Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar of filing a false affidavit on assets in nomination papers.Supreme Court advocate Avani Bansal filed her petition with district electoral officer Geromic George on Friday, the day for scrutiny of nominations.Bansal has sought rejection of Chandrasekhar’s…

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Replicated by other states, Yogi model of law & order is BJP’s major poll plank | India News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath government’s ‘experiments’ with law and order, starting with bulldozer action, law against love jihad and cow protection, has been replicated across other BJP-ruled states as well.UP government has been regularly harping on its success in improving the state’s law and order by eliminating mafia, which has resulted in greater employment and investment…

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Election Commission issues notice to AAP leader Atishi over ‘BJP approached her to join party’ claim | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday issued a notice to AAP minister Atishi Marlena over her unsubstantiated claim that she was recently approached by the BJP through an intermediary, to join the party to “save her political career”.Citing the provision in model code of conduct that restrains politicians and parties from criticising rival parties…

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‘I felt awful’: Bhagat Singh kin slams Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s portrait on wall with freedom fighters | Delhi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Yadvinder Sandhu, the grandson of Bhagat Singh, expressed anger on a photo showing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal hanging between portraits of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar while behind bars on Thursday.“This morning, a video of Sunita Kejriwal (wife of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal) came in which a photo of Arvind Kejriwal was…

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Surjewala’s remark against actor-politician Hema Malini gives BJP ammo to target Cong | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday reacted scathingly over Congress leaders‘ remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini, saying they have lost their “mental balance” and the people of the country will give their party a befitting reply in the ongoing general elections.Senior Congress leader Charan Das Mahant, while addressing…

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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls CAA a trap, says people could lose rights | India News – Times of India

KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…

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Missing party flags at Rahul roadshow: Kerala CM says Congress afraid of BJP; Vijayan helping PM Modi, claims grand old party | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state Congress leaders on Thursday traded barbs accusing each other of being afraid of the BJP. Vijayan said Congress and IUML flags were not used at Rahul Gandhi‘s road show in Wayanad yesterday as the grand old party was scared of the BJP. This evoked a sharp…

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Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee says ‘probe agencies working for BJP’, seeks level-playing field | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while addressing a public rally in Cooch Behar ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.In a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo alleged that the central probe agencies, BSF, and CISF are working…

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