NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders, who brought the battle with BJP over central agencies “harassing” opposition leaders during elections, were detained by the Delhi Police on Monday, from outside the office of the Election Commission of India here, where they were holding a dharna demanding the chiefs of the ED, CBI, IT and NIA be…
NEW DELHI: On a day, the Aam Aadmi Party launched its campaign from the national capital making Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest the core of its Lok Sabha polls outreach with the slogan “jail ka jawab vote sey“, the leadership of the party also affirmed that its workers across states including where AAP is not…
NEW DELHI: With just over a fortnight remaining for the first phase of polling in Karnataka, Bangalore Rural, which has elected the same candidate thrice, is hotting up with NDA pushing a renowned cardiologist from a leading political family into the fray. TOI caught up with Congress’ DK Suresh, the three-time MP vying to retain…
LUDHIANA: A doctor at a private hospital in Jagraon played famous singer Sidhu Moosewala‘s song while operating on a three-and-a-half-year-old boy injured in a road accident. During the operation, the doctor played a Punjabi song “Jatt Di Mashook Biba Russia Toon” in the operation theatre prompting the child to groove on the beats while being…
NEW DELHI: He argued that this discrepancy would lead to Indian soldiers, termed as “Agniveers,” facing significant challenges in combat situations.Gandhi attributed the conceptualisation of the “Agniveer Yojana” to the Prime Minister, stating that the Army opposes the scheme. He pledged that if the Congress comes to power, they would abolish the recruitment initiative, asserting…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Uddhav Thackeray‘s party — Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) — a ‘nakli’ (fake) Shiv Sena. During his rally in Maharashtra‘s Chandrapur, PM Modi said ‘naki Shiv Sena’ and Congress invited those to the state for a rally who demeaned Sanatam Dharma by comparing it to diseases…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday pass its order on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to excise policy ‘scam’. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma will pass the order on Tuesday at 2.30pm.Besides his arrest, Kejriwal has also challenged his subsequent…
NEW DELHI: The BJP could dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress to become the No. 1 party in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to political strategist Prashant Kishore. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor said: “You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to…
NEW DELHI: Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders on Monday decided to stage a 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission’s office in Delhi, urging the immediate replacement of the heads of CBI, NIA, ED, and Income Tax Department. The police promptly detained the protesting leaders.The 10-member delegation, comprising Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, and Sagarika…
NEW DELHI: Sacked Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut was the kingpin of “Khichdi scam” in which money meant to feed poor migrants during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic was looted. Nirupam claimed that Raut took bribes through his family members and business partners from the accused…
