NEW DELHI: EC has asked AAP to modify and change the contents of its campaign song, saying it violates several of its guidelines.AAP minister Atishi, however, claimed on Sunday that EC had “banned” the song, alleging it had become “BJP’s political weapon”. In a letter dated April 27, EC returned AAP’s application for certification of…
Union home minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday – and later in rallies in western Uttar Pradesh — said PM Narendra Modi has guaranteed people that as long as the BJP is in power, nobody would be allowed to tamper with reservation for members of the SC, ST and OBC communities….
MEERUT : Arun Govil, BJP candidate for Meerut-Hapur Lok Sabha seat, which went to the polls on Friday, caused a stir on Sunday with a cryptic post on his official social media handle, sparking political speculations. The post emerged a day after Govil left for Mumbai. In fact, his sudden departure from Meerut had also…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Police Sunday booked BSP chief Mayawati’s nephew Akash Anand on hate-speech charges after he allegedly branded the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre “a govt of terrorists” at a rally in Sitapur. Anand (28) was addressing the rally for BSP Sitapur Lok Sabha candidate Mahendra Yadav. The two are among 35 other unidentified people…
NEW DELHI: With less than a month to go for voting in the capital, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely quit his post Sunday, citing the party’s alliance with AAP in the city, the high command’s choices of Lok Sabha candidates, and not getting freedom to elect party functionaries according to his preferences.Claiming he wasn’t…
MUMBAI: Actor Sahil Khan was arrested on Sunday in connection with his alleged role in the Rs 15,000 crore Mahadev betting app case. Khan (50) was produced in court and was sent to police custody till May 1. An SIT of crime branch nabbed him from a hotel in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh. He was brought to…
NEW DELHI: With Centre making it mandatory for states to promote scrapping of old and unfit vehicles, 21 states and UTs, including Bihar, MP, UP, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Kerala, have announced concessions in motor vehicle or road tax of up to 25% on buying a new private vehicle in lieu of scrapping…
NEW DELHI: Four years into the face-to-face military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, which also triggered tensions all along the Line of Actual Control, there has been no let-up in the way China continues to build border infrastructure and dual-use ‘Xiaokang’ villages, strengthen military positions and deploy additional aircraft at its air-bases facing India.Latest satellite imagery,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s wife Sunita Kejriwal was denied permission to meet her husband on April 29 by the Tihar Jail authorities, Aam Admi Party (AAP) said on Sunday.According to sources from Tihar jail, permission had been granted to Delhi minister Atishi, who had applied last week to meet Kejriwal on April…
NEW DELHI: Congress party‘s Delhi unit chief, Arvinder Singh Lovely, has tendered his resignation ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He cited the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as one of the reasons. He said the Delhi Congress unit was against the alliance but the party high command went ahead with it.He clarified…
