Politics

  JAIPUR: Congress on Friday won three, out of four, Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan with cross-voting by BJP members. The BJP has managed to win one seat, while independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra lost. The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Pramod Tewari as its candidates for the Rajya […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress MPs and CWC members will hold a march from the party headquarters to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office when former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will appear for questioning in connection with the National Herald money laundering case on June 13. The party will also hold Satyagrah at the ED offices in […]

LUCKNOW: Eight candidates including deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya filed their nomination papers for the ensuing legislative council elections here on Thursday. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CM Brijesh Pathak, and state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh accompanied the candidates during the process. Apart from Maurya who lost the Assembly elections to Samajwadi Party’s […]

GANDHINAGAR: Ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Gujarat later this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Medical College in Navsari. The 446-bed hospital, when completed, will cater for the needs of over one crore people from 2,397 villages in five districts. According to Gujarat government officials, Prime Minister […]

  NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of arrested Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain to four days in a hawala transactions case involving Kolkata based companies. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel extended Jain’s custody till June 13 on the ED’s application. The ED has […]