NEW DELHI: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab celebrated a significant victory in the Jalandhar West Assembly by-election held on July 10. AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat triumphed with a substantial margin, defeating his closest rival, BJP’s Sheetal Angural, by over 37,325 votes. Mohinder Bhagat secured 55,246 votes, while Sheetal Angural garnered 17,921 votes. […]
NEW DELHI: During a court hearing on his arrest, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal objected to the CBI planting stories in the media, alleging he has blamed his own party leader, Manish Sisodia. “I have not given any such statement,” Kejriwal said. “I have said that I am innocent, Manish Sisodia is innocent, and AAP […]
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has expressed its disagreement with the High Court’s decision to stay the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a trial court. AAP’s Chief Spokesperson (National), Priyanka Kakkar, emphasised that the High Court issued the stay without thoroughly reviewing the trial court’s findings. She pointed out […]
NEW DELHI: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal has accused the authorities of trying to ensure that her husband remains in jail and calling the situation similar to dictatorship and emergency. Her statement follows after the Delhi court reserved the custody order of CBI of CM Arvind Kejriwal. She said in a post on […]
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav and senior CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat visited Delhi Water Minister Atishi at LNJP Hospital on Wednesday morning, where she was admitted after her health deteriorated during the ‘Jal Satyagraha’ Both leaders inquired about Atishi’s condition and praised her bravery and commitment to fighting for the […]
NEW DELHI: The oath-taking ceremony held on Monday at Parliament saw a different picture displaying linguistic diversity with the newly elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Odia. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s daughter, Bansuri Swaraj, took her oath in Sanskrit as […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted an urgent hearing on the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the bail order of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. This development follows the trial court’s decision to grant bail to Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy Scam. The ED has contested the […]
NEW DELHI: Addressing the media in New Delhi on Wednesday, Atishi emphasized the severe water crisis affecting nearly 28 lakh people in Delhi. She stated that despite efforts to resolve the issue, the Haryana government has not fulfilled its commitment to supply 613 MGD (million gallons per day) of water to Delhi, resulting in a […]
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) youth and student wing staged a massive protest on Wednesday outside the residence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, alleging rigging in the NEET exam. According to their pre-announced program, AAP’s student and youth wings gathered outside the Union Education Minister’s residence with banners and posters denouncing the […]
Earlier in the day, the BJP staged a Matka Phod Protest against the AAP government over the water crisis. The protest was held at the DJB office. Later, it was reported that a DJB office in Chhatarpur was vandalized by unknown persons. AAP has now blamed the BJP workers for the vandalism.