Jharkhand,May 7 : When the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Virendra Ram, chief engineer in the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, in February last year, little did officials anticipate the big revelations it would make. Ram was arrested for allegedly accepting a mere Rs 10,000 bribe. Ram, seemingly holding a low profile in the bureaucratic hierarchy, emerged Continue Reading
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ALIRAJPUR, MAY 6: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed the BJP-led NDA will not even get 150 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and that these elections were aimed at saving the Constitution which the saffron party and RSS want to change. Addressing an election rally at Jobat town in Alirajpur district under […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 : Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has recommended a NIA probe into allegations that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP government received funding from ‘Sikhs for Justice’, a banned US-based Khalistani group. The AAP vehemently denied the allegations and said it was “another conspiracy” against Kejriwal. According to the Continue Reading
Jharkhand,May 6 : The Enforcement Directorate on Monday began raids at multiple locations in Ranchi, including the household of Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam. A huge amount of cash, estimated to be Rs 20 to 30 crore, was recovered from the house help of Sanjiv Lal. Alamgir Alam is Jharkhand’s […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 5 : India will wait for the Canadian police to share information on the three Indian nationals arrested and charged with the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. Jaishankar said he had seen news of the arrests and said the suspects “apparently are […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 4: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “shahenshah” (emperor) who lives in castles and can never understand the plight of the common man. Priyanka Gandhi’s use of the term “shahenshah” came in response to the Prime Minister’s constant Continue Reading
OTTAWA/NEW YORK,MAY 4 : Canadian authorities, who arrested three Indian nationals in connection with the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, said their investigation has not concluded and “others” played a role in the homicide. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, all Indian nationals, residing in Edmonton Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 3: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Enforcement Directorate that it would consider hearing arguments on the interim bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case on account of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Additional […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 3 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his papers from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli constituency, barely an hour before nominations closed for the Lok Sabha seat on Friday. Earlier, in the morning, the Congress ended the suspense over Amethi and Rae Bareli, announcing his candidature from the seat held by his mother Sonia […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 3: Hours after the Congress party announced Rahul Gandhi as its pick from the Raebareli constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the result of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections was clear. He also reminded that he had earlier said Rahul Gandhi was finding a new seat, other than Wayanad. Addressing […]Continue Reading
