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25 Nov

Delhi liquor policy case: Manish Sisodia’s name not found in CBI chargesheet

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPoliticalDelhi

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's name was not found in the chargesheet filed by the CBI in relation with the Delhi liquor policy case on Friday. The probe agency however, maintained that the investigation against Sisodia is still in the process. This is the first chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in relation to the case. The chargesheet released the names of 7 people who were charged in the case, including AAP's communication in-charge Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally. The others whose names are in the chargesheet are liquor trader Sameer Mahendru, Boinpally's aide Arun Pillai,…

25 Nov

‘Women look good even if they don’t wear anything’: ‘SLIP OF TONGUE’ of Baba Ramdev in front of Amrita Fadnavis

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPoliticalmaharashtra, RAMDEV

For the last few days, there has been a surge of anger in Maharashtra due to moot statements made by Yoga guru Ramdev Baba over women regarding their clothing. While the cases of statements made by Abdul Sattar of Eknath Shinde group to Supriya Sule of NCP are yet active, Baba has stated a new disputed comment. Baba's tongue slipped while talking at a yoga program in Thane, Maharashtra. He said, "women look good in sarees, they look good in salwar suits, in my eyes they look good even if they don't wear anything." Interestingly, he made this statement in…

25 Nov

Let me control CBI and ED for one day, half of BJP will be in jail: Arvind Kejriwal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Politicalarvind kejriwal, INDIA, political

Attacking the BJP for filing "false" cases against AAP members, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that despite filing 167 cases against its leaders, no investigating agency has been able to prove if any AAP members are doing wrong. Kejriwal said, “ They have filed 167 cases against AAP leaders in the last seven years, and not a single one has been proved in court. AAP leaders have been cleared in more than 150 cases and the rest are pending… 800 investigation agency officers are dedicated only to find wrongdoing by AAP leaders but they have found nothing.…

24 Nov

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to attend PM Modi’s G20 meet on Dec 5

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet PM Modi’s G20 meeting on December 5 in the Delhi. A meeting has been convened by Narendra Modi with CM's of all states to discuss the preparatory process for the country hosting the G20 Summit in 2023. Four events of the G20 are scheduled to held in the state of West Bengal. After the meeting, the Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. On December 5, PM Modi has called for a meeting with presidents of all political parties in the national capital in order to discuss and…

23 Nov

Satyendar Jain’s jailhouse ‘luxury’: After massage, now lavish meal for AAP leader in Tihar Jail

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPoliticalarvind kejriwal, BJP, Delhi

Days after releasing a video of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Satyendar Jain getting a massage in a Tihar jail cell, the BJP shared a video of Jain enjoying a luxurious meal inside the cell on Wednesday. BJP’s National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video of Satyendra Jain enjoying a lavish food items inside a Tihar jail cell. In a video-clip, the minister can be watched having a lavish meal with starter and moving on to salads and other delicious and nutritious food items. The video displays a man who is constantly at his service, right from bringing in food…

23 Nov

Pooja Bhatt responds to BJP’s claim that actors are paid to walk with Rahul Gandhi

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalINDIA, political, Pooja Bhatt, Rahul Gandhi

Bollywood actress Pooja Bhatt has responded to BJP leaders' claims that actors are paid to walk with Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Joro Yatra. Quoting from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the actor wrote: "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience" -- discharge of claims. Actor Sushant Singh, who walked with Rahul Gandhi and claimed it would be his first appearance at a political…

21 Nov

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holds Rashami Desai, Akanksha Puri’s hands as they walk together during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPoliticalRahul Gandhi

TV actress Rashami Desai and Akanksha Puri joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for another day of his party's Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday. Pictures and videos of the three from their symbolic walk together are surfacing on social media. In a photo, the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can be seen in the middle with Rashami and Akanksha Puri next to him. Holding hands of each other as they walked together. They are being seen smiling during their walk. The program Bharat Jodo Yatra has already made up through states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. The…

21 Nov

Sanjay Raut appreciates Rahul’s gestures

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsPoliticalINDIA, political, Rahul Gandhi

Sanjay Raut, leader of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, today tweeted that Rahul Gandhi called him and asked about his health, amid a row over the Congress leader's comments attacking Veer Savarkar. Sanjay Raut tweeted in Marathi, "Rahul called me at night even though he was busy with Bharat Jodo Yatra. He asked about my health, said 'we were worried about you. It is only human to feel sorry for a political friend framed in a false case and tortured for 110 days in jail,". He followed it up with a longer post in English. Mr. Raut wrote," Inspite of…

20 Nov

Retired IAS Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPoliticalelection commission

Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel has been selected as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in the state of Gujarat. The third post in the country's top poll body was vacant for around 6 months. An official notice from the law ministry this evening mentions, "The President is pleased to select Shri Arun Goel, Retired IAS of 1985 batch , Punjab Cadre, as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission with effect from the date he takes over his duties in the office". Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel…

19 Nov

Calcutta High Court Appoints New Head To Probe West Bengal Teachers’ Job Scam

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalCalcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court has appointed senior police officer Ashwin Shenvi as the head of the SIT, investigating the alleged teachers' job scam in the state of West Bengal. Mr Shenvi is a 2006-batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre. He had joined the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2020 and was the SP at Jind, Haryana. "CBI has referred the names of Sudhanshu Khare, Michaelraj S and Ashwin Shenvi. Out of these three names, I select Mr Ashwin Shenvi, who is DIG ACB in CBI Chandigarh, that has vast experience in investigation of corruption cases," the single judge…