New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Karkardooma Court in Delhi is scheduled to hear arguments on Thursday regarding the quantum of sentence to be awarded to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four other convicts in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. Earlier this month, on July 13, the court convicted Tahir Hussain and four co-accused on charges including murder, rioting, kidnapping and promoting enmity between …
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal issued a stern warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, urging the Central government not to attempt any “misadventure” or crackdown against students peacefully protesting at Jantar Mantar. In a post on social media platform X, accompanied by a video message, Kejriwal expressed deep concern over reports of heavy security deployment and restricted internet access around t…
Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) As part of nationwide agitation against the Congress, Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Wednesday led a protest in front of the Punjab Congress headquarters here, accusing the Congress of indulging in “politics of anarchy, hypocrisy and misinformation” while exploiting the NEET issue for narrow political gains. Hundreds of BJP workers joined the demonstration and attempted to march towards the Congress office before Chandigarh Police stopped them with hea…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit out at the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, questioning his absence from the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protests at Jantar Mantar and accusing the party of “taking credit” by staging a sit-in near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence.The BJP claimed that a “credit war” is ongoing within the Opposition, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress trading guns at each other o…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) India’s Opposition unity has constantly been defined by a paradox of convenience where on the one hand, political parties are desperately trying to project a united front against the ruling NDA while on the other, the foundational fault lines and competing ambitions at the state level continue to expose the fragility of these alliances.The ongoing political demonstrations over NEET paper leaks in the national Capital, largely spearheaded by the Congress, reflect the i…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday hit out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over the agitation near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, calling it a “jugalbandi” between the Centre and the Congress.Top Congress leadership, including party President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Gandhi and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a ‘sit-in dharna’ at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg as Minister of State (MoS) in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh reached the protest site to hold …
Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) Reacting to the ongoing discussions on the proposed India-US trade agreement, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Tuesday urged farmers not to panic and categorically stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself assured that there will be no compromise with the interests of farmers and livestock rearers. Dhillon said the Central Government has repeatedly clarified that paddy, wheat, pulses, milk and other agricultural products w…
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wanted to divert attention from his sacrilegious conduct against the Guru Sahiban by summoning him for questioning in an 11-year-old police firing case in Behbal Kalan, which was still under investigation after all these years. The SAD chief, who answered all the questions asked by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) during a two-hour questioning session her…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra said that the events witnessed in the national capital on Monday in the name of a youth movement were nothing but the outcome of the negative politics of the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress, the Communist parties, and other opposition parties. He said that opposition parties, having suffered repeated electoral defeats across various states, have become completely frustrated and are now attempting to advance their political interests by m…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Delhi BJP Media Head and Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said on Sunday that leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Communist parties appear rattled after Sonam Wangchuk was shifted from Jantar Mantar to Safdarjung Hospital. He said Wangchuk was shifted to the hospital on the directions of the Delhi High Court, but the AAP and Communist parties are viewing it as a development that has denied them an opportunity to provoke and mislead the youth.The Delhi BJP sp…