New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday criticised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal, saying the party has become only about “one individual” and that somebody “with a sense of truth” cannot stay with him.The reaction came a day after the AAP removed MP Raghav Chadha as its current Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha and replaced him with another Punjab MP, Ashok Mittal. The party has also reportedly urged the Secretariat not to allot time to the incum…
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Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said that the party will meet the Governor of Punjab on Wednesday with a delegation to demand justice for Warehousing Divisional Manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa and will request a CBI inquiry into the case. He was speaking after attending Randhawa’s funeral in Amritsar. Paying tribute to the deceased, he said that not only the BJP but the entire Punjab stands united with the family in this d…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) As the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed grave concern over a chapter on ‘corruption’ in the judiciary included in an NCERT Class 8 textbook, former Union Minister for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar backed the court’s observation, stating that teaching children of an impressionable age about judicial corruption is not only incorrect but also unethical.Speaking to IANS, Ashwani Kumar said, “I am glad that the Honourable Chief Justice of India has taken serious n…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Ruling party leaders on Thursday criticised a DMK minister for his controversial remarks in Tamil Nadu about North Indian migrant workers, alleging that the Congress and its allies have historically treated people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as ‘second-rate citizens.’ The backlash followed a statement made by Tamil Nadu minister MRK Panneerselvam at an event in Chengalpattu, where he spoke about migrant workers from North India taking up low-paying jobs in the state.Acco…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Political leaders cutting across party lines, from the BJP to the Congress, expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar, describing his sudden demise as “devastating and highly distressing”. Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy expressed shock and grief over the incident said, “The news of Ajit Pawar’s air crash is extremely shocking for all of us. It is very sad and unfortunate. In such w…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) An NDRF team reached the accident site in Greater Noida’s Sector 150 on Tuesday as the Uttar Pradesh government removed the Noida Authority Chief Executive Officer and ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who died after his car plunged into a water-filled pit in the fog as the boundary wall was broken and there were no barricades, lights or reflectors to mark the area to prevent mishaps.Uttar Pradesh Chief M…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) As a Delhi court framed charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav and members of his family in the alleged Railways land-for-jobs corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), leaders of the ruling BJP and JD(U) on Friday accused the RJD leadership of being deeply immersed in corruption. Reacting to the court’s decision, Uttar Pradesh Minister Narendra Kashyap told IANS that the judicial process must be respected…