New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a proclaimed offender and businessman from Rajouri Garden in west Delhi in connection with a Rs 41 lakh fraud involving a Noida-based bank in 2008, an official said.After the arrest, Davinder Pal Singh was presented before a Delhi court, which sent him to judicial custody, the CBI said in a statement.The CBI registered the case against him on December 14, 2010, for alleged criminal conspiracy with other accuse…
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New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu met Aam Aadmi Party’s new Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha, Ashok Mittal, at Lok Niwas, an official said on Friday. “Well known entrepreneur, Hon’ble MP & Dy Leader – AAP in Rajya Sabha @DrAshokKMittal, called on Hon’ble @LtGovDelhi, Sardar @SandhuTaranjitS, at Lok Niwas,” said a post on social media.Sixty-one-year-old Mittal, a businessman-turned-politician and chancellor of a private university, is also a member of the P…
Gandhinagar, April 3 (IANS) A political confrontation escalated in Gujarat on Friday after the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejected allegations made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal in a letter to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, terming them an attempt to mislead the public ahead of local body elections.Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Gandhinagar, state BJP co-spokesperson and Valsad MP Dhaval Patel said the letter written b…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) A three-day Indraprastha Cultural Festival 2026, organised by the Delhi government, kicked off on Friday with Art and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra describing it as a platform to redefine the city’s civilizational identity. Addressing the inaugural session as the Chief Guest, Mishra described the festival as “a significant step towards cultural renaissance.”“The very selection of the name ‘Indraprastha’ is a cultural assertion in itself. It reflects an effor…
Jaipur, April 3 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday released Chapter-12 of his ‘Intezaar Shastra’ series, accusing the BJP government of neglecting the Jaipur-based Constitution Club of Rajasthan, a flagship project envisioned as a hub for democratic dialogue and intellectual exchange.Continuing his political critique through the ‘Intezar shastra’ series, Ashok Gehlot on Friday turned his focus to the Constitution Club of Rajasthan, alleging that the facility ha…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Amid the ongoing rift within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Atishi, the Leader of Opposition in Delhi, responded on Friday after AAP MP Raghav Chadha spoke out following his removal as Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha and the subsequent appointment of Ashok Mittal to that position. She stated that if the BJP has jumped to his side and is praising him, and even questioning why he hasn’t joined them (BJP), it clearly shows where everyone stands. This comes after Chadha took…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday participated in the self-enumeration process for Census 2027 at his Delhi residence, urging citizens to submit their household details online and contribute to building a strong and prosperous India. In a message on X, Birla said, “The first phase of India’s Census-2027 has begun. Today, at my residence in Delhi, I completed my self-enumeration registration.”“This national census truly marks the beginning of a new era. For the …
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The rift within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came out in the open on Friday, with Raghav Chadha, party’s ‘sacked’ Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha, and party leaders including Delhi unit President Saurabh Bharadwaj engaging in an ugly war of words. Moments after Raghav Chadha issued a video statement on Friday morning, claiming that he was being silenced for raising people’s voice, a couple of AAP leaders hit back at him, accusing the former of bowing down before the Centre an…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested four public officials in two separate bribery cases in the national capital, exposing alleged corruption within civic and heritage bodies, the agency said on Friday.”The CBI officials laid traps on April 1, resulting in the arrest of a junior engineer (JE) and a Beldar from Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) Shahdara North Zone, alongside a conservation assistant and a monument attendant from the Archaeological Su…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi convicted and sentenced four individuals, including two former officials of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, for their involvement in a 2006 land allotment scam involving the Maharani Awanti Bai Cooperative Group Housing Society, the agency said on Friday.The court on Thursday awarded rigorous imprisonment to Lila Krishna Seth, then assistant registrar, and Zafar Iqbal, then inspector grade III…