New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday confirmed that he will appear before the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee on March 6 in connection with the “Fansi Ghar (Gallows Gallery)” controversy, and sought live streaming of the proceedings for transparency.The Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee had directed Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish Sisodia to appear before it on March 6 over questions regarding the authenticity of claims linked…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has arrested two more individuals allegedly linked to the conspiracy behind the bomb blast in Delhi’s Red Fort area, pushing the total number of arrests in the case to eleven, the investigation agency said in a statement. The arrested persons have been identified as Zameer Ahmad Ahangar, a resident of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Tufail Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.According to the NIA, both were actively in…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which appears to be making inroads in West Bengal as well as southern states.The outfit referred to as Neo-JMB is operating under a local handler who goes by the name Salauddin Salehin, and is believed to be hiding in West Bengal, officials say. The official said that as per intelligence reports, Salehin does not remain stationary in West Bengal, and has travelled to various parts…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Tuesday criticised Congress MP Imran Masood and Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi over their remarks about “protecting innocent people” in the wake of arrests linked to an alleged terror conspiracy. Gupta said appeasement politics must not take precedence over justice for innocent citizens who have lost their lives in terror attacks.Azmi earlier backed Masood’s statement that authorities should ensure that “innoce…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The security agencies have busted a major ISI-backed terror plot, following the arrest of eight persons from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.The arrested persons are linked to Bangladesh based terror groups and were being funded by the ISI, the security agencies have learnt.The arrested persons have been identified as Mizanur Rahman, Mohammed Shabat, Umar, Mohammed Litan, Mohammed Shahid, and Mohammed Ujjal.The arrests were made from a garment factory in Tiruppur district of …
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Faridabad-based Al Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui for 14 days, and the matter will come up for the next hearing on March 27. The court also issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea filed by Siddiqui. He had moved an application seeking documents related to the charge sheet and requested that the material be provided to him.Siddiqui was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch o…
United Nations, Feb 12 (IANS) A United Nations terrorism monitoring team has contradicted Pakistan’s assertion that the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is “defunct”, noting in a recent report that the group remains active and has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks, including the Red Fort strike in Delhi last November.The UN’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, in a report submitted to the Security Council last week, said JeM was “reported to be linked to an attack on …
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) As a United Nations counter-terrorism monitoring team has named Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in connection with the deadly blast at Delhi’s historic Red Fort, the BJP on Thursday said it reflects the success of India’s investigating agencies in uncovering the conspiracy behind the attack. Speaking to IANS, BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal asserted: “It is the success of our investigating agencies that they have reached the bottom of this entire bomb bl…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday dismissed theories about the organisation remotely controlling the government, reaffirming sevaks’ commitment to support the government whenever needed.Speaking on the second day of the Mumbai Vyakhyanmala lecture series, organised as part of the “100 Years of Sangh Journey”, Bhagwat said, “We do not engage in backseat driving. The government is run by those who are in the government.”Apart from denying an…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp critique of the Congress during his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, accusing past Congress-led governments of lacking vision, thought, and willpower as evidenced by their Independence Day speeches from the Red Fort.In his address amid the ongoing parliamentary tensions, including Opposition walkouts and protests earlier in the session, PM Modi said that analysing the spe…