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…
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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra said on Sunday that the appearance of senior and highly paid lawyers, including MPs Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha, before the Delhi High Court to seek interim relief in the Sonam Wangchuk matter makes it evident that he is not an ordinary activist but a political pawn of the entire Opposition.The Delhi BJP President said that the Delhi Police’s action to shift Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar to a hospital was in accordance with the High Cou…
Jabalpur, June 26 (IANS) A controversy erupted on Friday after Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha alleged that a senior Supreme Court advocate was assaulted and threatened by a fellow passenger aboard an IndiGo flight before landing in Jabalpur. Tankha also questioned the conduct of the Jabalpur police, alleging that instead of taking action against the accused, the victim and a three-year-old child were made to remain at the Khamaria police station for nearly four hours.In a series…
Jabalpur/New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday closed defamation proceedings against Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi after he expressed regret over remarks made during the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election campaign that allegedly linked Kartikey Singh Chouhan, son of Union Agriculture Minister and former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to the Panama Papers controversy. A single-judge bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agrawal ordered th…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will meet a Congress delegation on Wednesday to discuss the party’s objections to the rejection of its candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh scheduled for June 18.The meeting between senior ECI officials and Congress leaders is slated to take place at noon at Nirvachan Sadan, the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi, the official said.In a letter addressed to the Congress…
Bhopal, June 9 (IANS) A major political controversy erupted in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday after the nomination of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan was declared invalid by the Returning Officer following objections raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, triggering sharp reactions from the Congress and adding fresh uncertainty to the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in the state. The dramatic development unfolded while Congress legislators were leaving Bhopal for Bengaluru a…
Bhopal, May 23 (IANS) Raising concern over soaring airfares between India and Gulf countries, Rajya Sabha Congress MP Vivek Tankha has appealed to the Centre to step in with immediate corrective measures, saying the sharp increase in air ticket prices was severely affecting lakhs of Indian families dependent on annual travel to their hometowns. In a letter addressed to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram…
Jabalpur, May 2 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha visited the families of victims of the Jabalpur cruise tragedy on Saturday and expressed deep sorrow over the incident, while demanding that authorities carry out strict action against those responsible for allowing the vessel to operate despite adverse weather conditions. Two days after the boat carrying 41 passengers capsized in the backwaters of the Narmada River, authorities have expanded the search operation significantly, wide…
Jabalpur, May 1 (IANS) Questions are being raised over alleged lapses in safety preparedness, weather compliance, and disaster management by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation after the Bargi Dam cruise boat tragedy in Jabalpur district. The accident has claimed 9 lives till now, with the toll expected to go up, as the search for more people continued on Friday.The incident has triggered scrutiny if weather warnings were ignored and whether safety rules were properly followed bef…
Jabalpur, April 27 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday strongly reprimanded the Rajasthan Police for failing to present three Congress IT cell workers who were detained in Bhopal and later taken to Rajasthan.The action relates to a viral fake letter circulated in the name of senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the families of the detained workers.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev …