Friday, 22 November 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024
Top leaders of Aam Aadmi Party gathered at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday for a day-long fast to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Many senior AAP leaders, including Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Bila, ministers Atishi, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain attended the day-long 'Samuhik Upwas' at Jantar Mantar in the national capital from 11 am.
Wife of arrested TMC leader Monobrata Jana has filed an FIR against NIA officials alleging that they tried to outrage her modesty after forcibly entering her residence in Bhupatinagar in the pretext of conducting a probe, a police officer said. Jana's wife Moni Jana lodged her complaint with Bhupatinagar police station alleging that NIA officers also vandalised properties in her residence during their raid on Saturday morning, he said.
Invoices of a refrigerator and smart TV are among the evidence the Enforcement Directorate used to support its claim that Jharkhand's ex-chief minister Hemant Soren acquired 8.86 acres of land worth more than Rs 31 crore illegally. The special PMLA court of Judge Rajiv Ranjan in Ranchi took cognisance of the prosecution complaint on April 4.
Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University's hostel rooms for overstaying, an official said on Sunday, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises. The university has ensured that they are no longer required to stay in the hostel and arranged for them to return to their respective countries, the university’s vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta said.
Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag constituency, the party announced on Sunday as it declared candidates for the three seats in the Valley. They said said the PDP will support the Congress on two Jammu region seats of Udhampur and Jammu.
Eleven months of conflict, over 50,000 displaced people and an anti-poll sentiment among few---the Election Commission in violence-hit Manipur is gearing up for the challenging task of holding Lok Sabha elections in the state where the poll scene is muted. "A total of 2,955 polling stations will be set up in the state for the Lok Sabha elections, out of which around 50 per cent have been identified as sensitive, vulnerable or critical," Chief Electoral Officer, Pradeep Kumar Jha said.
DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said that the INDIA bloc, if voted to power after Lok Sabha polls, will provide statehood to Puducherry. Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy is a 'puppet in the hands of the Centre,' Stalin said and added, "We are keen that the rights of not only bigger states like Tamil Nadu, but also the rights of union territories like Puducherry should be protected."
BJP's Hooghly Lok Sabha seat candidate Locket Chatterjee accused Trinamul Congress supporters of accosting her vehicle. The incident took place at Bansberia in Hooghly district, where she went to attend a religious ceremony.
Delhi government has declared dry days on account of the Lok Sabha elections and religious festivals during April-June, officials said. All the licensees will exhibit the dry day order at some conspicuous place of their licensed premises.
Karnataka Health Department is on alert after two students from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) were tested positive for cholera, officials said. The government has asked officials to take all necessary precautions to ensure that it is not spread to more people.
