Rajat Sharma

Kejriwal had sought meetings with his lawyer at least five days a week, but a Delhi court rejected his plea saying that he could meet his lawyer only twice a week.

The Delhi High Court, in a 106-page judgment, noted that the Enforcement Directorate had sufficient evidence “at this stage which points out towards the guilt” of Arvind Kejriwal for the commission of the offence of money laundering in the Delhi excise policy case.

The newspaper report cites instances of the killings of Lashkar and Jaish terrorists in Pakistan with one killed inside a mosque and another given poisonous food in jail. Already Pakistani media is rife with speculations over how Indian agents carried out these killings on Pakistani soil.

In Rajasthan, 113 leaders and activists including several former ministers have left the Congress and joined BJP. In Madhya Pradesh, more than 25,000 leaders and party workers have quit the Congress to join BJP.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra has expressed his desire to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh. But the problem is that Vadra does not have a big say in the Gandhi family to the extent that he would be given a ticket if he desires so.

PM Modi said that this is the first election in which most of the corrupt politicians are uniting together to stop our action against corruption. He added don’t you think the corrupt should go to jail? Those who are corrupt are threatening and abusing me, but they can’t stop me.

Aam Aadmi Party minister Atishi alleged that the Enforcement Directorate has planned to arrest four AAP leaders, including herself, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Durgesh Pathak and Raghav Chadha in the liquor excise case.

As a gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari got full protection during the regimes of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati. He never followed rules and regulations.

With his death, a curtain has fallen on eastern UP’s most dreaded gangster, who had struck terror among the people for several decades.

On the last day of filing of nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, there was confusion in two key constituencies of Uttar Pradesh – Rampur and Moradabad, with rumblings in Samajwadi Party coming to the fore.

The Election Commission of India issued notices to Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate and BJP leader Dilip Ghosh for their comments against actor Kangana Ranaut and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee respectively.

Supriya Shrinate's mistake can cost the Congress heavily. It is true that Kangana and controversy more often go together, and she has made her entry into politics now.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for ED, described Kejriwal as the kingpin and mastermind the the Delhi liquor excise scam. He alleged that nearly Rs 600 crores were earned from privatizing Delhi liquor trade, out of which Rs 100 crore was given as kickback to Aam Aadmi Party.

The two families knew each other and on Tuesday, Sajid came to Sangeeta and said that he needed money because his wife was pregnant.

At the Salem rally, Modi honoured 11 women as “Shakti Amma” and attacked the opposition bloc for deliberately offending Hinduism.

Narendra Modi is a great campaigner, and he never leaves any chance. The latest development is: crowds are turning out in the streets of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala to see and hear Modi.

Among the six national parties, only BJP and Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party supported, while four other parties – Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and CPI(M) opposed simultaneous elections.

Among the notable candidates are Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, who will be contesting from Mumbai North, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari from his traditional constituency Nagpur.

On Wednesday, Saini, the new CM, won the vote of confidence in the assembly by a voice-vote.

Soon after the rules were notified, several Muslim organisations protested, with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi describing it as a poll gimmick.