New Delhi: Displaying a washing machine on its press conference dais, the Congress on Saturday taunted the BJP over the CBI filing a closure report in a 2017 corruption case against NCP leader Praful Patel and said the ruling party’s ”fully automatic washing machine” works on the principle — ”join BJP, case closed”. The Congress […]
Jammu: Defending the issuance of fresh notices by the I-T department to the Congress, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday lashed out at Congress for its “arrogance” and said the party is not above law. Thakur claimed the Congress changed its name from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) […]
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department (I-T) has served a notice to the Congress of nearly Rs 1,823 crore, including penalty and interest, for the assessment years 2017-18 to 2020-2021, the party claimed on Friday. Adding to the party’s woes, the notice comes after the High Court rejected its plea challenging tax notices. The Congress […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Thursday hoped that government will take the matter of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) revocation and withdrawal of troops from civilian areas in Jammu and Kashmir seriously. She said AFSPA revocation and withdrawal of troops have been an important demand of the people of Jammu and […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court by the Enforcement Directorate, on Thursday alleged that his arrest is a conspiracy to “crush” the Aam Aadmi Party. In the argument submitted before the court during the hearing on ED’s plea seeking extention of his remand custody, Kejriwal said […]
New Delhi: ‘Operation Lotus’ has started in Punjab, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged on Thursday, a day after the party’s lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku joined the BJP. ‘Operation Lotus’ is the term used by opposition parties to describe what they call “poaching” of MLAs by the BJP to topple governments. Addressing […]
Srinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the Centre will consider revoking Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview to JK Media Group, the minister added that the government is planning to pull back troops from the Union territory and leave law and order to the Jammu […]
Jammu: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) can be revoked when militancy is completely over in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday, as he highlighted a positive change in the overall security situation in the Union Territory. He was reacting to the statement of Home Minister Amit Shah that the […]
Srinagar: Two former chief ministers Wednesday welcomed the proposed revocation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, but expressed fears that it might be just a poll promise of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said the promise of revoking the […]
New Delhi: India on Wednesday took strong objection to the remarks by a US spokesperson on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, saying “in diplomacy, states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others”. “We take strong objection to the remarks of the Spokesperson of the US State Department about certain […]