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Ill mannered nawab: Delhi BJP chief’s jibe at Kejriwal
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Ill mannered nawab: Delhi BJP chief’s jibe at Kejriwal

The Delhi chief minister Kejriwal said the Prime Minister is an “arrogant dictator”. The Bharatiya Janata Party took strong objection to the alleged derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally on Sunday, while also charging ministers of his Aam Aadmi Party of large-scale corruption. Kejriwal is ill-mannered,...

AAP, BJP get 3 seats each in MCD’s standing committee poll
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AAP, BJP get 3 seats each in MCD’s standing committee poll

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s standing committee will have three members each from the AAP and the BJP as the results of the poll held on February 24 to elect members of the key panel were declared on Thursday. The results were declared days after the Delhi High Court set aside the decision of Mayor Shelly Oberoi...

India’s nuke arsenal to get boost with ‘Agni Prime’ missile
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India’s nuke arsenal to get boost with ‘Agni Prime’ missile

This was the Agni Prime’s first pre-induction night launch and validated “the accuracy and reliability” of the weapon system, the defence ministry said. India is set to induct a new ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads up to 2,000 km away, with the defence ministry on Thursday announcing that the Defence Research and Development...

Cyclone Biparjoy to intensify during next 48 hours, IMD issues warning: Updates
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Cyclone Biparjoy to intensify during next 48 hours, IMD issues warning: Updates

Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is rapidly turning into a severe cyclonic storm and is likely to intensify further during the next 48 hours. Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is rapidly turning into a severe cyclonic storm and is likely to intensify further during the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. According to the weather agency, the...

Wrestlers’ protest halted till 15 June after Anurag Thakur’s assurance
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Wrestlers’ protest halted till 15 June after Anurag Thakur’s assurance

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on 7 June assured India’s star wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik that the ongoing probe against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will be completed by 15 June. Thakur even said that a chargesheet will be submitted. The following developments arrived after the star wrestlers...

Battle for inauguration: Delhi L-G, Kejriwal govt lock horns over GGSIPU campus
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Battle for inauguration: Delhi L-G, Kejriwal govt lock horns over GGSIPU campus

An invitation by the varsity stated that Lt Governor V K Saxena will inaugurate the campus at 11 am on Thursday. The inauguration of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University’s east Delhi campus has become the latest flashpoint between lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the AAP-led city government, with both sides claiming that they would inaugurate...

Criminal defamation case: Gujarat court summons Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh
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Criminal defamation case: Gujarat court summons Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh

The direction was issued on Wednesday as the court observed that prima facie there appeared to be a case against them under Indian Penal Code’s Section 500 (defamation A court in Gujarat has directed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh to appear before it on July 13 in connection with...