Congress demands probe into role of PMO, Arun Jaitley in Vijay Mallya escape
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday demanded a “comprehensive probe” into the alleged role of the Prime Minister’s Office and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in helping embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya flee the country. The trinity of Mallya, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have cheated the country and now it […]
Congress accuses Modi government of favouring Adani in coal import case
NEW DELHI:Accusing the Narendra Modi government of promoting crony capitalism, the Congress on Monday asked it to come clean by appointing a special counsel in the Bombay High Court in a case of alleged over-invoicing of coal imports by industrialist Gautam Adani-led group. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh also alleged that the Gujarat government has accepted […]
CBI charge sheet against Vijay Mallya likely in a month, bank officials may be included
NEW DELHI: Many senior bank officials who had dealt with loans given to liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines may be named as accused in a CBI charge sheet which is likely to be filed within a month, sources said. This would be first charge sheet in the case pertaining to loans of over Rs […]
Licence of land sold by Skylight to DLF “deemed to have lapsed”
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said the licence of a piece of land in Gurgaon’s Sector 83 which was sold by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra’s firm Skylight Hospitality to realty major DLF was “deemed to have lapsed”. The licence of the piece of land has not been renewed, […]
Changing LoC against Vijay Mallya was error of judgment: CBI
NEW DELHI: The CBI said on Thursday the change in a 2015 Look Out Circular (LoC) against liquor baron Vijay Mallya from “detain” to merely informing about his movements was an “error” in judgement because he was cooperating in the probe and there was no warrant against him. Three years later as the controversy surfaced […]
Maharashtra court orders attachment of NCP leader Dhananjay Munde’s properties
MUMBAI: A court in Maharashtra’s Beed district has ordered the attachment of properties of senior NCP lawmaker and the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde for allegedly duping a cooperative bank. Munde, who has been one of the directors of a cotton mill since 2006, was accused of not repaying the […]
Activist claims he saw Rahul Gandhi meet Nirav Modi at a plush Delhi hotel in 2013
NEW DELHI: Activist Shehzad Poonawalla claimed on Thursday Congress chief Rahul Gandhi met Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud accused Nirav Modi at a plush hotel here in 2013. Poonawalla’s charge was however denied by the Congress. His allegation came hours after Gandhi asserted his party MP P L Punia saw Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sitting […]
Mayawati ruffles Congress feathers by blaming UPA for fuel price
LUCKNOW: BSP president Mayawati’s remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has ruffled many a feather in the Congress rank and file whose leaders feel it will once again raise a question mark on attempts at striking Opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok […]
Arun Jaitley should step down while it is underway: Rahul Gandhi on Vijay Mallya’s ‘serious allegations’
NEW DELHI: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday night tweeted about Vijay Mallya’s reported meeting with Arun Jaitley. Mallya had claimed that he met Jaitley for settlement before leaving for London, a claim which Union Finance Minister has rejected. However, Congress has latched on to the allegations and have asked for probe. Congress President Rahul […]
Inherited 1.22 lakh kilometers of potholed roads from past regime: Yogi Adityanath
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi party governments left Uttar Pradesh with 1.22 lakh kilometers of roads full of potholes, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. Speaking at the inauguration of an infrastructure project and foundation laying ceremony here, Adityanath said, “When we came to power about 16 months ago, there was around […]
Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh hit out at Narendra Modi over rising fuel prices, Congress claims bandh a big success
NEW DELHI: The Congress and other opposition parties observed a country-wide ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Monday to protest rising petrol and diesel prices and claimed it was a “grand success” due to the participation of people who have sent a message to the Narendra Modi government rejecting its policies. Top Congress leaders including party chief Rahul […]
Bharat Bandh call given to divert people’s attention from Herald case: BJP
NEW DELHI: The BJP Monday claimed that the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the Congress was to divert the people’s attention from the hearing in the Delhi High Court on a matter related to the National Herald case involving its “corrupt” leaders. Welcoming the Delhi High Court’s order to dismiss pleas of Congress leaders Sonia […]
Sporadic incidents of violence during oppn-sponsored ‘Bharat Bandh’ against fuel price hike
NEW DELHI: Sporadic incidents of violence were reported Monday during a Congress-led opposition sponsored ‘Bharat Bandh’ against spiralling fuel prices that disrupted normal life mainly in Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam and Odisha. As the Congress top brass including party chief Rahul Gandhi targeted the Modi government at a protest rally in Ramlila maidan in Delhi, […]
After Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh announces Rs 2 cut in VAT on petrol & diesel
AMRAVATI: After poll-bound Rajasthan, the Andhra Pradesh government Monday announced a Rs 2 cut in VAT on petrol and diesel to check the mounting prices of these fuels. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced the reduction in Value Added Tax in the state assembly. He said the state government was currently levying Rs 4 per […]
Delhi launches doorstep delivery of public services
NEW DELHI: Calling it a “historic step” and “revolutionary change”, the Delhi government on Monday launched the doorstep delivery of 40 public services for the people living in the national capital. Launching the scheme at the Delhi Secretariat, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said people will now not have to waste their time standing in queues […]
Chidambaram dares BJP to contradict official data on economy
NEW DELHI:Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday dared the BJP to contradict an official data on growth which has said the economy clocked a 10.08-per cent growth in 2006-07 under the UPA rule, the highest since liberalisation in 1991. The former finance minister reacted after BJP president Amit Shah asked his party leaders to challenge […]