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Kejriwal holds another rally in Gujarat, assures employment to youth

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held a rally at Veraval in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district during which he assured employment to the youth of the state

Delhi LG approves extension of licenses of liquor vends, pubs by a month

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Monday approved the AAP government's move to extend excise licenses of private liquor vends as well as hotels and bars by a month

New kids on the block: AAP, AIMIM look to offer third force option in MP

Results of the recent local body polls in MP have seen emergence of AAP and AIMIM as strong contenders for the third force space in a state where the Congress and the BJP have been dominant players

Three more MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha for this week for misconduct

Three more MPS, two from AAP and one Independent, were on Thursday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of this week on charges of disrupting the proceedings of the House

Some suspended MPs spend night in open beside Gandhi statue in Parliament

Braving mosquitoes and the heat, some of the suspended MPs like CPI's Santosh Kumar, AAP's Sanjay Singh spent the night beside the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex.

ED files chargesheet against Satyendar Jain in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a charge sheet before a court here against arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain and others in an alleged money laundering case. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel is likely to take up the matter later in the day. Jain is currently in judicial custody. He was taken into custody under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had initiated a money laundering investigation based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 24, 2017, under the sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Jain and others. The CBI alleged that Jain, while holding the office as a Minister in the Government of Delhi, during the period February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, had acquired assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Gujarat hooch tragedy: Cong, AAP move suspension notices in RS

Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have moved suspension of business notices on Gujarat hooch tragedy issue in Rajya Sabha under rule 267.

AAP leaders to protest in Delhi against Gujarat Hooch tragedy today

The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a protest outside the BJP headquarters here on Wednesday against the Hooch tragedy in the saffron party-ruled Gujarat . The death toll due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat's Botad district went up to 28, according to a senior state police offical . "It's murder," AAP leader Durgesh Pathak said in a tweet on Tuesday, alleging people lost their lives after consuming spurious liquor sold under the patronage of the BJP government in the state. The AAP will protest against it on Wednesday at 1 pm in front of the BJP's headquarters in Delhi, he added.

Delhi construction workers' woes continue despite uptick in registration

Delhi construction workers welfare board has registered around 6,400% increase in registrations but many remain aloof

Kejriwal to offer prayers at Gujarat's Somnath temple, campaign in Rajkot

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will offer prayers at the Somnath temple and interact with traders in Rajkot during his third visit to Gujarat where elections are due this year

Providing 300 units of free electricity may cost Gujarat Rs 8,700 cr a year

To make AAP's promise work, state would require to increase revenues and cut revenue expenditure under other heads

MP local body polls: Contemplation call for BJP as Cong gains vital thrust

The BJP entered the elections with all 16 incumbent mayoral seats, but only won nine of them. Two of its mayoral candidates won by a razor-thin margin

Rajkot: Kejriwal to visit Somnath temple, hold traders' townhall on Jul 26

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will visit Somnath temple and hold a townhall meeting with traders in Gujarat's Rajkot city on July 26, said AAP officials

Delhi L-G recommends CBI probe into alleged violation of excise policy

The new Excise policy 2021-22 was implemented from November 17 last year under which retail licences were given to private bidders for 849 vends across the city divided into 32 zones

Punjab CM blames Akali, Cong govts of patronising gangsters, drug peddlers

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the state will be freed of gangsters and drug peddlers and accused the previous Akali and the Congress governments of patronising them. Mann complimented the Punjab Police for an operation against two gangsters in Amritsar. Gangsters Jagroop Singh Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa, allegedly involved in the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala, were gunned down in a nearly five-hour-long encounter with the Punjab Police at an Amritsar village on Wednesday. Mann said his government will not allow anyone to disturb peace in the state. It is my guarantee to the people that we will not allow anyone to disturb hard-earned peace in the state and every effort will be made to maintain peace and communal harmony in Punjab by making it free from gangsters and drug smugglers, he said. Mann alleged that the gangsters and drug peddlers were patronised by the previous governments. Under the protection of Akalis and Congress, these gangst

AAP will soon share its agenda for Gujarat with people: Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that in the next few weeks, his party would share with the people of Gujarat its agenda on what it plans to do for them

Models of welfarism

The distribution of freebies has its limits

United Opposition stalls proceedings over 'unparliamentary' GST hike

Says govt running away from discussion in Parliament on price rise, Rs

Kejriwal, Mann to lead AAP's Tiranga Yatra in HP's Palampur on Tuesday

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will visit Himachal Pradesh this week to participate in a Tiranga Yatra organised by his party's state unit in Palampur

ED summons Delhi minister Satyendar Jain's wife in money laundering case

The agency has conducted at least two rounds of raids against his family and associates after it arrested the minister in the PMLA case linked to alleged hawala dealings.