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Excise policy scam: Delhi court to hear Sisodia's bail plea today
He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 after quizzing him for several hours. Special CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Courts sent Sisodia to 14 days of judicial custody on March 6. The CBI was given his remand for seven days before the judge sent him to judicial custody till March 20. The judge had directed the CBI to file.
Will Trinamool finally announce Anubrata's replacement as Birbhum district president?
Despite being in judicial custody for so many months since his arrest by the CBI in August last year, the Trinamool Congress leadership has not announced his replacement as the party's Birbhum district president. This is in sharp contrast to the case of former state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who was stripped of all his ministerial and party posts just a week after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam.
Sisodia to remain in Tihar jail, ED team leaves premises
The Tihar authorities said that Sisodia will remain in jail. The senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has been arrested a day before the hearing on his bail plea in the matter. Earlier on Thursday, a team of ED went to Tihar jail to question him in connection with the excise policy scam case. The ED sources told IANS that they had got permission to question Sisodia for three days.
Wasn't consulted on appointing V-P's personal staff to house committees: Jairam Ramesh
Ramesh is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change. "The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has said that the decision to have his personal staff attached to various parliamentary committees was taken after consultations with the respective chairpersons. I chair a standing committee and I can categorically say that I wasn't consulted at all," Ramesh said.
Flawed report causes more damage to the credibility of election management bodies: CEC
"The pioneering work of EMBs does not find mention in these surveys and rankings done by some organisations and countries with low inclusivity are ranked high. The flawed report causes more damage to the credibility of EMBs," said the CEC. The CEC was speaking on the pressing challenges before the EBMs at the international conference on the theme inclusive Elections.
Nobody listens to Rahul Gandhi in India: Assam CM
Taking a jab at the Congress leader for his recent lecture at the Cambridge University, where he alleged that an attack has been unleashed on the basic structure of Indian democracy, Sarma said that Rahul Gandhi did so because "nobody in India listens to him". "Rahul Gandhi is aware that no one in India will pay attention to him. That is why he assembled a group of anti-India people in London and addressed them," Sarma said.
BJP giving higher positions to leaders who abuse Nitish: Bihar JD-U chief
"Upendra Kushwaha is a part of NDA and he is continuously giving statements against Nitish Kumar. When he joined the JD-U, he was saying that he would make the JD-U a number one party in the state... Now, the people of Bihar know where he is sitting. He is not faithful to anyone," Umesh Kushwaha said.
RS Chairman cannot be cheerleader of ruling dispensation: Congress
Speaking at a book launch function, Dhankhar said, "How ironic, how painful! While the world is applauding our historic accomplishments as a functional vibrant democracy, some among us, including parliamentarians, are engaged in the thoughtless, unfair denigration of our well-nurtured democratic values. How can we justify such wanton orchestration of a factually untenable narrative?"
Jagdeep Dhankhar targets Rahul Gandhi for attempt to tarnish India on foreign soil
Speaking at the launch of the book 'Mundaka Upanishad: The Bridge to Immortality' penned by veteran politician Karan Singh, Dhankhar said, "How ironic, how painful! While the world is applauding our historic accomplishments as a functional vibrant democracy, some among us, including parliamentarians, are engaged in the thoughtless, unfair denigration of our well-nurtured democratic values. How can we justify such wanton orchestration of a factually untenable narrative?"
Attachment of staff in committee after consultations, says Jagdeep Dhankar
In his address at an event here, he said: "You know the importance of Committees. I got inputs from a number of members and Chairmen of Committees to do something affirmative to improve productivity. So, I sharpened the human resource attached to Committees. I put research-oriented, knowledgeable people so that they can help the Committee members to optimise output and performance."
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