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Fear of jail led to roll back of AAP govt's new excise policy: Manoj Tiwari
The BJP leader, while addressing a media briefing, said, "The Delhi LG recommended for probe into the new excise policy, it created a havoc and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal started seeing Manish Sisodia going into the jail." The AAP government on Friday rolled back the policy within four hours of the Delhi Lokayukta's decision to initiate a probe into the construction additional classrooms, Tiwari claimed.
BJP threatening shopkeepers: Manish Sisodia after govt returns to old liquor policy
Sisodia also alleged that like Gujarat, the BJP wants to promote the sale of spurious, off-duty liquor by threatening Delhi's shop-owners and officers. Deputy CM further said: "In Delhi, our government brought a new excise policy last year. Before excise policy 2021-22, most of the liquor shops in Delhi were government-run and were mired in corruption".
Delhi Health Minister masterminded the entire operations: ED
"This case is a classic case of money laundering involving meticulous planning and execution at all three stages of placement, layering and integration of the proceeds of crime generated by Jain and his aides. He acquired cash from unfair means by commission while holding office as a Cabinet Minister in Delhi," the ED said.
Every media house's philosophy reflected in reportage, is not necessarily bad: Delhi HC
"The right to free speech and expression has been enshrined in our Constitution as a Fundamental Right. The right to free expression has therefore been stoutly protected by the courts. No doubt, the right to free speech is not unbridled nor is it recognised as absolute. It is subject to reasonable restrictions, which includes the right to reputation, as has been recognised in several judgments," she ruled.
WBSSC scam: Now three companies with Partha Chatterjee's son-in-law as Director under ED scanner
The three companies are Improline Constructions Pvt Ltd, HRI Wealth Creation Realtors Pvt Ltd,and Acrisius Consulting Pvt Ltd. As per records of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) under the Union Ministry of Commerce, while Bhattacharya is the Managing Director in Acrisius Consulting, in the remaining two companies, he is an ordinary Director.
PM to launch revamped power distribution scheme on July 30
Virtually participating in the grand finale marking the culmination of 'Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya, Power @2047' initiative, he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of various green energy projects of NTPC. He will also launch the National Solar rooftop portal. The Prime Minister Office (PMO) said that under Modi's leadership, the government has taken multiple path breaking initiatives in the power sector.
Balasaheb Thackeray's grandson Nihar joins Eknath Shinde group
Nihar Thackeray is the son of the late Bindumadhav Thackeray - who was the eldest son of the Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray. He is thus the nephew of ex-CM and Sena President Uddhav Thackeray and cousin of former state minister Aditya Thackeray. He is married to Ankita, the daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Harshvardhan Patil, and is likely to launch his political career under the tutelage of Shinde.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: Bengal's maverick politician
However, such controversial comments from Chowdhury -- the president of the West Bengal unit of Congress, is nothing new. In 2019, which addressing the Motion of Thanks on Presidential address, he made a controversial statement while drawing a comparison between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and late former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi as he said, "Kaha Maa Ganga, Kaha Gandi Naali."
Mistakenly used incorrect word to describe the position you hold, Adhir to President
"I am writing to express my regret for having mistakenly used an incorrect word to describe the position you hold. I assure you that it was a slip of the tongue. I apologise and request you to accept the same," the Congress leader said in his letter. Chowdhury on Wednesday courted controversy after he, in the house, referred to President Murmu as 'Rashtrapatni'.
WBSSC scam: Partha recites 'conspiracy theory', Arpita breaks down
Of the two, Arpita Mukherjee was the first one to be brought to the hospital. She burst into tears as the ED vehicle carrying her reached the hospital premises. She even refused to come out of the vehicle and the female staff of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the accompanying central armed forces had to virtually drag her out and take her to the hospital building.
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