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New Delhi, Mar 18: Dissident AAP leader Prashant Bhushan has written a fresh note to party chief Arvind Kejriwal, highlighting the "long-pending" issues he has been trying to raise. The activist-lawyer has also rubbished reports that he has offered to quit the National Executive if Kejriwal pays heed to his demands. "I have not offered to resign from the National Executive, but yes, I have written

Kolkata, March 18: West Bengal government has decided to hand over the Rangaghat nun gangrape case to CBI "considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the case", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today. She said her government will provide all necessary co-operation and assistance to the CBI for investigation in this case. "Considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the case

New Delhi, Mar 18: JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday was forced to clarify his "I know what you are" remark directed at Smriti Irani after finance minister Arun Jaitley strongly objected to his jibe in Rajya Sbaha. "I regret (the controversy). I respect her," Yadav said in Rajya Sabha. The JD(U) leader said he had greatest respect for Smriti and claimed that he was the first person to defend

New Delhi, Mar 18: A month after assuming power in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Tuesday that it has decided to go national. Confirming the latest development, AAP leader Sanjay Singh told the media that the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) has decided to expand the party in other states, an issue over which senior leader Yogendra Yadav had come under fire as he had

New Delhi, Mar 17: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and dissident AAP leader Yogendra Yadav were today forced to appear before a Delhi Court in a criminal defamation case after their failure to do so drew a stinging remark by the judge that they have "no respect for law". "There is nothing to reflect why the accused (Kejriwal, Sisodia and Yadav) have not appeared. Accused

New Delhi, Mar 17: The Lok Sabha witnessed noisy scenes during Zero Hour on Tuesday when the Congress and the AIADMK raised the issue of desecration of a church in Hisar, the rape of a nun in West Bengal and a communally objectionable statement made by senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in Assam. Raising the issue, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said, “I want to draw the attention of my colleagues to

New Delhi, Mar 17: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and two other AAP leaders including Deputy CM Manish Sisodia were today directed by a court here to appear before it later in the day in connection with a criminal defamation complaint, saying there was no ground for exemption from their appearance. Metropolitan Magistrate Mayuri Singh took strong view of absence of Kejriwal, Sisodia and

New Delhi, Mar 17: In a sign of reconciliation between warring factions of AAP, senior leaders from the Arvind Kejriwal camp met Yogendra Yadav late last night and held discussions over several contentious issues, hours after the Delhi Chief Minister's return from Bengaluru. Both the camps have termed the discussions as "positive". Party sources said AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas

New Delhi, Mar 17: Giving a message of larger opposition unity, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will march with leaders of at least ten parties from Parliament House to President House today and submit a memorandum against the new land bill. The march is being coordinated by JD-U President Sharad Yadav. Sources in the Opposition said that Congress is

Ranchi, Mar 16: Congress today demanded a probe into the alleged snooping on party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as it claimed that the next targets could be persons from the bureaucracy, political parties and media. "We demand a judicial commission or a Parliamentary committee to probe the surveillance on Rahul Gandhi as it is aimed at suppressing democracy," AICC spokesman Ajay Kumar said at a