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New Delhi, Feb 11: The Income Tax Department has served a notice on Aam Aadmi Party seeking an explanation on charges of receiving funds from dubious sources as alleged by a splinter group -- a charge that had already been denied by the party. A similar notice has also been served on the Congress, a party spokesperson said. The department, that functions under the Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi, Feb 11: Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday met Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu. The duo have reportedly discussed on granting full statehood to the National Capital, one of AAP's poll promise. Sources said they discussed about granting land from Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for building schools, parking and

New Delhi, Feb 11: Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party decimated the rivals in the Delhi Assembly election, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow and invite him for the swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan on February 14. "We had sought time from the Prime Minister, Kejriwal will be meeting him tomorrow at 10.30 AM. He will also extend an invitation to him

Patna/New Delhi, Feb 11: Former chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar flew to New Delhi along with 130 MLAs supporting him on Tuesday, after waiting for more than 24 hours for a communiqué from Raj Bhavan. He is expected to parade his legislators before President Pranab Mukherjee soon. Most of the lawmakers flew to New Delhi in two batches in separate IndiGo flights, with Nitish leaving in the

New Delhi, Feb 11: After a decisive victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party is giving indications of positioning itself as the “credible” opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are not a regional party. We do not share anything in common with other regional parties. We wish to emerge as a credible and transparent alternative to the current politics,” party ideologue

New Delhi, Feb 10: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said Tuesday Delhi wants an honest government. “Delhi wants an honest government. We have a vision plan for Delhi. We have good leadership for Delhi,” Mr. Sisodia said, who led in the vote count. The AAP surged ahead of the BJP and the Congress as counting of votes started for the 70-member Delhi assembly in the morning. He said the

New Delhi, Feb 10: The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the black money cases is set to widen its inquiry in view of new names of Indians with Swiss bank accounts emerging on Monday. The SIT, however, said legal action would be taken only after verification of facts. “The scope of investigation will definitely be widened due to the (emergence of) new names. We will

New Delhi, Feb 10: The stage is set for the formation of a government in Delhi as Monday saw election officials preparing for Tuesday’s counting process amid claims by the AAP and the BJP of getting a clear majority. “The counting of votes will start at 8 am and all the results should be out by 1 pm,” an election official said, indicating that early trends may emerge at about 11 am. The exit polls

New Delhi, Feb 9: In remarks which are likely to stir a controversy, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday termed Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging as "wrong and badly handled". Afzal Guru, who was handed a death penalty in the 2001 Parliament attack case, was hanged on February 9, 2013. "I think the hanging was both wrong & badly handled. Family should have been warned, given a

Patna, Feb 9: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today staked claim to form government before Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, submitting letters of support of 130 MLAs. Emerging from Raj Bhawan after an hour-long meeting with the Governor, Kumar said that if opportunity is denied to him to form government or in the event of any 'dilly dallying', he would parade 130 MLAs of JD(U), RJD