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New Delhi, Apr 28: There is no justification to keep the enforcement of Lokpal Act suspended till the proposed amendments, including on the issue of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, are cleared by Parliament, the Supreme Court said today. The apex court said the Act was an eminently workable piece of legislation and it "does not create any bar to the enforcement of the provisions". It said

New Delhi, Apr 27: Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh today resigned as the party's Punjab in-charge over its drubbing in the state Assembly polls in February. "I have submitted my resignation as the party in-charge of Punjab to AAP's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Durgesh (Pathak) has also submitted his resignation as co-incharge," Singh said in a tweet. Today's resignations came after the AAP's

New Delhi, Apr 27: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in turmoil after losing the Delhi civic polls. Since yesterday, party members have quit from their posts, former party members have penned tirades and still other party members have chastised the top leadership for not leading from the front. A chagrined AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today called a meeting of all legislators at his residence, even as

New Delhi, Apr 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the UDAN regional connectivity scheme on Thursday from Shimla that will allow tourists to fly to Shimla from New Delhi for just Rs 2,000. Modi during his day-long visit to the Queen of Hills launched the central government's UDAN, or "Ude Desh ka Har Nagarik" scheme, building efficient regional air connectivity, from Jubbarhatti, the

Lucknow, Apr 27: In the biggest administrative reshuffle since it assumed power in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government today transferred 84 IAS and 54 IPS officers including district magistrates and police chiefs. While Civil Defence Secretary Manoj Mishra has been made Director of Culture, Special Secretary (Revenue) Karn Singh Chauhan has been sent to Jhansi as district magistrate, an

New Delhi, Apr 27: BJP's gambit in replacing all its sitting municipal councillors, putting an outsider, actor Manoj Tiwari, at the helm of the state unit and using Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a trump card has paid it handsome dividends in the elections to the three municipal corporations in Delhi. It steamrolled AAP and restricted Congress to a modest revival by taking 181 of the 270 seats —

Apr 27: At least three army men and two terrorists have been killed in a militant attack on an Army camp near Pulwama in Kupwara district. The terrorists attacked the camp around 4 am and opened fire at army camp.The army camp is located close to the Line of Control. Encounter between security forces and terrorists is still under way. Details awaited

New Delhi, Apr 26: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba today offered to resign from her post and also relinquish all positions in the party taking "responsibility" for the defeat of AAP candidates in her constituency. "I take personal responsibility for the party's defeat in all three wards in my constituency and offer to resign from all party posts and as MLA," Lamba, who represents the Chandni Chowk

New Delhi, Apr 26: Heading towards a clean sweep in all the three civic bodies, the BJP today dedicated its impending win to the slain CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district and decided to refrain from any celebrations. As per the trends, the BJP candidates were maintaining leads over their AAP and Congress rivals in most of the 270 wards for which voting was held on Sunday last. Delh BJP

New Delhi, Apr 26: BJP is cruising towards a huge victory in Delhi municipal elections by winning or leading in 185 wards out of 270 and pushing Aam Aadmi Party to a distant second. The counting is in progress and trends showed that BJP has won or is leading in 185 wards, AAP 47 and Congress 26. Other parties and independents won or leads in 19 seats. According to the State Election Commission