New Delhi, Mar 28: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be holding its National Council meeting on Saturday to decide the fate of two of its dissident leaders -- Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav. They have accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of suppressing democracy within the party that now rules Delhi. Talking to reporters ahead of the meeting on Saturday, Yadav said today is an important day
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Lucknow, Mar 28: The conferring of Bharat Ratna on Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Delhi on Friday has come as a special moment of glory for residents of Lucknow, with the general feeling that it is an honour for a gentle soul the likes of which are becoming rarer in public life. Not only among leaders and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but among people across party lines the sentiment is that of
New Delhi, Mar 28: A pigeon ‘detained’ with a chip on one leg, a ring with a code on the other leg and some writings on its wings near Indo-Pak coastal border in Gujarat has forced the local administration to inform the Union home ministry about its ‘mysterious’ landing. According to two-page report sent to the home ministry, the coast guard, forest department, forensic experts and state’s Anti
New Delhi, March 27: Rejecting the dialogue offer on the controversial land bill, Sonia Gandhi on Friday alleged it was a mockery of the consensus building tradition by a “myopic” Modi government which was “bending backwards” to favour industrialists and demanded that UPA’s legislation be brought back in totality. “Proposition of a post-facto debate after unilateral imposition of anti-farmer law
New Delhi, March 27: In further escalation of infighting, AAP dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav today mounted a no-holds-barred attack on party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of stifling internal democracy and adopting unfair means to capture power. Addressing a press conference, the two leaders alleged that any issue raised by them was being projected as questioning
New Delhi, Mar 27: Amid speculation that dissenting founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan could be shown the door in the AAP's national council meeting on Saturday, Kumar Vishwas said on Friday that the "rebel duo" should "quit and exit the party gracefully". Another AAP leader Ashutosh on Friday said the possibility of a truce with dissident leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant
New Delhi, Mar 26: Reconciliation talks between the two warring factions in AAP have collapsed following which two prominent leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan today accused Arvind Kejriwal camp of trying to force them to resign from the national executive and not heeding to any of their concerns. In an open letter to Kejriwal two days ahead of AAP's crucial national council meeting
Nashik, Mar 26: In the first case registered under the new beef ban law in Maharashtra, three persons have been booked for allegedly slaughtering calves in Malegaon town of the district and search is on to trace them.Acting on a tip-off, police raided a shack in Azad Nagar area, about 90 kms from here, and seized two heads of slaughtered calves and 150 kg of beef, assistant police inspector
New Delhi, Mar 26: Reconciliation talks between the two warring factions in AAP, appeared to have been collapsed today with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal insisting on Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan quitting the National Executive, ahead of the crucial National Council meeting on March 28. Sources said Yadav and Bhushan made it clear that there was no valid ground for them to step down from
New Delhi, Mar 25: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the summons issued to him by a trial court in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam. Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla group, has also moved the apex court against the summons issued to him. The court has asked Birla to appear in court over the