Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded a Rs 100 crore bribe from the South Group for his party, the Enforcement Directorate claimed on Wednesday while opposing his bail application in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The central probe agency told the court that if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has been arrayed as an accused in the case, commits a crime, the person in charge of the party will be held culpable. The ED told the court that when former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was made an accused in the case, the AAP was…
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The Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved minimum support prices (MSP) on 14 Kharif (summer) crops, based on recommendations from the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). Information & Broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnav briefing to the media said that the MSP for paddy has been raised by 5.35 per cent to Rs 2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season. Stating that the government had a clear policy decision taken in the 2018 Union Budget that MSP should be at least 1.5 times the cost of production, Vaishnaw said this principle was followed in the latest MSP hike. The hike…
Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Wednesday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from June 21, demanding a solution for the ongoing water crisis in the national capital. She urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step in to solve the ongoing issue which caused difficulties for common people in the city as Delhi is reeling under a shortage of water. “Today I have written a letter to the prime minister saying that 28 lakh people in Delhi are not getting water. I have requested that he should help provide water as soon as possible. If the people of Delhi do not…
The average rent for a standard two-bedroom house spanning 1,000 square feet in seven major Indian cities has surged by up to 64% since 2019, according to a report released by real estate consultancy Anarock. In Sector 150, Noida, within the National Capital Region (NCR), rents increased by 63.3% to US$ 299.75 (Rs. 25,000) in the second quarter of FY24 from US$ 185.85 (Rs. 15,500) in FY19. Dwarka, southwestern Delhi, saw rents rise by 43.5% to US$ 335.74 (Rs. 28,000) from US$ 233.82 (Rs. 19,500). Chembur in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region recorded the highest average rent for a two-bedroom home…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached Varanasi, his first visit after his re-election to the office in the Lok Sabha Elections, and released the 17th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme in Varanasi. This will provide benefits amounting to over Rs.20,000 crore to more than 9.26 crore farmers. “Maa Ganga has adopted me, I have become one from here. I will work very hard like this day and night to fulfil your dreams and aspirations,” he said in his first address in Varanasi after his re-election. “I consider farmers, youth, women power and poor strong pillars of Viksit Bharat. I took…
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal sought time from key leaders of INDIA bloc to discuss the alleged assault against her by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aid Bibhav Kumar. She wrote a letter seeking their appointment to leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackery and Akhilesh Yadav. In her letter she deplored that she was subjected to “victim shaming and character assassination” for speaking up against the abuse. “Instead of finding support, I was confronted with incessant attacks on my character and victim shaming orchestrated by the leaders and volunteers of my own party,” she wrote. “Over the past one month, I have…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 18) announced the return of his monthly radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on June 30 and sought people’s inputs for the same. This will be his first radio show after his re-election to the office for a record third term. The last Mann Ki Baat — 110th episode — was held on February 25 this year, ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The upcoming radio show will mark the 111th episode. “Delighted to share that after a gap of some months due to the elections, #MannKiBaat is back! This month’s programme will take place…
In an effort to deter the legal persecution of trailblazing journalist and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and her former colleague Reynaldo Santos, and to protect the public’s right to be informed, three leading civil society organizations, have submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The brief was filed on June 13 by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Center for Journalists (CFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in partnership with Debevoise and Plimpton LLP. It argues that the criminal convictions of Ressa and Santos for “cyber libel” not only breach the international obligations of the Philippines but betray…
India has overtaken Pakistan in the global race to develop nuclear weapons for the first time, as several countries have ramped up their arsenal as tensions rise across the world. According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India now has 172 nuclear-armed weapons in 2024, more than Pakistan, which has 170 warheads. India has developed eight new nuclear-armed weapon systems in the past year, raising its arsenal from 164 in 2023 to 172 this year. On the other hand, Pakistan’s numbers have remained the same as last year. The SIPRI report confirms that all nine…
The 14th Dalai Lama and spiritual head of the Tibetan Government in exile, said he was not ‘thinking’ about re-incarnation — a process to appoint the next Dalai Lama. Developments on the front are being followed keenly by Tibetans as the Dalai Lama is leading the fight seeking autonomy from China; that in turn, is trying to meddle in the appointment of a successor. Speaking to a select group of media-persons from Delhi, the Dalai Lama, who turns 89 in July, was asked how would the Tibetan community maintain the sanctity of re-incarnation to which he said, “I am not thinking of reincarnation.…