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[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said eliminating corruption has been a key priority of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for the last 10 years. In an interview with Hindustan’s editor in chief Shashi Shekhar, PM Modi claimed that the NDA removed the names of more than 10 crore fake beneficiaries ‘who were not even born’ from the government schemes. This saved the government saved ₹2.75 trillion.…

[ad_1] The Delhi Directorate of Vigilance has terminated Bibhav Kumar, the personal secretary of incarcerated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. YVVJ Rajshekhar, the Special Secretary of Vigilance, issued the directive for his removal, referring to a case from 2007. According to the order, “The Competent Authority hereby terminates the engagement of Bibhav Kumar, in terms of the provisions of Rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965,…

[ad_1] The intensifying clampdown on opposition parties in India suggests that Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in ill health, with worrying implications for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024, an opinion by the Editorial Board of Financial Times has said.  Titled “The mother of democracy is not in good shape”, the British daily business newspaper says that the “gap between pro-democratic rhetoric and reality” is…

[ad_1] The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has sparked a political discourse between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre and the INDIA bloc, a multi-party political alliance including Congress, AAP, CPI(M) and others.  Top INDIA leaders have accused the BJP of misusing the central agencies by registering cases against opposition leaders ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Calling…

[ad_1] Its top leaders in jail, more trouble could be heading the Aam Aadmi Party’s way with the Enforcement Directorate likely to mention it as the prime accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in its upcoming chargesheet in connection with the liquor-excise policy case. Such an action by the ED would pave the way for the agency to attach AAP’s accounts, properties and assets, News18 has…

[ad_1] The protest forced the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre to promise  an anti-corruption watchdog – Lok Pal. Tryst with Ramlila Maidan Arvind Kejriwal took oath for the first time as Chief Minister of Delhi, with the support of the Congress party, at the Ramlila Maidan on December 28, 2013.  Kejriwal was sworn in as the Chief Minister again in 2015 and 2020 at the…

[ad_1] United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric. | Photo Credit: AP A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world body “hopes” that in India and any country that is having elections, people’s “political and civil rights” are “protected” and everyone is able to vote in a “free and fair” atmosphere. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on March 28 while he was responding to…

[ad_1] The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to issue advisory with regard to the concerns of ‘erosion’ of level playing field and ‘misuse’ of central agencies raised by Opposition INDIA bloc. The advisory may be issued to the Union government or central investigation agencies, according a report. A delegation of INDIA bloc parties had last week urged the poll panel to ensure ‘level playing field’ during the…

[ad_1] AAP workers and supporters raise slogans during a protest over the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED. (Image: PTI) The BJP will also hold a mega march in the national capital, starting from the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to the Delhi Secretariat The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday is likely to ‘gherao’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence and stage a protest against Delhi chief…

[ad_1] With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in jail following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor excise policy case, the Aam Aadmi Party’s tallest leader still free is Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Minister of Punjab. Mann has been in the national capital for the past two days to express solidarity with Kejriwal’s family and lead the party’s protests. In an interview to News18, he said the…

[ad_1] On March 21, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case after he skipped nine summons by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).  On March 15, K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was also arrested by the ED over her alleged money laundering role in the same case. Follow LIVE UPDATES about Arvind…