Highlights: Swati Maliwal part of BJP's conspiracy to malign AAP, says Delhi minister Atishi

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8:01 PM

AAP gave in under a goon's pressure; it's questioning my character and trying to save him: Swati Maliwal

AAP gave in under a goon's pressure and questioning my character in order to save him, said Swati Maliwal on her party's stand in assault case

7:29 PM

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that it says renders moot the government's best argument for demanding a jury trial. The antitrust case set to go before a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in September is one of two major lawsuits the Justice Department has brought against Google. While the Virginia case focuses on advertising technology, an ongoing case in the District of Columbia focuses on Google's dominance as a search engine.

7:06 PM

AAP MP Swati Maliwal arrives at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence to recreate crime scene

7:01 PM

Man kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah attack

A man stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two police officers early Friday in what's being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack.

The man also injured another officer before being shot dead. Material linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, a shadowy Southeast Asian terror network that is linked to al-Qaida, was found in the attacker's home and five members of his family believed to be Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members were arrested for investigation, national police chief Razarudin Husain said.

7:01 PM

Wrong CUET-UG question paper distributed at Kanpur centre, exam rescheduled to May 29: NTA

The National Testing Agency said on Friday that the CUET-UG exam at a centre in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur where the wrong question paper was distributed will be conducted on May 29. The agency also denied reports of the question paper being leak at the centre. "The exam will be conducted on May 29 for over 220 students at an exam centre at Maharana Pratap Group of Colleges in Kanpur. This decision was taken after a wrong question paper was distributed on May 15," a senior National Testing Agency (NTA) official said. "There was no paper leak, the invigilators mistakenly distributed English medium question papers to Hindi medium students," the official added. The NTA will also conduct the CUET-UG exam for Delhi centres on May 29 as the May 15 exam was postponed a night before, citing unavoidable reasons. A similar incident occurred while conducting the NEET-UG exam on May 5 during which Hindi medium students at one centre in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur were handed English medium question papers. Their exam was later conducted on the same day. The NTA had also refuted reports of a paper leak in the exam.

 

6:27 PM

Video shows Swati Maliwal threatening Bibhav Kumar, charges levelled by her baseless: AAP leader Atishi

Video shows Swati Maliwal threatening Bibhav Kumar, charges levelled by her baseless, said AAP leader Atishi. Swati Maliwal alleged she was brutally assaulted; video that surfaced today shows entirely different reality, she further said. 

5:50 PM

Pak SC issues contempt notices to two parliamentarians for allegedly tarnishing top court's image

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notices to two parliamentarians for allegedly tarnishing the image of the top court. Senator Faisal Vawda, who was recently elected as an independent candidate, and Mustafa Kamal of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), addressing separate press conferences during the week, questioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges' claim that intelligence agencies had interfered in the judicial affairs and demanded evidence of the involvement of “institutions”, a soft word for the premier intelligence agency. The court, taking suo motu action, set up a three-member bench -- led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and other justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Irfan Saadat Khan -- to hear the case. Additional Attorney General (AAG) Aamir Rehman appeared before the court. The chief justice during the hearing said Vawda and Kamal “took advantage of my neglect and thought that they should also make a speech".

5:30 PM

India's forex reserves jump $2.56 bn to $644.15 bn

India's forex reserves jumped $2.561 billion to $644.151 billion for the week ended May 10, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had increased $3.668 billion to $641.59 billion after three consecutive weeks of decline. For the week ended April 5, the reserves had hit an all-time high of $648.562 billion following multiple weeks of rise. For the week ended May 10, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by $1.488 billion to $565.648 billion, the data released on Friday showed.

4:59 PM

ED files chargesheet against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, AAP

Enforcement Directorate files chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP in excise policy-linked money laundering case.

4:50 PM

News update: Delhi Police, forensic team arrive at CM Kejriwal's residence amid Swati Maliwal row

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal had given a statement to Delhi Police against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar on Thursday, accusing him of physically assaulting her.

4:36 PM

4 convicted in 2021 murder of Tihar inmate

A special court has convicted four persons in connection with the 2021 killing of a Tihar Jail inmate which was investigated by the CBI, officials said Friday. Srikant Rama Swami was bludgeoned to death by four inmates on May 14, 2021.

4:08 PM

JSW Steel Q4 net profit declines nearly 65% to Rs 1,299 crore

JSW Steel on Friday reported a fall in fourth-quarter profit as softer steel prices and higher costs hurt its earnings. The country's largest steelmaker said consolidated net profit declined nearly 65% year-on-year to Rs 1,299 crore ($155.9 million) for the three months ended March 31, making this the company's first quarterly profit fall after three straight quarter of gains.

4:04 PM

News update: This is the truth of Swati Maliwal, says AAP as new footage emerges

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal responded strongly to a 52-second mobile phone footage today, in which she is seen  arguing with, and shouting at, security officials who told her to leave the residence. In a post on X , the former DCW chief also referred to a "political hitman" and claimed the "hitman" had directed "his people" to share the video in question to "save himself (after) committing this crime".

3:21 PM

Enforcement Directorate says will make AAP an accused in liquor policy case, to file chargesheet later today

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be made a co-accused in the alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case and the complaint in this regard is in the pipeline. Earlier on May 14, the ED had contended before the Delhi High Court that it would make the party an accused in the case.

3:05 PM

MEA provides travel advisory for Laos and Cambodia

3:03 PM

Calcutta High Court grants bail to Sandeshkhali BJP worker Piyali Das

The Calcutta High Court today granted bail to Sandeshkhali BJP worker Piyali Das who surrendered before a lower court three days ago over a criminal case lodged against her. A case was registered against Das alleging that she got the signature of a woman of Sandeshkhali on a blank paper which was later filled up as complaints of sexual assault against TMC leaders.  The additional chief judicial magistrate of Basirhat sub-divisional court rejected the bail prayer of Das and remanded her to eight days' judicial custody.

2:16 PM

News update: 'Political hitman' is making efforts to save himself, says Swati Maliwal

AAP MP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal stated today that the truth will emerge after CCTV footage of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and drawing room is probed.

2:12 PM

Swati Maliwal case: AAP Rajya Sabha MP leaves from Tis Hazari court

2:11 PM

NIA charge sheets Mumbai man in conspiracy case to honey trap Indian Navy personnel

The NIA has charge sheeted Mumbai resident Amaan Salim Shaikh, a key accused in a conspiracy by Pakistani intelligence operatives to honey trap Indian Navy personnel to gather secret information on defence establishments.

1:46 PM

Slapped 7-8 times, kicked in chest, stomach: Swati Maliwal in complaint against CM Kejriwal's aide

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal in her complaint has alleged that on Monday morning she was assaulted by Bibhav Kumar, an aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in the drawing room of the CM's official residence. Maliwal accused Kumar of slapping her seven-eight times on the face and hitting her chest, stomach, and sensitive parts.

1:33 PM

State govt to probe factors for repeated attacks on young women: Karnataka home minister

With opposition BJP hitting out the Congress government in Karnataka on the issue of safety ofwomen, following the murder of a young woman in Hubballi, Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said he was reviewing lapses on part of the police and other factors that may have led to such repeated incidents.

Twenty-year-old Anjali Ambiger was allegedly murdered by a 22-year-old Girish Sawanth in Hubballi on Wednesday after she allegedly rejected his marriage proposal, close on the heels of the student Neha Hiremath killing at her college campus in the same city on April 18.

1:11 PM

CM Arvind Kejriwal has chosen Bibhav Kumar's side, alleges NCW chief

At a press conference today, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma stated that Arvind Kejriwal appears to have chosen which side he is on in the Swati Maliwal assault case.

12:46 PM

CM Kejriwal should apologise on Maliwal issue: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today took on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not speaking on the issue of alleged attack on his party MP Swati Maliwal. At a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Sitharaman demanded that the AAP convener speak on the issue and apologise. 

12:32 PM

Swati Maliwal goes to Tiz Hazari court to record statement before magistrate

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal today went to the Tis Hazari court to record her statement before a magistrate about the alleged assault on her by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, officials said. Maliwal left her residence around 11 am with a Delhi Police team.

 

12:27 PM

Kejriwal is 'shamelessly' moving around with accused Bibhav Kumar: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Delhi hief Minister Kejriwal is 'shamelessly' moving around with accused Bibhav Kumar after his party promised action , Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at a press conference today. 

12:23 PM

Arvind Kejriwal is responsible for this incident: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Swati Maliwal assault allegations

12:18 PM

Unacceptable that Delhi CM Kejriwal has not spoken a word on attack on Swati Maliwal: Nirmala Sitharaman

It is unbelievable and unacceptable that CM Arvind Kejriwal has not spoken a word on the attack on his party MP Swati Maliwal, BJP leader and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today. 

12:11 PM

News update: AAP rubbing salt on wounds of Swati Maliwal, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

12:10 PM

Why hasn't Delhi CM Kejriwal spoken on the issue yet?: FM Sitharaman on Maliwal assault allegations

At a press conference, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hit out against Delhi CM Kejriwal's response on Swati Maliwal assault allegations.

11:51 AM

Fundamental basis for consistent, steady and high growth in India is policy stability: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was speaking at the opening plenary session at CII Business Summit 2024.