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Court dismisses plea to prosecute AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj for defamation

A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea filed by a BJP leader seeking prosecution of Aam Aadmi Party's Saurabh Bhardwaj for alleged defamatory remarks against him in September 2018. Special Judge Vishal Gogne rejected the petition filed by BJP's Suraj Bhan Chauhan against a trial court order which had earlier dismissed his complaint against Bhardwaj. Chauhan had alleged Bhardwaj defamed him in 2018 by falsely claiming at a press conference that an FIR had been lodged against him. "The criminal revision petition is dismissed," the judge said on Saturday. The complaint was filed before the Rouse Avenue court in December 2024. A magisterial court had on February 19 dismissed Chauhan's plea, saying the alleged offence of defamation took place in September 2018 and observed the limitation period for filing the present complaint was three years. None of the grounds, the magistrate said, pleaded by Chauhan to seek the condonation of delay were found justifiable. "The complainant is

Delhi Assembly sends CAG reports on AAP govt finances to PAC for probe

The CAG reports on finance and appropriation accounts of the previous AAP government in Delhi, revealing non-submission of bills and utilisation certificates worth hundreds of crores of rupees and risk of fund misuse, referred on Friday to the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for investigation. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday tabled the reports in the Assembly, Finance Accounts and Appropriation Accounts of the Delhi government for the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23. Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said that in the Financial Accounts for the year 2021-2022, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found that an amount of Rs 432.42 crore was outstanding due to non-submission of bills by government departments, It means there was no way to confirm whether the amount was actually spent as approved by the Legislative Assembly. In the year 2022-2023, this amount was Rs 574.89 crore, he said. "The CAG has also expressed concern over the non-submission of ...

AAP's education model just marketing, full of empty promises: Rekha Gupta

Gupta stated that although the AAP promotes a vision of development and student engagement, the reality is that their funds are being misdirected

Delhi Police files FIR against Arvind Kejriwal in 2019 hoardings case

The complaint accuses Kejriwal and other AAP leaders of violating the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007 by putting up oversized hoardings in public spaces

Arvind Kejriwal slams BJP for making power situation worse in Delhi

The residents of Jagatpur village had reportedly blocked the outer Delhi Ring Road, claiming to be facing prolonged power outage in the area

AAP announces protests across UP over liquor stores offering 'free alcohol'

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said it will hold statewide protests across Uttar Pradesh on March 29 over reports of liquor stores in the state offering "free alcohol'. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of hypocrisy, claiming that while the Delhi government faced allegations and central agency probes over its excise policy, no one was questioning the UP government over such deals being offered by liquor stores. The UP government is yet to react to AAP's allegations. Reportedly, liquor stores across many cities in the state are offering huge discounts and deals to clear out the stocks before a new excise policy comes into effect in the state on April 1. The store owners have been claiming that they will suffer huge losses if they don't clear the old stock before the date. "In Delhi, our government stopped such practices, yet we were targeted with allegations and subjected to ED and CBI inquiries. But in UP, the BJP is providing free

AAP appoints Mukesh Ahlawat as deputy leader, Jarnail Singh as general secy

Sanjiv Jha has also been appointed as the Chief Whip of the party

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta to present Budget 2025-26 for national capital today

Before the presentation of the Budget, the chief minister is set to visit the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place after which she will head towards Delhi Secretariat for a Cabinet meeting

Delhi Assembly Speaker nominates 14 MLAs to MCD, 11 from BJP, 3 from AAP

Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has nominated 14 MLAs to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), boosting the BJP's aspirations of running a triple-engine government by winning the mayoral elections next month. Of the 14 MLAs, 11 are from the BJP and three from AAP. The nominated MLAs vote in the elections for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor, due in April. In a statement, Gupta said that the nominated MLAs would assist the municipal corporation in budget formulation, civic administration and urban governance. The BJP MLAs nominated to the MCD are Anil Sharma, Chandan Choudhary, Jitender Mahajan, Karnail Singh, Manoj Kumar Shokeen, Neelam Pahalwan, Parduymn Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Bhatia, Ravi Kant, Sanjay Goyal and Tarvinder Marwah, according to an official notification. The AAP MLAs include Pravesh Ratn, Surendra Kumar and Ram Singh Netaji. The AAP had won the last mayoral election held in November 2024 by three votes. Meanwhile, the BJP, which won a resounding victory in t

AAP names Saurabh Bharadwaj Delhi chief, Manish Sisodia for Punjab unit

Manish Sisodia, as Punjab chief, will focus on strengthening the party's organisation and ensuring the implementation of AAP's agenda

Punjab police remove farmers from Haryana border: What happened last night?

Punjab govt removes farmers from Shambhu, Khanauri borders: The BJP and other opposition parties slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, calling the move a 'cowardly act

Delhi ACB files case against AAP leader Satyendar Jain in corruption case

According to Madhur Verma, Joint Commissioner of Police (ACB), Delhi Police, Satyendar Jain is accused of unfairly waiving penalties worth Rs 16 crore imposed on Bharat Electronics Limited

Ruling party, Oppn both necessary for Delhi's development: CM Rekha Gupta

She further said that every moment is precious and it should be utilised and respected properly

Atishi slams BJP over promise of free LPG cylinders to women on Holi

The AAP on Tuesday questioned the ruling BJP in Delhi over its promise to provide free cooking gas cylinders to women on the occasion of Holi. Addressing a press conference, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi chief minister Atishi said that women in the capital are waiting for the BJP to fulfil its pre-poll promise. "I want to ask the BJP government and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta if they will fulfil their poll promise of providing free cooking gas cylinders to women in Delhi on Holi, or will it prove to be another gimmick like providing monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 to women," Atishi said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its manifesto for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls promised to provide cooking gas cylinders to women from economically weaker sections for Rs 500 along with two refills free of charge on Holi and Diwali. The BJP government has approved a Mahila Samriddhi Yojana for providing Rs 2,500 monthly assistance to women from poor familie

Maliwal assault: Police challenges order on supply of docs to Bibhav Kumar

Delhi Police on Tuesday sought setting aside of an order over the supply of list of documents to Bibhav Kumar, an aide of former CM Arvind Kejriwal, in the Swati Maliwal assault case. Justice Vikas Mahajan asked the Delhi Police counsel to submit a note on submissions and posted the hearing on March 11. The police challenged a January 29 order of a trial court which dismissed Delhi Police's plea against a magistrate's decision for the supply of the list of unrelied documents to Kumar. Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Sanjay Lao, appearing for Delhi Police, said the order was bad in law. He said the Supreme Court was seized of the issue of supply of a list of unrelied documents to the accused in another case and the subordinate courts should await the decision. Lao submitted as of now, law on the issue was on both sides. He said the list of documents would provided to the accused once the apex court concluded in the affirmative. Justice Mahajan, however, said, "Someti

Atishi, AAP MLAs protest against Delhi govt over Mahila Samriddhi Yojana

LoP Atishi said they were not protesting but waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement the scheme

Defamation case: Court asks Sandeep Dikshit to share info with AAP leaders

A Delhi court on Monday directed Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit to share documents related to his defamation suit with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Atishi and Sanjay Singh. Additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal also directed the complainant to supply a copy of the pen drive containing the alleged defamatory statements to the respondents. The defamation suit claims that former chief minister Atishi and AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, during a press conference on December 26 last year, accused Dikshit of taking crores of rupees from the BJP, and the Congress of colluding with the saffron party to defeat the AAP. The lawsuit alleged that the two AAP leaders were "deliberately causing harm to Dikshit's goodwill." The court on January 16 issued a notice to Atishi and Singh based on the complaint. The case would come up on March 12.

Atishi extends support to people affected by Motia Khan cylinder blast

The AAP leader condoled the demise of the woman who died in the cylinder blast and requested that compensation be given to her family

Down but not out? Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party confident amid setback

AAP's Goa President Amit Palekar says the Congress has voters but it has no cadre. Therefore, AAP has chance

AAP slams BJP for 'betraying' Delhi women over Rs 2,500 honorarium promise

The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday accused the BJP of "betraying" the women of Delhi by failing to fulfil its election promise of providing a monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500 to them. Addressing a press conference here, AAP legislator Kuldeep Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his election rallies in Delhi, assured that the financial assistance scheme would be passed in the first Cabinet meeting of the new government. The BJP government had promised to launch the scheme by March 8 but it has not taken any steps in this regard, Kumar, the MLA from Kondli assembly segment, said. "It was not passed in the first Cabinet meeting. We thought if not in the Cabinet, it would be done in the assembly session. But instead of addressing this issue, BJP leaders spent the entire session abusing Arvind Kejriwal. They have betrayed the women of Delhi," Kumar said. The AAP MLA reminded the BJP of the timeline set by Modi himself and claimed that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was set to break the