Politics

Former MP JP Agarwal was one of the leaders who met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday and told her that if she wants he will contest the Delhi Assembly polls.

The Delhi HC had informed the high court during a hearing that execution of the convicts will not take place on January 22 as a mercy plea has been filed by one of them.

Taking exception to the Sanjay Raut's remarks, Congress leader Milind Deora said Indira Gandhi was 'a true patriot who never compromised on India’s national security'.

Himal Akhtar, a Bar Council of Delhi member and an advocate for the Delhi Wakf Board, also joined the ruling party in the national capital. Senior Advocate Satish Kumar, and advocates Seema Singh and Mukesh Dral also joined the AAP.

Sharad Pawar also said that the term 'Janata Raja' (enlightened king) was coined by poet saint Samarth Ramdas, and added that Ramdas was not Shivaji's 'guru'.

While Satyendra Jain, the Delhi Health Minister, has been praised worldwide for reforms in the health sector, back home, his constituency still needs a lot of attention from him.

Delhi assembly elections are slated to be held on February 8. The counting of votes will be on February 11.

A division bench of Justices S Munshi and Md Nizamuddin granted relief to Roy saying the matter will not appear in the list for hearings and directed the prosecution or the petitioner to mention the matter before it, if required.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in a meeting with senior leaders of the Delhi unit on Monday asked those active in electoral politics to contest the assembly elections, said a Delhi Congress leader present in the meeting.

All the rebels now want ministerial berths in the Cabinet and several have even specified their preferred portfolios. But while Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has indicated that not all leaders will be accommodated.

BJP media co-incharge Sanjay Mayukh told reporters that the book's author Jay Bhagwan Goyal, who is a saffron party member, has also expressed his willingness to withdraw those parts of the book which a section of society has found objectionable.

Delhi’s chief electoral officer Ranbir Singh had said that the Vidhan Sabha elections 2020 will see a QR code on the digital photo voter slip. which will be scanned at the polling booth having the facility.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at the 150th anniversary programme of the Kolkata Port Trust, announced that it will be renamed after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

Stating that no Opposition party was talking about apolitical students who want to pursue their studies, Smriti Irani hoped that 'justice will prevail' after investigation.

Banerjee's decision to skip the event also comes in the wake of Saturday’s protests against her one-on-one meeting with the PM, which she described as a 'courtesy visit'.

Modi dedicated to the nation four refurbished heritage buildings of the city - the Old Currency Building, the Belvedere House, the Metcalfe House and the Victoria Memorial Hall.