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Excise policy case: Delhi High Court to hear ED plea against Arvind Kejriwal’s bail on Mar 21

New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday set March 21 to hear the enforcement directorate’s plea against the bail granted to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Justice Vikas Mahajan adjourned Friday’s hearing on the request of the enforcement directorate’s (ED) counsel. The senior counsel representing Kejriwal opposed the request for adjournment saying ED repeatedly took dates in the past several months. He urged the court to hear the matter and grant bail to Kejriwal saying other accused were granted bail in the money laundering case. “There is an impending

Asia Gold India discounts widen to 6-month high, China sees New Year boost

Jan 17 (Reuters) – Gold discounts in India widened to six-month highs this week as a rise in domestic prices dampened demand and jewellers awaited the annual federal budget, while physical gold demand in China was solid ahead of the Lunar New Year festival. The rebound in gold prices has hammered demand, and buyers are now waiting for prices to correct, said a Mumbai-based dealer with a private bullion importing bank. Domestic prices in India rose to 79,270 rupees ($915.60) per 10 grams this week and were not far from all-time highs, tracking gains in international spot gold rates that

‘Extremely objectionable’: Akhilesh slams BJP spokesperson’s TV debate remark

Lucknow, Jan 17 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday slammed BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla over his “extremely objectionable language” for an AAP lawmaker during a TV debate. Poonawalla, in a heated discussion on a news channel on Wednesday, made a derisive riff on Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rituraj Jha’s surname. His comment, seen by many rival politicians as a new low in TV debates, came after Jha took a dig at Poonawalla’s surname. The former UP chief minister said Poonawallah’s remark had hurt the people inhabiting a large swathe of northern India. “It is not only unfortunate but

Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan to 14 years in land graft case, ARY News reports

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, local broadcaster ARY News reported. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan has been jailed since August 2023. The former cricket star, 72, had been indicted on charges that he and his wife were gifted land by a real estate developer during his premiership from 2018 to 2022 in exchange

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