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Pharmacy firm gave BJP Rs 25 cr in electoral bonds after director’s arrest in excise policy case: Bharadwaj

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday claimed that a pharmacy firm paid Rs 25 crore to the BJP through electoral bonds after its director was arrested in the excise policy case. Addressing a press conference here, Bharadwaj also said that there was a threat to the life of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night. “It is being repeatedly said that there is threat to the life of Kejriwal who has been arrested without any evidence,”

Supreme Court to take up Kejriwal’s plea against arrest soon

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will take up Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by the ED (Enforcement Directorate) soon in an excise policy-linked money laundering case. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. The CJI asked Singhvi to mention his plea before a bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Singhvi then rushed to Justice Khanna’s court and mentioned the matter. Justice Khanna said Kejriwal’s plea would be heard by a three-judge bench which

As election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

NEW DELHI, March 22, 2024 (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the backdrop of a devotional song that Gandhi loved, the outline slowly morphs into what appears like his face. Then, a raucous beat drops, followed by a rap song. A face is finally revealed: not Gandhi, but an actor who plays the independence leader’s ideological nemesis, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar — the man considered the fountainhead of Hindu nationalism in India. It is the same

“Arvind Kejriwal’s family under house arrest,” says Delhi Minister Gopal Rai

New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Friday has claimed that the family of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been put under “house arrest.” The Delhi Minister arrived at the residence of the AAP chief and questioned why he was being restricted from meeting Arvind Kejriwal’s family. “I have come here to meet his family but they have been put under house arrest. Under which law am I being stopped from meeting his family?” Rai told reporters. He further said that Arvind Kejriwal has continuously worked for the people of Delhi. Rai was finally allowed to visit

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