New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday skipped the eighth summons by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case and expressed readiness to appear before the agency through video-conferencing March 12, government sources said. Sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said the agency was examining Kejriwal’s response. The agency might not allow Kejriwal’s request to appear virtually and might issue a ninth summons to him for questioning in the case, they said. Kejriwal, in a press conference, said it was written in law that ED proceedings are like judicial proceedings. ”That means

New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued a second summons to Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in connection with irregularities in a foreign exchange contravention case asking her to join the probe on March 11. The fresh summons followed the earlier one when she skipped the investigation and did not appear before the investigators on February 19. Moitra has been asked to appear before the agency’s headquarters in Delhi with some documents related to some foreign investments. The agency wants to question Moitra in the case under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management

MUMBAI, March 4 (Reuters): Indian farmers are planning to escalate their protests from Wednesday by entering the capital New Delhi by bus and train, and increasing their numbers at border points that are currently blocked by tractors. Thousands of farmers began the “Delhi Chalo” (Let’s go to Delhi) march last month but were stopped by security forces about 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital with teargas and water cannon. The farmers, who are demanding higher prices for their crops, intensified their protest after several rounds of failed talks. Farmers from various states, from Kerala in the south to