Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 30 in a corruption case related to an alleged excise scam. Special judge for CBI and … Read more

See you soon outside: Day before bail hearing, Manish Sisodia pens letter from Tihar Jail

See you soon outside: Day before bail hearing, Manish Sisodia pens letter from Tihar Jail

Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A day before his bail hearing comes up in a Delhi court, jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia penned a letter addressed to the people of Delhi thanking those in his Assembly constituency of Patparganj for taking care of his ailing wife. His second letter … Read more

I knew I would be next: Kejriwal on CBI summons

I knew I would be next: Kejriwal on CBI summons

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal addressing a press conference ahead of the CBI summons, at his residence in New Delhi on April 15, 2023 | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he would appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tomorrow after the agency summoned him in … Read more

Delhi Excise policy | Court denies bail to Manish Sisodia in CBI case

Delhi Excise policy | Court denies bail to Manish Sisodia in CBI case

File photo of Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 denied bail to Manish Sisodia in a CBI case related to the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy scam. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 dismissed the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish … Read more

Manish Sisodia | AAP’s Minister of everything

Manish Sisodia | AAP’s Minister of everything

Mr. Sisodia, a three-time MLA and Deputy Chief Minister of the AAP governments formed in Delhi in 2015, and 2020, is a member of the Political Affairs Committee. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On February 26, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Manish Sisodia — Number 2 in both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) … Read more

Sisodia moves Supreme Court challenging his arrest by CBI, CJI to hear matter today

Sisodia moves Supreme Court challenging his arrest by CBI, CJI to hear matter today

CBI brings Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to Rouse Avenue Court, in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court agreed to urgently hear on February 28 at 3.50 p.m. a petition filed by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the … Read more

Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Tamil Nadu government moves Supreme Court, says NEET violates basic structure, equality and federalism The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved an original suit in the Supreme Court for a declaration that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the sole gateway for entry into … Read more

Delhi MCD election live updates | 18% voter turnout recorded till 12 p.m. across the 250 municipal wards in the Capital

Delhi MCD election live updates | 18% voter turnout recorded till 12 p.m. across the 250 municipal wards in the Capital

Over 1.45 crore electors will decide the fate of 1,349 candidates today in the first civic polls since the merger of the three erstwhile municipal corporations — North, South and East — in May, and after the total number of municipal wards were reduced to 250 from the previous total of 272.. The high-stakes poll … Read more

Decoding AAP’s ideological conundrum

Decoding AAP’s ideological conundrum

Dalit leader Rajendra Pal Gautam’s resignation from the Delhi Cabinet after the BJP kicked up a political storm over his renunciation of Hindu deities at an event to embrace Buddhism has revealed that AAP is walking an ideological tightrope. The party that once put very little premium on ideology is now trying to balance its … Read more

CBI arrests liquor businessman in Delhi Excise Policy case

CBI arrests liquor businessman in Delhi Excise Policy case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested one more person ¬ a liquor businessman, Abhishek Boinpally ¬ in connection with case alleging irregularities in the Delhi government’s now-withdrawn excise policy, in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accused, officials said Monday, October 10, 2022. The accused is an associate of Arun … Read more