Politics

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation and corruption charges, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said he 'has a lot to hide'.

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "anti-people", the AAP on Wednesday asked him to take responsibility for the hardships that people are facing due to the demonetisation decision even after the expiry of the 50-day deadline.

"There is no iota of truth in the allegations. I totally reject these allegations," Dikshit said on Sunday adding that the Supreme Court has already made its observations on them.

The chief minister asked the Prime Minister to tell the nation how much corruption, black money and terrorism has been controlled by note ban.

Expressing his surprise over the sudden resignation by Najeeb Jung yest, Tiwari said he honours his "personal" decision to step down.

The Election Commission on Friday barred 25 candidates, who had contested the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, for the next three years for failing to submit the expenditure incurred by them during the elections.

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of giving party tickets to both Navjot Sidhu and his wife for the upcoming assembly polls in the state, saying the 'one-family-one-ticket' norm will be strictly enforced.

He posted the picture of a huge traffic signal showing red, yellow, blue and a few other colours at the same time, on Twitter with the caption, "Government orders after demonetisation."

BJP won in 20 wards, rival Congress 4 and Independent one, an election office spokesman said in Chandigarh.

Corruption is going on even in banks. Bank officials are asking for bribe to exchange old notes, Kejriwal alleged.

The Trivandrum additional sessions court on Monday awarded double life imprisonment to 11 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists in DYFI activist V Vishnu murder case.

The Delhi Chief Minister also targeted Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi over his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, termed it "a deal to hid unaccounted money".

Modi gave a patient hearing to the 13-member Congress delegation that met him to highlight the plight of farmers after demonetisation and sought a farm loan waiver besides other issues.

BJP's good showing in local polls, mammoth Maratha community marches after rape and murder of a girl and exit of senior minister Eknath Khadse from the state cabinet after a series of corruption charges were some of the developments that dominated Maharas...

Amit Shah has appointed first time Lok Sabha MP Poonam Mahajan as the party's youth-wing President, replacing Anurag Thakur who was at the helm for over six years.

The CPI(M) on Thursday staged a protest rally on the issue of demonetisation outside the RBI office here, where the apex bank's governor Urjit Patel was addressing its central board meeting.