Kejriwal gets bail in poll affidavit case

NEW DELHI : A court here on Saturday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a complaint case filed against him for allegedly giving “misleading information” in his poll affidavit ahead of the 2013 assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Aashish Gupta allowed the bail plea moved by Keriwal’s counsels Rishikesh Kumar and Irsad as […]

Birth certificate no longer needed for passport

NEW DELHI : The birth certificate would no longer be required to get a passport issued, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Friday. Speaking to media here, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said that birth certificate that specifies the date of birth is no longer mandatory for getting passport and documents such […]

PM office refused to give information on demonetisation under RTI Act

JALANDHAR : The Prime Minister’s Office has refused to give information under RTI Act about decisions taken as part of the demonetisation plan. PMO has cited a provision of RTI Act claiming exemption from providing information. Nawanshahr based RTI activist Parvinder Singh Kitna had sought information about the timings of crucial decisions and sent an […]

Akalis trying to mislead people by repeating the foundation stones of same project – AAP

NAWANSHEHAR : Taking ahead its campaign “Sukhbir Di Gup, AAP Da Sach”, Aam Aadmi Party staged a protest near village Thandian on Banga-Nawanshehr road. Notably, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid a foundation stone of four lanning project of this road. While expressing his views, AAP candidate from Nawanshehr Charanjit Singh Channi said […]

25 passengers released from hijacked Libyan plane

Valletta : Twenty-five passengers on board a hijacked Libyan plane were released on Friday, Malta Prime Minister said on Friday, after a man claiming to have a hand grenade diverted an airliner on an internal flight in Libya to the Mediterranean island. The aircraft had 118 people on board. The hijacker told crew he was […]