Charges Against Minister

Jharkhand Additional Chief Electoral Officer Neha Arora on Saturday said that an FIR has been registered against Jharkhand Minister Irfan Ansari for allegedly making derogatory remarks about BJP leader Sita Soren in Jamtara district.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and others in connection with alleged bribery in facilitating visas of Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union home minister, officials said.

Mysuru urban development body chief Mari Gowda resigned Wednesday - citing health concerns - amid an ongoing investigation into land scam allegations against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and other members of his family.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on accusations of India "supporting criminal activity against Canadians", as the two countries expel six diplomats each in the row over the killing of terrorist Hardeep Singh NIjjar.

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, who joined the BJP last month, on Wednesday accused the Hemant Soren government in the state of putting his life at risk by withdrawing all security vehicles assigned to him.

"I am not afraid..." Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared Wednesday, shortly after a trial court said a police case must be filed against him in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.

The Karnataka BJP on Wednesday hit out at the Siddaramaiah government after state Minister for Health Dinesh Gundu Rao approached the High Court against the "exorbitant" taxes charged by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

The Enforcement Directorate has filed an application before a court in Srinagar seeking the addition of two fresh criminal charges against former chief minister Farooq Abdullah and others in the JKCA money laundering case.

The local MP-MLA court in Sultanpur granted bail on Monday to five individuals, including former Congress MLC Deepak Singh, in connection with charges related to a protest against former Union minister Smriti Irani and road blockade in Gauriganj.

A day after the BJP accused her of threatening doctors protesting against a medico's rape and murder of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a "malicious disinformation campaign" unleased against her.

Deputy Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday claimed that a conspiracy was hatched by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime in the state to arrest him in false cases "not just once but four times".

A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.

The Madras High Court has set aside the discharge of two Tamil Nadu ministers in disproportionate assets cases and directed a lower court to frame charges against them. The lower court has also been asked to conduct trial on a daily basis.

Sheikh Hasina ousted, all eyes in Bangladesh are on the main opposition party - the Bangladesh National party or BNP, whose top leader -- former Prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been released from house arrest.

Jharkhand Additional Chief Electoral Officer Neha Arora on Saturday said that an FIR has been registered against Jharkhand Minister Irfan Ansari for allegedly making derogatory remarks about BJP leader Sita Soren in Jamtara district.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and others in connection with alleged bribery in facilitating visas of Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union home minister, officials said.

Mysuru urban development body chief Mari Gowda resigned Wednesday - citing health concerns - amid an ongoing investigation into land scam allegations against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and other members of his family.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on accusations of India "supporting criminal activity against Canadians", as the two countries expel six diplomats each in the row over the killing of terrorist Hardeep Singh NIjjar.

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, who joined the BJP last month, on Wednesday accused the Hemant Soren government in the state of putting his life at risk by withdrawing all security vehicles assigned to him.

"I am not afraid..." Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared Wednesday, shortly after a trial court said a police case must be filed against him in connection with the alleged MUDA land scam case.

Repeating her charge that the floods in West Bengal are man-made, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi and blamed the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation from reservoirs in Jharkhand for the situation.

The Karnataka BJP on Wednesday hit out at the Siddaramaiah government after state Minister for Health Dinesh Gundu Rao approached the High Court against the "exorbitant" taxes charged by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

The Enforcement Directorate has filed an application before a court in Srinagar seeking the addition of two fresh criminal charges against former chief minister Farooq Abdullah and others in the JKCA money laundering case.

The local MP-MLA court in Sultanpur granted bail on Monday to five individuals, including former Congress MLC Deepak Singh, in connection with charges related to a protest against former Union minister Smriti Irani and road blockade in Gauriganj.

A day after the BJP accused her of threatening doctors protesting against a medico's rape and murder of a Kolkata hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed a "malicious disinformation campaign" unleased against her.

Deputy Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday claimed that a conspiracy was hatched by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime in the state to arrest him in false cases "not just once but four times".

A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.

The Madras High Court has set aside the discharge of two Tamil Nadu ministers in disproportionate assets cases and directed a lower court to frame charges against them. The lower court has also been asked to conduct trial on a daily basis.

Sheikh Hasina ousted, all eyes in Bangladesh are on the main opposition party - the Bangladesh National party or BNP, whose top leader -- former Prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been released from house arrest.