Congress declares Delhi LS picks, Dikshit to contest against Tiwari

The Congress released the names of its candidates for six out of seven Delhi constituencies for the Lok Sabha election. Three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit will contest from Delhi Northeast, where she faces the BJP’s Manoj Tiwari. Read More
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Congress and AAP to form an alliance against BJP in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have agreed to form an alliance for a joint fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party on Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats. Sources from both the parties have confirmed this on Friday. Read More
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SC stays Herald House eviction, issues notice to Centre

The Supreme Court put a stay on Delhi high court’s order asking the Associated Journals Limited, the publishers of the National Herald newspaper, to evict the Herald House building in New Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. The court has also issued a notice to the Centre. Read More
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JNU case: Delhi govt tells court charges filed in ‘haste, secrecy’

The Delhi government informed a court that the Delhi Police filed the chargesheet in the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition case in a “hasty” and “secretive manner” and it will take over a month to decide whether to grant sanction to prosecute the accused. Read More
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‘Mastermind’ in Pulwama terror attack, arrested in Delhi

The special cell of Delhi police arrested a man, who was a “close aide” of the mastermind behind the February 14 Pulwama attack, from near Lajpat Nagar market. Read More
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Sajjan Kumar bail: CBI says ‘anti-Sikh progrom was like Holocaust’

The CBI also added that during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, the attacks on the Sikhs were “spearheaded by dominant political actors, like Sajjan Kumar, and duly facilitated by law enforcement agencies.” Read More
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Pollachi sexual abuse and blackmail: TN transfers case to CBI

The Tamil Nadu governor, Banwarilal Purohit, has granted consent to the transfer of the Pollachi sexual assault case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The matter came to light when a 19-year-old reported her sexual abuse and blackmail to the police. Read More
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Modi govt takes 30 decisions before Lok Sabha election

The Modi government, in probably the last Cabinet meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha election, approved a raft of decisions like setting up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, a push to infrastructure and power projects and expanding health insurance benefits to ex-servicemen. Read More
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Congress rules out tie-up with AAP, says ‘no alliance in Delhi’

Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Congress chief and former chief minister, said there will be no alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Delhi HC directs Facebook to remove video ‘defaming’ Ramdev

After Google’s YouTube removed the video containing allegations against yoga guru Ramdev from their platforms, the Delhi high court has directed Facebook to ensure that links of the video are removed from its platform. Read More
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