Politics

Swati Maliwal's nameplate was removed after Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung questioned Maliwal's appointment as the DCW chief.

Congress MLA Sunderlal Tiwari and other members were talking to mediapersons demanding CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's resignation over the scandal.

Making it evident that there will be no resignations, the meeting of BJP-led NDA discussed how to counter the opposition attack in Parliament during the session beginning on Tuesday.

In the interview titled 'Modi's rule is quite Hitler-esque', Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar said: "I even admire Narendra Modi for his self-reliant way of working. But at some level, I feel his rule is quite like Hitler..."

The Congress which has been demanding the ouster of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje has threatened to disrupt Parliament.

President Sharad Yadav said he will undertake a one-day fast in solidarity with his RJD counterpart Lalu Prasad over the demand for the release of the socio-economic caste census data.

"Things are happening. Some are halfway, some are almost done. Because for the first time animal welfare people are coming upfront and lobbying, said Maneka.

Amid reports of a Congress meeting to discuss the strategy for Monsoon Session, BJP ministers in the Narendra Modi government also held a high-level meeting on Tuesday night.

"Since it is going to be a stormy affair, the strategy should be strong to counter it," Raut told. Asked whether any meeting of the NDA been called, he replied in the negative.

"It is just a political gimmick of a part-time politician. The Congress would gain nothing from such gimmicks and these attempts only show its political bankruptcy," Naqvi said.

This was one of the reasons stated by the RJD chief to skip Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Iftar party.

The former Congress-led UPA government had cleared the Street Vendors Bill but the Modi government has suggested some changes to it.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court had on Wednesday deferred a plea for CBI probe till the July 20 saying that it will wait for the SC ruling on petitions.

An earlier investigation into Damor's death had termed it as a suicide, following which the case was shut by police.

Vijayvargiya had stoked a controversy by calling himself more important than the deceased journalist who died while reporting on the multi-crore scam.

The BJP on Sunday rained sops, including hikes in various allowances to representatives of three-tier panchayati raj institutions.