Highlights: Swati Maliwal part of BJP's conspiracy to malign AAP, says Delhi minister Atishi

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CM Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar has given complaint to police against Swati Maliwal, said AAP leader Atishi Marlena at a press conference on Friday where she attacked fellow party leader Swati Maliwal. 

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday named the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a co-accused in its chargesheet in the money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not speaking on the issue of alleged assault on his party MP Swati Maliwal, and said he is instead "shamelessly" moving around with accused Bibhav Kumar.

At an event organised by an industry body on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised that the fundamental basis for consistent, steady and high growth in India is policy stability.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that he sent an envoy to Israel to ask their government to stop bombing in Gaza during the holy month of Ramzan. In an interview to India Today TV,  PM Modi elaborated on his efforts to get Israel to stop bombing in Gaza during Ramzan. "It was the month of Ramzan. So I sent my special envoy to Israel and asked him to convey and explain to the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu) that at least do not carry out bombings in Gaza during Ramzan. They (Israel) made every effort to follow it but in the end, there was a fight for two-three days," PM Modi said. "Here, you keep on cornering me on the Muslims issue but, I didn't publicise it," he added.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal has submitted a statement to Delhi Police against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar on Thursday, accusing him of physically assaulting her. On basis of the complaint, a case has been filed against Bibhav Kumar.  On Thursday evening, a two-member police team - led by Assistant Commissioner of Police PS Kushwaha - met Maliwal, at her home to register a statement. The meeting lasted for four hours, news agency PTI reported. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Maliwal said, "What happened to me was very bad… The last few days have been very difficult for me".

In an interview with Hindustan Times, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar asserted that the Modi government’s “experienced, sober, practical, grounded but courageous” leadership in foreign policy matters is now part of his pitch to voters.  Jaishankar urged voters to "strengthen Narendra Modi’s hands because he is actually the guy who’s going to see you through the storm.” 

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AAP gave in under a goon's pressure; it's questioning my character and trying to save him: Swati Maliwal

AAP gave in under a goon's pressure and questioning my character in order to save him, said Swati Maliwal on her party's stand in assault case

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Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that it says renders moot the government's best argument for demanding a jury trial. The antitrust case set to go before a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in September is one of two major lawsuits the Justice Department has brought against Google. While the Virginia case focuses on advertising technology, an ongoing case in the District of Columbia focuses on Google's dominance as a search engine.

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AAP MP Swati Maliwal arrives at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence to recreate crime scene

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Man kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah attack

A man stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two police officers early Friday in what's being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack.

The man also injured another officer before being shot dead. Material linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, a shadowy Southeast Asian terror network that is linked to al-Qaida, was found in the attacker's home and five members of his family believed to be Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members were arrested for investigation, national police chief Razarudin Husain said.

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Wrong CUET-UG question paper distributed at Kanpur centre, exam rescheduled to May 29: NTA

The National Testing Agency said on Friday that the CUET-UG exam at a centre in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur where the wrong question paper was distributed will be conducted on May 29. The agency also denied reports of the question paper being leak at the centre. "The exam will be conducted on May 29 for over 220 students at an exam centre at Maharana Pratap Group of Colleges in Kanpur. This decision was taken after a wrong question paper was distributed on May 15," a senior National Testing Agency (NTA) official said. "There was no paper leak, the invigilators mistakenly distributed English medium question papers to Hindi medium students," the official added. The NTA will also conduct the CUET-UG exam for Delhi centres on May 29 as the May 15 exam was postponed a night before, citing unavoidable reasons. A similar incident occurred while conducting the NEET-UG exam on May 5 during which Hindi medium students at one centre in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur were handed English medium question papers. Their exam was later conducted on the same day. The NTA had also refuted reports of a paper leak in the exam.

 

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Video shows Swati Maliwal threatening Bibhav Kumar, charges levelled by her baseless: AAP leader Atishi

Video shows Swati Maliwal threatening Bibhav Kumar, charges levelled by her baseless, said AAP leader Atishi. Swati Maliwal alleged she was brutally assaulted; video that surfaced today shows entirely different reality, she further said. 

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Pak SC issues contempt notices to two parliamentarians for allegedly tarnishing top court's image

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notices to two parliamentarians for allegedly tarnishing the image of the top court. Senator Faisal Vawda, who was recently elected as an independent candidate, and Mustafa Kamal of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), addressing separate press conferences during the week, questioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges' claim that intelligence agencies had interfered in the judicial affairs and demanded evidence of the involvement of “institutions”, a soft word for the premier intelligence agency. The court, taking suo motu action, set up a three-member bench -- led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and other justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Irfan Saadat Khan -- to hear the case. Additional Attorney General (AAG) Aamir Rehman appeared before the court. The chief justice during the hearing said Vawda and Kamal “took advantage of my neglect and thought that they should also make a speech".

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India's forex reserves jump $2.56 bn to $644.15 bn

India's forex reserves jumped $2.561 billion to $644.151 billion for the week ended May 10, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had increased $3.668 billion to $641.59 billion after three consecutive weeks of decline. For the week ended April 5, the reserves had hit an all-time high of $648.562 billion following multiple weeks of rise. For the week ended May 10, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, increased by $1.488 billion to $565.648 billion, the data released on Friday showed.

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ED files chargesheet against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, AAP

Enforcement Directorate files chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP in excise policy-linked money laundering case.

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News update: Delhi Police, forensic team arrive at CM Kejriwal's residence amid Swati Maliwal row

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal had given a statement to Delhi Police against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar on Thursday, accusing him of physically assaulting her.

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4 convicted in 2021 murder of Tihar inmate

A special court has convicted four persons in connection with the 2021 killing of a Tihar Jail inmate which was investigated by the CBI, officials said Friday. Srikant Rama Swami was bludgeoned to death by four inmates on May 14, 2021.

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JSW Steel Q4 net profit declines nearly 65% to Rs 1,299 crore

JSW Steel on Friday reported a fall in fourth-quarter profit as softer steel prices and higher costs hurt its earnings. The country's largest steelmaker said consolidated net profit declined nearly 65% year-on-year to Rs 1,299 crore ($155.9 million) for the three months ended March 31, making this the company's first quarterly profit fall after three straight quarter of gains.

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News update: This is the truth of Swati Maliwal, says AAP as new footage emerges

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal responded strongly to a 52-second mobile phone footage today, in which she is seen  arguing with, and shouting at, security officials who told her to leave the residence. In a post on X , the former DCW chief also referred to a "political hitman" and claimed the "hitman" had directed "his people" to share the video in question to "save himself (after) committing this crime".

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Enforcement Directorate says will make AAP an accused in liquor policy case, to file chargesheet later today

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be made a co-accused in the alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case and the complaint in this regard is in the pipeline. Earlier on May 14, the ED had contended before the Delhi High Court that it would make the party an accused in the case.

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MEA provides travel advisory for Laos and Cambodia