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NEW DELHI: Viewing the excise controversy as the first chink in then AAP govt’s armour, BJP‘s city started claiming that a party born out of the Anna Hazare movement had strayed from its anti-corruption plank.Long before the saffron party started attacking AAP over “Sheesh Mahal” — a reference to a controversial renovation of the then…
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Manish Sisodia interact with journalists in Delhi. (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue Court Complex on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy case, ruling that the material placed before it did not justify proceeding…
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday moved the Delhi high court against a lower court’s order discharging Arvind Kejriwal and others in the alleged liquor scam case, reported news agency PTI citing officials.The central agency’s move comes hours after a Special Court in Delhi discharged…
NEW DELHI: A Rouse Avenue Court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI’s chargesheet.The order was delivered by Special Judge (PC Act) Jitender Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court. Why Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal was on Friday acquitted of all charges by the Rouse Avenue court. Hailing the verdict as “truth always wins,” Kejriwal became visibly emotional while speaking to reporters outside the court premises.Kejriwal’s long-time deputy Manish Sisodia was also discharged by the court.Special judge Jitendra Singh…
NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue court on Friday acquitted former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in 2022 Delhi excise policy case. Special judge Jitendra Singh pronounced the order in the case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court had earlier reserved its decision on 12 February…
The Union Budget’s excise duty waiver on biogas blended with compressed natural gas could unlock investments worth up to Rs 1 lakh crore, industry body Indian Biogas Association said on Sunday, highlighting a potential boost to India’s clean energy transition.The industry body said the Union Budget 2026 decision to waive excise duty on compressed biogas…
After the new excise duty regime kicked in, cigarette prices have gone up, with a pack of 10 sticks now costing at least Rs 22–25 more than before.This follows the government’s decision to raise taxes on cigarettes for the first time in nearly seven years, bringing India’s tobacco taxation closer to global public health norms….
Smokers will have to pay more for cigarettes from February 1, as the Centre rolls out a new excise duty regime based on cigarette length, along with a health cess on pan masala and tobacco products. The move marks the first major tax increase on cigarettes in nearly seven years and aligns India’s tobacco taxation…
Arvind Kejriwal (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate over his failure to appear before the agency in the Delhi excise policy probe.The order was passed by additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal at the Rouse Avenue…
