ED Raids AAP Leader Deepak Singla’s Residence In Delhi

Annamalai files nomination from TN’s Coimbatore LS seat Tamil Nadu BJP state president K. Annamalai on Wednesday filed his nomination from the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat. He filed the papers before Coimbatore District Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati at the district collectorate. Coimbatore South MLA and Mahila Morcha national president Vanathi Srinivasan was with him along with party leaders and cadre. Annamalai, a former Karnataka cadre IPS officer, had resigned from the service and joined BJP in 2020. He was later made the state president of the party, and has been aggressively campaigning against the Stalin government. He raised the issue of corruption and had brought out the DMK Files’, highlighting the corruption and nepotism in the state’s ruling party. (IANS)

Varun denied BJP ticket for LS polls as he has connection with Gandhi family: Adhir Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that Varun Gandhi was denied a Lok Sabha ticket by the BJP because of his connection with the Gandhi family and extended an invitation to him to join the grand old party. Chowdhury described Varun as a “dabang neta (strong leader)” and said he is a learned man with a clean image. “He is a dabang neta and a very educated man. He has a clean image. Varun Gandhi has a connection with the Gandhi family. This is why the BJP denied him a ticket (for Lok Sabha polls). I think he should come (join the Congress), we will be very happy,” Chowdhury, the leader of the Congress party in the outgoing Lok Sabha, said. Varun and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are cousins. Varun, a two-term Lok Sabha MP from Pilibhit, has often aired views deemed critical of his party’s governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)

Delhi High Court hears Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by Enforcement Directorate in excise policy case Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju seeks time to file a detailed reply to Kejriwal’s plea. Advocate Raju stated that they got a copy of the petition only yesterday.

Chhattisgarh | Bodies of six naxals recovered following encounter between security forces and naxals in the forest area near Chikurbatti-Pusbaka in Bijapur district. DRG, CRPF 229, CoBRA teams were involved in the operation