Rush Hour: India refuses to sign SCO joint statement, two AAP leaders booked in alleged scam & more
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India did not sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers’ meeting as the document did not reflect New Delhi’s position against terror. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that New Delhi “wanted concerns and terrorism reflected in the document, which was not acceptable to one particular country”.
The statement reportedly did not contain references to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that killed 26 persons.
At the organisation’s meeting in Qingdao, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that New Delhi had launched Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam attack. India exercised its right to defend against terrorism and pre-empt as well as deter further cross-border attacks, said the minister. Read on.
The Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi government has filed a first information report against Aam Aadmi Party leaders and former ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain in connection with alleged irregularities in the construction of 24 hospitals.
The case stems from a complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vijender Gupta in August. Gupta had alleged that Bharadwaj and Jain were involved in systematic manipulation...
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