Law

Gujarat: Convicted AAP MLA faces imminent disqualification, deepens party’s troubles

IANS | June 24, 2026 11:35 PM

Gandhinagar, June 24 (IANS) The conviction and seven-year jail sentence handed to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava has placed the party's Gujarat unit in a fresh political crisis, with legal experts and constitutional authorities indicating that the tribal leader now faces the prospect of losing his Assembly membership unless he secures timely relief from a higher court.

High-level meet clears decks for VB–G RAM G scheme to commence from July 1

IANS | June 24, 2026 9:19 PM

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) A high-level inter-Ministerial consultation on the Draft Convergence Framework under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, was convened here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Rohit Kansal, Union Rural Development department Secretary.

Gujarat court convicts AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava, eight others in forest officials assault case

IANS | June 23, 2026 3:07 PM

Narmada, June 23 (IANS) A court in Gujarat’s Narmada district on Tuesday convicted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava, his wife Shakuntala Vasava and seven others in a 2023 case involving the alleged assault and intimidation of forest department officials, marking a significant legal setback for one of the party’s most prominent tribal leaders in the state.

SC stays release of Bowbazar blast convict Rashid Khan

IANS | June 23, 2026 1:08 PM

New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of a Delhi High Court judgment granting remission and directing the release of Md. Rashid Khan, a life convict in the 1993 Bowbazar bomb blast case in which 70 people were killed.