Indian authority arrests Delhi chief minister over alleged excise policy scam

STORY: Indian authority arrests Delhi chief minister over alleged excise policy scam SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. shots of India gate 2. various of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrival 3. various of AAP workers and supporters protesting STORYLINE: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrival on alleged financial irregularities in an Excise Policy scam that took place in 2021. Kejriwal is also the chief of his political party, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Earlier, a team of ED officials had entered Kejriwal's official residence for questioning him in the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy Scam. Soon a large number of AAP workers and supporters gathered outside his residence to protest against ED's questioning. Over the past couple of months, the ED had sent several summons to Kejriwal for questioning him, but the chief minister evaded them, saying the ED had no authority

Antinuclear candidate Udayakumar in India

Antinuclear candidate Udayakumar in India

KUDANKULAM, India - SP Udayakumar (R), an antinuclear activist running in the general election from the Aam Aadmi Party, talks with supporters in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, in March 2014. Voting in the nationwide election started on April 7, 2014 and will end on May 12.

Indian opposition party chief appears at Facebook event

Indian opposition party chief appears at Facebook event

MUMBAI, India - Arvind Kejriwal, head of India's Aam Aadmi Party, appears at a discussion event organized by Facebook and a TV station on March 4, 2014. India is bracing for general elections in April-May.

India's ruling party BJP wins 4 states, credit given to Modi's pro-poor policies

STORY: India's ruling party BJP wins 4 states, credit given to Modi's pro-poor policies DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shot of Indian parliament 3. shots AAP headquarter 4. shots of celebration at BJP headquarter 5. shot of traffic STORYLINE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a shot in the arm when his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, in the election results that came in till late Thursday night. One state, Punjab, went to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the current ruling party in Delhi as the country's main opposition Indian National Congress (INC) couldn't show much presence. Final results were compiled by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and put up on its official website late Thursday night. According to the ECI's official data, the BJP won 255 Assembly constituencies out of the total 403 in Uttar Pradesh, 47 of the 70 in Uttarakhand, 20 of the