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New Delhi's top elected official resigns after being released on bail in a bribery case

Sep. 17, 2024 09:27 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India’s leading opposition figures resigned his post as New Delhi’s chief minister on Tuesday, days after he emerged from prison on bail in a bribery case. Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested in March on...

New Delhi's chief minister announces resignation two days after he was released on bail

Sep. 15, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India's main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister said he would resign from office Sunday, two days after he was granted bail in a bribery case. Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested nearly six months...

India's top court releases New Delhi's chief minister on bail after 6 months in jail

Sep. 13, 2024 11:35 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday freed on bail Arvind Kejriwal, a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi, who was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. Supreme Court...