The Election Commission of India clarified that missing names from the draft electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision do not imply their deletion. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday told the Bombay high court that a voter’s name missing from the draft electoral roll prepared during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) does…
Himanta’s scathing attack on Rahul after DKS video NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday posted a video showing the Rahul Gandhi apparently pulling Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar backwards by the collar during an opposition march in New Delhi.Sarma described the episode as “public humiliation” and asked whether Shivakumar would accept…
India has officially recognized and standardized the names of 28 geographical features in Ladakh. NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday reiterated that the Union territory of Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India. The ministry said that no amount of denial by the Chinese side can change this established fact….
File photo: CJP backs INDIA bloc’s SC march, says protests will continue till CEC resigns NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday backed the INDIA bloc’s protest march to the Supreme Court, saying demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would continue across the country until he resigned.Dipke welcomed Monday’s INDIA…
Kumaraswamy said recent political developments in Karnataka were creating an “extremely bad political culture”. NEW DELHI: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday attacked the Congress party and Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar over an incident during the INDIA bloc’s protest march in Delhi, warning that soon he “will be pushed out from CM post.”Speaking to…
Nandan Nilekani proposes AI-generated question papers and wider computer-based testing to tackle exam paper leaks NEW DELHI: Exam reforms task force head Nandan Nilekani on Tuesday suggested generating question papers at the last minute from a large question bank to reduce the risk of exam paper leaks. He also called for expanding computer-based testing across…
Visual of Rahul Gandhi allegedly pushing female journalist NEW DELHI: A woman journalist, Richa Parashar, who said she was three months pregnant, has alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ‘grabbed her hand’ and ‘pulled her’ forward before his security personnel pushed her away while she was covering the INDIA bloc’s protest against Chief Election Commissioner…
Congress MP Akoijam asks ‘what is this so-called harassment’ amid JNU allegations NEW DELHI: Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has termed the sexual harassment allegations against him at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as “harassment”, alleging that the university was trying to drag the matter to court to avoid scrutiny of its actions.His remarks come days…
BJP steps up attack on Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam over JNU allegations, with women MPs set to meet President Murmu NEW DELHI: A delegation of BJP women MPs will meet President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday over sexual harassment allegations against Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, news agency ANI reported citing sources.The development comes a…
FIRs filed over INDIA bloc protest in Delhi, police cite barricade-breaking, graffiti NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered multiple FIRs at Barakhamba Road and Tilak Marg police stations in connection with the Opposition’s protest on Monday. The cases relate to alleged barricade-breaking and graffiti on roads during the demonstration, police said.On Monday, INDIA bloc leaders…
