Election Commission of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a hearing with a five-member delegation led by Ritabrata Banerjee on September 17 in connection with representations received by the poll panel concerning the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).In a letter dated September 16, the Commission said the hearing will be…
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav inspects flood-affected areas from a bridge to assess the ground situation, in Bihar. = NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the flood situation in Bihar, alleging that the government had no money for flood-affected people but was…
India rejects the so-called Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday rejected the so-called Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, saying it has no legal basis and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of India.Responding to media queries, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson said, “We have seen reports in…
Priyank Kharge questions delay in Umar Khalid’s trial NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were “afraid” of jailed student activist Umar Khalid and challenged them to conduct his trial.“Why are they (BJP government) not bringing up the trial? It’s been…
Picture two works hanging side by side. For a moment, forget the labels. The lines are so deftly controlled, the spaces so carefully constructed, that it is easy to imagine they came from the same hand. But the artists are separated by continents, generations and circumstances. They never met, never knew of each other, and…
No question of rollback of 0.4% MDR charges on UPI transactions over Rs 2,000. NEW DELHI: The government has ruled out any rollback of the proposed 0.4 per cent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, saying the decision has already been taken and will come into effect from…
India condemns drone attack on Mecca NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday condemned the drone attack near Mecca in Saudi Arabia, saying the incident was particularly concerning because of the city’s importance to Muslims worldwide.The ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to media queries, said: “We are deeply concerned at the drone attack near…
India-Pak naval ship collision at Arabian Sea (File photo) NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said the conduct of a Pakistani naval ship that led to a collision with an Indian Navy vessel in international waters was in direct contravention of Article 10 of a 1991 bilateral agreement between the two countries.India conveyed strong protest over…
New Delhi: BJP Tuesday accused Congress of keeping its partisan interests above national interests, slamming the opposition party for the absence of its three chief ministers at the Brics gala dinner. “Political and ideological differences are always there but there should no difference when it comes to national interest,” BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj said.Three Congress…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reconstitute a five-member high-powered committee set up to probe alleged police excesses against student protesters in Delhi, saying that the committee was formed with the highest standards of fairness and transparency.This comes after a plea was filed in the apex court alleging that one of the members…
