INDIA HITS OUT AT PAK, RAISES TERRORISM & PoK ISSUES
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday gave a stinging reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s statements during his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday. Exercising India’s right to reply, diplomat Petal Gehlot called Sharif’s remarks “bizarre” and reminded the Assembly that Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks, was […]
MUKUL ROHATGI SAYS NO BASIS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF CEC
NEW DELHI: Senior advocate and former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi explains the constitutional threshold for removing a Chief Election Commissioner under Article 324, arguing that internal disagreements or administrative notes do not by themselves amount to “proved misbehaviour”. He also discusses the Election Commission’s majority decision-making, the role of dissent and whether the […]
INDIA BLOC TO MEET IN DELHI ON SEPT 30 TO DISCUSS CEC ISSUE
NEW DELHI: Top INDIA bloc leaders will meet in Delhi on September 30 to discuss the issue concerning Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The gathering follows consultations involving Mamata Banerjee, the Congress leadership and MA Baby with other bloc parties. Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the top leadership of the Congress […]
MAHARASHTRA DECLARED DROUGHT IN 74% OF STATE
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government on Saturday declared 265 of the 358 talukas in the state as drought affected. The state government has activated ‘Trigger-1′ under its manual for drought management 2016 (updated in 2020) and Drought Management Code to declare drought conditions and initiate relief. The 265 talukas where ‘Trigger 1’ has been activated […]
CAPT AMARINDER UPSET THAT BJP DOESN’T CONSULT HIM
NEW DELHI: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who joined the BJP in 2022, is angry that the party does not seek his views on the state despite his six-decade-long experience in Punjab politics. His comments came months before Punjab heads to crucial Assembly polls, with the BJP eyeing a victory in the state. The […]
TRUMP REJECTS TEHRAN’S 7-DAY PEACE PLAN: WAR AGAIN IN NOVEMBER
NEW DELHI: President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and is likely to resume bombing Tehran after the November mid-term elections in the US. Tehran had proposed to reopen the strategic waterway Strait of Hormuz and end fighting — which began on February 28 when the US and Israel conducted […]
EGGS, STONES THROWN AT MAMATA MLA KUNAL GHOSH’S CAR IN BENGAL
NEW DELHI: In yet another egg attack in West Bengal, stones and eggs were thrown at the car of MLA from Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool faction, Kunal Ghosh, on Saturday by a mob in Hooghly. Ghosh came under attack while he was on his way to attend a rally by party chief Mamata Banerjee. In a […]
‘BHAJAN CLUBBING’ JIBE AT PM TRIGGERS BJP COUNTERATTACK
NEW DELHI: Karnataka minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a ‘Bhajan clubbing’ event in the capital on Friday evening. The comments drew a sharp retort from the BJP, which accused the Congress of insulting Indian heritage. Questioning PM Modi’s presence at the event, Kharge […]
Crisis at Nirvachan Sadan: The Fractured Legitimacy of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
When the umpire becomes the centerpiece of institutional controversy, the very bedrock of a constitutional democracy begins to shake. The Election Commission of India (ECI), long revered as a pillar of free and fair elections, finds itself embroiled in one of the most severe credibility crises in its history. At the centre of this storm […]
