NCP MERGER TALKS FACE ROADBLOCK

SHARAD PAWAR AND AJIT PAWAR

From Our Bureau NEW DELHI: The proposed merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra — one led by veteran leader Sharad Pawar and the other by his nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar — is facing significant challenges as deep-rooted tensions resurface. Despite backchannel negotiations between the Pawar’s, […]

CONG PRESIDENT SEEKS ALL-PARTY MEETING ON CASTE CENSUS

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NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking the government to have a dialogue with all political parties on caste-census, even as he urged the Modi Government to follow the Telangana model of caste survey for the national census. He also asked the PM not to “conceal anything” in […]

SC gives three more weeks to Centre, ECI to respond to the challenge to the poll rules amendmen

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has given another three weeks to the Centre and the Election Commission of India to respond to pleas challenging amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules of 1961, that restrict people’s right to access election-related records. The amendment prevents public inspection of electronic documents, including CCTV footage, webcasting recordings, and […]