IN UTTARAKHAND, CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER GETS SIR NOTICE
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttarakhand has reached the doorsteps of top government officials and public representatives, with the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) BVRC Purushottam, a BJP MLA and the Kumaon Commissioner among those receiving notices as part of the statewide voter verification exercise. The […]
INDIA, PAK MAINTAIN FUNCTIONAL TIES THROUGH DGMO, NUCLEAR DATA EXCHANGE: JAISHANKAR
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday informed Parliament that India and Pakistan continue to maintain functional engagements despite ongoing challenges in bilateral relations. These include talks at the level of the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMO), the exchange of pre-notification regarding the flight testing of ballistic missiles, the annual exchange of […]
DELHI, NCR HIT BY HEAVY RAIN & WATER-LOGGING
NEW DELHI: Continuous rainfall lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday, bringing respite from the recent spell of heat and humidity but leaving several parts of the region waterlogged and causing major traffic disruptions. With heavy showers continuing through the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Delhi-NCR, […]
BANNED IMPORTED CIGARETTES WORTH RS 1 CR SEIZED IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: Four people have been arrested after Delhi Police seized over 2.82 lakh prohibited imported cigarettes worth more than Rs 1 crore from northeast Delhi in a major crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade, an officer said on Thursday. The seizure was made in two phases, with police recovering consignments from Karawal Nagar and […]
WITH FCRA BILL, BJP RISKS LOSING DELIMITATION BACKERS
NEW DELHI: The corridors of Parliament were abuzz on Wednesday afternoon with speculation over whether the government would push for the FCRA bill this week, or delay it to address the elephant in the room — the delimitation bill. While the government needs a simple majority for the passage of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment […]
RAGE OVER CASTE RESERVATION SPILLS ONTO STREETS
NEW DELHI: From Nagpur to Lucknow to Jaipur and Visakhapatnam, anti-reservation protests are being reported from several cities even as a parallel campaign against caste-based quotas is gathering pace online. With several Assembly elections approaching, the growing chorus against reservation could reopen India’s most politically sensitive fault lines. Over the past few weeks, a series […]
DIPKE’S NEW NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday announced a nationwide public outreach campaign, ‘Kya Bolti Public’, saying the party would travel across the country from September to engage with citizens and make issues such as unemployment, education reforms and social justice central to its political agenda. Addressing the media after a […]
MANY LEADERS JOINING CONG
NEW DELHI: Congress media and publicity chairman Pawan Khera and UP AICC incharge Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday welcomed at an AICC press conference a score of leaders joining the Congress, including retired IAS, retired IPS and activists. They are all joining after sensing Rahul Gandhi’s activism. They include Dr Anoop Kumar Ambedkar, who was […]
FIRST SP TICKET TO A PANDIT
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has given the party’s first ticket in the UP Assembly elections for Ayodhya seat to a pandit, Pawan Pandey. He announced this on Wednesday at a convention of the Brahmin samaj in Ayodhya. Akhilesh declared the party’s candidate for the high-pofile seat to tej Narain alias Pawan Pandey […]
ZUCKERBERG TOLD TO APOLOGISE IN 3 DAYS OVER PM MODI VIDEO
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology has given Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg three days to issue a personal apology after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video was briefly removed from Facebook. The panel called the incident serious and warned that Meta could face legal action if it fails to respond. The Parliamentary […]
