SIR EXTENDED IN SIX STATES, NOT IN RAJASTHAN
NEW DELHI: The duration of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to clean up voter rolls has been extended in five states and a Union Territory, the Election Commission said today. They are Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The enumeration period for Goa, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and […]
TDP-BJP TENSION DEEPENS ON PM MODI’S SILENCE ON INDIGO CRISIS
NEW DELHI: Fresh tremors have been felt within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after reports of growing unease between the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the BJP, triggered by the handling of the recent IndiGo Airlines crisis. Senior leaders close to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu are said to be deeply upset over […]
INDIA CAN IGNORE TRUMP’S BASMATI BLUES
NEW DELHI: India exported over 20 million metric tonnes of rice in 2024 to more than 170 countries. It is easily the world’s largest rice exporter, bigger than the next four countries combined. The US buys only a sliver of India’s shipments, just 3% to be precise . President Donald Trump’s latest threat against India […]
SHASHI THAROOR DECLINES ‘VEER SAVARKAR AWARD’
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been nominated for an award named after Veer Savarkar, in what risked turning into another flashpoint between the Thiruvananthapuram MP and his party. Tharoor, however, declined the honour, citing the lack of clarification about the nature of the award and the organization conferring it. “I am not going,” […]
CHIEF INFO COMMISSIONER AND INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS TO BE SELECTED
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi are holding a closed-door meeting to decide the next Chief Information Commissioner. The appointment of information commissioners for eight vacant positions at the Central Information Commission (CIC) will also be decided by the […]
MEHUL CHOKSI’S APPEAL AGAINST EXTRADITION REJECTED BY BELGIUM SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI: Belgium’s supreme court — the Court of Cassation — on Tuesday rejected the appeal of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi challenging the extradition request of India in connection with the Rs 13000-crore alleged bank fraud in Punjab National Bank, authorities said. Choksi, who escaped to Antigua and Barbuda in January 2018, days before […]
AMIT SHAH REBUTS PRIYANKA ON VANDE MATARAM
NEW DELHI: Countering Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s charge that the NDA government proposed a parliamentary discussion on Vande Mataram with an eye on West Bengal polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the national song is not restricted to Bengal and linking it with politics is unfortunate. Without naming Priyanka Gandhi, […]
TRUMP THREATENS NEW TARIFFS ON RICE EXPORTS FROM INDIA
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump has warned that he may introduce new tariffs on agricultural imports, especially on rice imports from India and fertiliser from Canada, as trade talks with both countries continue without major progress. Trump made the remarks during a meeting at the White House where he unveiled a multi-billion-dollar farm relief […]
MODI TRIGGER’S MAHARASHTRA TREMORS AS BJP OPEN CHANNELS TO UDDHAV CAMP
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra is once again on the edge of a major political realignment, with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reportedly slipping into rebellion mode amid widening differences with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Top political sources indicate that the BJP is exploring parallel tracks — engaging Raj Thackeray on one side while also keeping channels […]
SYSTEMIC GOVERNANCE FAILURE AS SEEN FROM INDIGO CRISIS
NEW DELHI: The cascading disruption triggered by IndiGo’s operational breakdown has raised an unprecedented question in India’s aviation sector: How did one private airline become so integral that its turbulence can shake the entire national mobility system? Policy experts point to a deeper truth the crisis is not about IndiGo alone, but about the structural […]
