NEW DELHI: Calcutta high court on Thursday pulled up the Election Commission for assigning the “envelope” symbol, previously used by the Indian Secular Front, to the newly formed Democratic Trinamool Congress ahead of bypolls in West Bengal.In an oral observation, the court said that the poll panel “should act fairly” and questioned why the commission…
NEW DELHI: “If I were pardoned for one murder, the first person I would shoot is Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar!” former Bihar minister and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani said on Thursday amid the ongoing row over the functioning of the Election Commission.Speaking to reporters, Sahani accused the Election Commission of acting…
Cong MP Priyanka Gandhi targets EC over SIR, alleges ‘voter roll tampering’. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday slammed the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that he should be “criminally prosecuted” if found responsible for “tampering with electoral rolls and deleting voters’ names.“Her remarks came a day after The Indian Express published a…
Rahul Gandhi held a video call with Sahil Wakode’s parents to offer support after their son’s death. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to the parents of deceased IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode and assured them of all possible help in their fight to seek justice for their son, party sources said told PTI on Thrusday.Rahul…
German envoy Jasper Wieck NEW DELHI: Germany’s relationship with India has assumed greater importance amid growing global uncertainty, with the two countries looking to deepen cooperation in trade, defence and labour mobility, German ambassador to India, Jasper Wieck, said at a press conference Wednesday.He said Germany was ready to sign an $8 billion deal with…
CDSCO warns against misuse of painkillers, antibiotics over kidney disease risk. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: Taking painkillers repeatedly for everyday aches or antibiotics without proper medical advice could put people at risk of kidney complications and other adverse effects, prompting the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to issue a fresh advisory on their rational…
Jaishankar said energy security is at the heart of development, and availability and prices should not be manipulated for political ends. Chairing a high-level meeting of Global South countries on the sidelines of UNGA, external affairs minister S Jaishankar stressed the need to work towards food and energy security, fair economic and trade practices, while…
India rejects OIC’s Kashmir remarks NEW DELHI: Govt categorically rejected in a statement the “unwarranted and factually incorrect” references to India in the joint communique of the so-called OIC Contact Group on J&K, saying the grouping has “no locus standi to pronounce on matters that are strictly internal” to India.“The entire UTs of J&K and…
PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo) Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting…
SC: Constitution bench should deal with case to prevent delay NEW DELHI: On a day when Election Commission found itself under the scanner, a two-judge bench of Supreme Court gave a split verdict on whether the issue of validity of the law on appointment of CEC/ECs be referred to a constitution bench, but later agreed…
