Opposition MPs at Sagar Ratna restaurant in Delhi NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs on Wednesday decided to stage an impromptu protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, a day after police stopped their march to the Election Commission (EC) office in Delhi.Follow live updatesCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced the decision after hosting opposition MPs for…
Delhi HC asks Centre to consider mandatory body cameras for police NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to consider a PIL seeking mandatory use of body-worn cameras by police during protests and crowd-control operations, saying the issue should not be treated as a “grey area” requiring court intervention.The court asked the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea seeking recall of its September 23 split verdict on whether challenges to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) should be heard by a five-judge Bench.Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioners, mentioned…
PM Modi marks 25 years as head of government, says ‘I bow before people’ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sabha’ programme organised to mark 25 years of his public service, first as Gujarat chief minister and later as the country’s prime minister. People welcomed PM Modi on…
Biplab Deb counters OIC over J&K, terror remarks NEW DELHI: India hit back at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the UN General Assembly, rejecting its remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi’s actions against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.West Tripura Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, delivering India’s…
BJP-led NDA sweeps first Silchar civic polls with 34 seats NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP-led NDA won the first elections to the Silchar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, securing 34 of the 42 seats.Reacting to the result, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Congress performs poorly even when elections are held through paper ballots.“See, Congress…
File photo: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann NEW DELHI: The alleged Rs 5 crore bribery allegation against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann‘s wife Gurpreet Kaur has taken a new turn with ED summoning his brother-in-law Amardeep Singh Grewal for questioning in the case.Grewal, a prominent Punjabi film personality, was asked by ED to appear before it Wednesday,…
AJUP chief Humayun Kabir was detained for allegedly provoking tension KOLKATA/CHENNAI/GUWAHATI: Bypolls across three states and one Union territory saw high but uneven turnouts Tuesday, with Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar recording 80% turnout amid allegations of rigging, voter intimidation and police interference, while polling in one Puducherry and two Tamil Nadu assembly seats and Assam’s…
In a democracy, when someone completes 25 consecutive years as the head of a govt, it is indeed special. I heartily congratulate Shri Narendra Modi ji on 25 glorious years of service as head of govt. He is someone I am very fond of and someone I have interacted with closely over the years.Who is…
File photo: Captain Smit Machchhar NEW DELHI: Captain Smit Machchhar’s heroic act of saving flydubai FZ1073 has acquired another dimension with the extent of the injuries he was fighting to save the plane from its suicidal Omani co-pilot now coming out.Sources say co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami hitting him with the axe kept in the cockpit had…
