Rahul climbs barricades during INDIA bloc march to EC office NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday climbed atop a police barricade and waved the Tricolour as police stopped the INDIA bloc MPs’ march towards the Election Commission in Delhi.The opposition leaders are protesting against the Election Commission and demanding the resignation of…
‘Gyanesh, it’s done, bro, Time to resign,’ Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign as INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission of India headquarters over alleged discrepancies in the…
BJP’s Sambit Patra hits out at Rahul Gandhi over Form 6 row ahead of Opposition march to EC NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of misleading the public over Form 6. He alleged that the Congress and INDIA bloc were attempting to undermine constitutional institutions ahead of their planned…
Humayun Kabir detained after voting as Bengal votes in Rejinagar, Nandigram bypolls NEW DELHI: Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief and MLA Humayun Kabir was briefly detained by Rejinagar Police and taken away from his party office in Murshidabad on Tuesday following a heated argument with police.The detention came after he cast his vote in…
The idea of an informal meeting with SC judges on simultaneous polls was first mooted by DMK MP and senior advocate P Wilson NEW DELHI: Supreme Court had initially fixed a schedule for an “informal interaction” with members of the Parliament committee examining the bill for simultaneous elections, the panel’s chairperson, P P Chaudhary, told…
MUMBAI: Former chief of Atomic Energy Commission of India, Anil Kakodkar, who played a key role in the Pokhran nuclear weapons tests, said the main aim of the US conducting what is called a non-proliferation experiment last week was to assert its global nuclear hegemony and prevent other nations from conducting atomic tests.On Sept 30,…
NEW DELHI: Noting that “motherhood should not become a career penalty”, National Commission for Women (NCW) has called for measures to prevent recruitment discrimination against women arising from maternity, as part of a slew of recommendations to govt on laws related to maternity and childcare.In a report — containing 37 recommendations — NCW has also…
Walking is the 2nd most common mode of work commute NEW DELHI: Long traffic snarls, a common feature on roads across the country, may be linked to how people commute to work. Only 15% of workers use public transport such as buses, trains, trams or auto-rickshaws, while 46% rely on two-wheelers or cars, according to…
The NCW issued guidelines for the safety of women using app-based cabs (representative image) NEW DELHI: Taking note of safety concerns emerging from across states the National Commission for Women has issued guidelines to states and UTs for safety of women passengers using app-based and digital transport services calling for appropriate verification of criminal antecedents,…
Justice Nath said the courts must ensure that legal principles do not overshadow the human realities. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Monday said compassion in judging should not be mistaken for favour or leniency, but should instead mean understanding the human circumstances behind a legal dispute without compromising fairness or the…
