An EC official said an average 10% of 800-900 electors per booth were deleted through SIR. Thus, each BLO will have to verify enrolment eligibility of less than 100 ‘deleted’ voters. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday ordered a special drive to identify and add back genuine electors who may have been “left out”…
Former Haryana chief minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday accused the BJP government of worsening the state’s situation. Former Haryana chief minister and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday accused the BJP government of worsening the state’s situation, alleging that Haryana, once among the country’s leading states on development…
Protesters stage a protest under the leadership of CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke, seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter roll deletions at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park, Dadar, in Mumbai (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Protests demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified across Delhi and Mumbai on Friday, with around 700 people detained…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat addresses a gathering in Mumbai (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said Bharat’s identity was rooted in its diversity of languages, faiths, castes and cultures, and that the country could contribute to building a better world by combining its traditional knowledge with modern progress.Addressing…
A brawl 17 years ago brought into question flight safety The flight carrying 106 passengers from Sharjah to Delhi via Lucknow witnessed a mid-air confrontation that raised questions about cockpit discipline and flight safetyThe recent flydubai incident has highlighted an unusual aviation danger: what happens when those responsible for flying an aircraft become part of…
Opposition leaders and activists were detained at Jantar Mantar during a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR exercise NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the Centre over the detention of opposition leaders and activists during protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise…
PM Modi attending interfaith prayer meeting, pays floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended a special interfaith prayer meeting at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi‘s birth anniversary, where he paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation.Earlier in…
Three alleged operatives were arrested as Delhi Police uncovered threats to two businessmen and a suspected plan to carry out a shooting NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted an alleged India-Dubai extortion network linked to the Goldy Brar gang and arrested three operatives, foiling a plan to open fire at the residence of a Delhi…
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on birth anniversary Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid floral tributes and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri at the Chief Minister’s residence on Friday on the occasion of their birth anniversaries.The Chief…
The SP has so far announced two candidates, both of whom are assured of win NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Virendra Singh on Friday announced that the party will field a third candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, despite only two SP candidates being assured of victory.If the SP fields…
