NEW DELHI: The United States on Saturday said that it was looking to meet India’s massive energy needs, days after US President Donald Trump signed the ‘Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’, which authorises him to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries buying Russian oil and gas.“We…
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi asked the Speaker to issue necessary directions to the concerned authorities. NEW DELHI: Union minister and NDA ally Jitan Ram Manjhi has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking action on a request for adequate speaking time for MPs from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities…
Cops use water cannons to disperse Congress supporters during a march towards the Election Commission office in New Delhi Friday Stepping up the heat on CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Congress members, joined by other opposition parties and groups, on Friday staged protests across the country and attempted to march to the Election Commission office in various…
SIR controversy: LJP(RV), RLM, TDP seek EC clarification to dispel public doubts Three NDA partners – Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV), Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM, and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP – Friday urged the Election Commission (EC) to explain its position on the political controversy surrounding the electoral process and implementation of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral…
Which forces want these names in voters list? Which parties benefited from it? Which party and family created a system keeping such names in the voters’ lists for decades? Why was SIR not held regularly all these decades? Nation wants answers: BL SANTOSH BJP general secretary (Organisation) NEW DELHI: Amid a row over the Election…
NEW DELHI: In a first for the road sector, govt has used waste plastic as a wet mix with bitumen to lay a bituminous highway stretch, a move that is likely to reduce imports of the key construction material while addressing the growing problem of plastic waste.On Thursday, a pilot test section was laid on…
JAMMU: J&K Police have filed a chargesheet against four terrorists, including a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba handler, in a 2022 IED blast case.Two migrant labourers were injured in the explosion below Jaganaloo bridge in Rajouri district on April 19 that year. Kandi police station subsequently registered an FIR under relevant provisions of the IPC, Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…
AFSPA gives the armed forces deployed in areas declared as “disturbed”, powers to search, seize and arrest without a warrant, and to also use lethal force against law-breakers. NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Friday extended the application of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 in parts of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for a…
NEW DELHI: Unease within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over a media report concerning Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar surfaced on Friday, with three BJP allies urging the Election Commission of India (ECI) to issue a clearer response.Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan was the first NDA ally to…
Bengal BJP chief backs Gyanesh Kumar, says he deserves ‘at least Padma Bhushan’ NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has come out strongly in support of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid a growing Congress-led campaign against him. Bhattacharya said that Kumar deserves “at the very least, the Padma Bhushan” for overseeing peaceful…
