NEW DELHI: Investigation against I-PAC continued with Enforcement Directorate taking a review meeting in Kolkata Wednesday in presence of agency’s director Rahul Navin amid indications that the political consultancy’s chief Pratik Jain will be summoned for questioning soon after statements of his other associates have been recorded.ED is keen on pressing its “destruction-of-evidence” charge against … Read more
. NEW DELHI: A fresh gunfight broke out on Thursday between security forces and holed-up terrorists during an ongoing search operation in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said.The operation, codenamed “Operation Trashi-I”, was launched in Sonnar village near Mandral-Singhpora in the Chatroo belt on Sunday. During the initial contact, three … Read more
NEW DELHI: India and Spain condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and emphasised the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism, as external affairs minister S Jaishankar hosted his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares for a bilateral meeting on Wednesday. For the second time this week, Jaishankar told a visiting European foreign … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 – which got underway in Delhi with the participation of delegates from 70 nations – as a forum to showcase the successful conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar, citing the zero appeals received … Read more
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, calling it a “picnic” and questioning the relevance of the conference.“Chief ministers from various states in India are having a picnic in Davos,” Raut said. “The Davos conference is ridiculous … Read more
NEW DELHI: Pursuant to the Jan 19 SC direction, Election Commission on Wednesday instructed the Bengal CEO to ensure that names of electors listed under “logical discrepancies” and “unmapped” categories under the SIR exercise are displayed by Jan 24 at gram panchayat bhawans, public places in talukas, block office of talukas as well as in … Read more
Bharat Sevashram Sangha monks head to an SIR hearing centre especially set up for them in Kolkata Monks and nuns may have renounced all trappings of worldly life — and many of them do not vote — but they, too, are being called for SIR (Special Intensive Revision) hearings, mainly for listing their spiritual gurus’ … Read more
NEW DELHI: Taking exception to Bengal govt’s decision to unilaterally exonerate Baruipur Purba assembly constituency assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) Tathagata Mondal and impose only a minor penalty against Moyna AC AERO Sudipta Das — despite clear instructions by Election Commission (dated 05.08.2025) to suspend and initiate disciplinary proceedings against them — EC Wednesday asked … Read more
NEW DELHI: Rani Kapur, the mother of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, approached the Delhi high court Wednesday seeking cancellation of the Rani Kapur Family Trust, which holds a stake in the automotive component manufacturer Sona Comstar.Her plea alleges the trust was established and operated without her knowledge or informed consent, effectively excluding her from … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Wednesday emphasised the need to continue working with renewed vigour in order to strengthen development trajectory in ethnic strife-hit Manipur, conveying to the state administration the Centre’s “full and steadfast” support.On the statehood day of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya, he wrote separate letters to their respective heads of govt, highlighting … Read more