NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Thursday defended its decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Supreme Court and asked it to dismiss petitions challenging the process in Bihar.Appearing for the poll panel, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi told the bench of chief justice Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchithat … Read more
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday said his party DMK would consult like-minded opposition parties to move a constitutional amendment to end the practice of the governor’s address at the start of the first assembly session. This comes after a series of confrontations in Opposition-ruled states where governors refused to read … Read more
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that he was a “victim” of an alleged rift between Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi during his time in Congress party.Speaking to NDTV, Sarma, who spent 22 years in the Congress before joining the BJP, said “Rahul doesn’t want Priyanka in Kerala. I was in Congress for … Read more
MOHALI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday rolled out the state government’s ambitious ‘Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna’ which will provide free cashless medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh to every family in the state. The universal healthcare cover will be provided to all 65 lakh families in … Read more
With traditional security models unable to control AI-powered cyberattacks, 63SATS Cybertech, part of 63 moons technologies, has built a software platform for smartphone users along with an embedded comprehensive insurance to achieve cybersecurity and a financial safety net across India.The cybersecurity services firm merged software security and cyber insurance in to one active digital defense … Read more
Election Commsiion of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday directed to register an FIR against Trinamool Congress MLA Monirul Islam for alleged vandalism at the Farakka Block Development Office (BDO) in West Bengal last week. The poll body asked the district administration to file the FIR by 5 pm, after observing … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned an incident of “trespassing and vandalism” at its embassy in Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, and said it had raised the matter strongly with the Croatian authorities.The ministry of external affairs said it had taken up the issue both in New Delhi and in Zagreb and asked the authorities to hold … Read more
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked Stage-III restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after a sustained improvement in air quality, with the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) moving out of the ‘severe’ zone.In an order issued by the CAQM, it said Delhi’s AQI stood at 322 on … Read more
– In Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, 10 Army personnel were killed and 11 injured after their vehicle skidded off the Bhaderwah-Chamba road into a 200-foot-deep gorge. Noida police arrested two more builders were arrested over the death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, whose SUV fell into an unbarricaded construction pit, bringing the total … Read more
AI-generated image (For representative purposes only) The Bihar Assembly elections were widely celebrated as a democratic milestone. With an overall voter turnout of 66.91%, the highest since 1951, and women turning out in unprecedented numbers, the state appeared to signal a quiet transformation.Female voter turnout stood at an impressive 71.6%, far surpassing male turnout at … Read more