Hyderabad: Macherla YSRCP incumbent MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy and his brother, Venkatarami Reddy, were arrested near Sangareddy on Wednesday, May 22, after a viral video showed them destroying an EVM machine at a polling booth. The joint operation by AP and Telangana police followed credible information about the Reddys traveling towards Sangareddy. Despite an initial…
Kolkata: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday cancelled all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010 Mamata Banerkee-led Trinamool government came to power in the state in 2011. Hence, the order is effective on all the OBC certificates issued under the Mamata government and the chief minister said the government won’t accept the order….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for “suppressing facts” regarding filing of regular bail plea in trial court in a money laundering case, prompting the JMM leader to withdraw his petition challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. A two-judge vacation bench of the top court, led…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a verdict of the Madras High Court which had granted bail to eight alleged PFI members and office bearers, saying national security is always of “paramount importance” and any act aiding terrorist activity is liable to be restricted. The apex court said it was satisfied with…
Hasan (Karnataka): JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, who is accused in cases of molestation and kidnapping, on Wednesday told the people of Hassan that they need not be afraid as he and his father H D Deve Gowda were there to protect them in the wake of developments that have rocked the district. Presently, Revanna…
Mahendragarh (Haryana): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday the Agniveer military recruitment scheme will be scrapped and thrown in the dustbin if the INDIA bloc comes to power, as he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “turning Hindustan ke jawan into labourers”. In his first election meeting in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi…
Basti (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday here called Congress and Samajwadi Party “sympathisers of Pakistan” and alleged that these parties are “scaring the country” with its nuclear power status. “This patron of terrorism which once used to make eyes at us, its condition has become such that its people are hard up even…
New Delhi: A total of 8,360 candidates are contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the highest since 1996, according to an analysis of official data. In the 2019 polls, there were 8,039 candidates, and in 1996, a record 13,952 candidates were in the fray for 543 seats of the Lower House of Parliament. The 2024…
Kanthi (WB): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of compromising national security for the sake of vote-bank politics, and “committing a sin” by allowing infiltrators to change the state’s demography. Addressing a poll rally at Kanthi in East Midnapore district, Shah also asserted that the Trinamool Congress…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday directed the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to issue formal notes to star campaigners to correct their discourse, exercise care and maintain decorum. The political parties are in the task of nurturing leaders for the country for present…
