New Delhi: The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. He said the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) is the ninth such exercise since Independence, with the last one happening in 2002-04. Kumar said…
Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha government was evacuating people from vulnerable places amid light rains in eight southern districts where a “red alert” has been issued as the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal on Monday intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Montha’. Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari said officials, local people’s representatives, Anganwadi workers, ASHA…
London: A 20-year-old woman, locally identified as being of Indian heritage, was attacked in a “racially aggravated” rape in the West Midlands region of England over the weekend. A police manhunt is on for a white male suspect following the attack on Saturday evening. The West Midlands Police said they were called to the Park…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the Election Commission should not rush to carry out a nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, but rather wait for the Bihar assembly election to get over. According to officials, the Election Commission is likely to announce a pan-India SIR of the…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai has recommended Justice Surya Kant, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor. Chief Justice Gavai, in his recommendation, described Justice Kant as “suited and competent in all aspects to take the helm,” adding that both shared a similar social background marked by…
Canberra: As the future of Gaza hangs in the balance, the Palestinian Authority (PA) needs renewal if it’s to eventually govern the strip and play a key role in making the two-state solution a reality. The PA has not proved effective under Mahmoud Abbas, the heavily criticized, unpopular 89-year-old leader. Abbas’s time has passed. There’s…
Kuala Lumpur External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with his American counterpart Marco Rubio amid efforts by the two sides to reset bilateral ties that have come under severe strain over punitive US tariffs on Indian goods. Jaishankar and Rubio met in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of the annual summit of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged citizens to join the Run for Unity on October 31 to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the architect of united India. “Join the Run for Unity on 31st October and celebrate the spirit of togetherness! Let’s honour Sardar Patel’s vision of a…
Here we go again — the great Indian pastime after every ICC event: speculating who should hang up the boots next. And this time, the debate has turned to two of the most luminous stars in the Indian cricketing galaxy — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The question making rounds in drawing rooms, commentary boxes,…
Amaravati: Authorities across eastern India have been put on high alert as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensifies into a severe cyclonic storm, likely to make landfall near the Andhra Pradesh coast on the evening of October 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD, in its latest bulletin issued…
