New Delhi: The nation will celebrate its 79th Independence Day on August 15 (Friday), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the grand ceremony from the historic Red Fort in Delhi. This year’s celebrations revolve around the theme ‘Naya Bharat’, reflecting India’s path toward becoming a prosperous, secure, and bold nation, aligned with the vision of…
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday charged the Election Commission with trying to “fix” upcoming Bihar assembly polls in favour of the ruling BJP at the Centre which, he claimed, found the CBI, ED and Income Tax department “ineffective” against the saffron party’s political opponents. Yadav went hammer and tongs at the EC at…
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a counterattack against Congress over allegations of electoral malpractice, questioning the timing of former party president Sonia Gandhi’s inclusion in the voter list and accusing opposition leaders of benefiting from irregularities in voter rolls. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Anurag Thakur alleged that some…
Jaipur: A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said. The passengers of the pickup vehicle were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah after visiting Khatu Shyam and Salasar Balaji temple when…
Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala: Agricultural fields in the low-lying areas adjoining the river Beas in several villages of the Tanda region in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district have been inundated due to the release of water from the Pong Dam in Talwara following heavy rainfall in the upper reaches of the river, officials said on Monday. A nearly 100-foot breach…
New Delhi: India and China are in an “advanced stage” of negotiations to resume direct flight services between the two countries soon, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to the Chinese city of Tianjin later this month to attend the annual summit…
New Delhi: Ahead of Independence Day celebrations, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Tuesday organised a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in which around 5,000 students from its Atal Adarsh and Navyug schools took part. The march began from Janpath Radial Circle at Connaught Place, filling the inner circle with the Tricolour and patriotic fervour, an official…
New Delhi: India and Australia on Tuesday held talks focusing on developments relating to nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament, and security of outer space. The discussions took place at a meeting of the India-Australia bilateral dialogue on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control. “The two sides discussed developments in the areas of nuclear, chemical, biological disarmament and non-proliferation,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi began hearing senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for RJD leader Manoj Jha, arguing that while in one…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing its duty of enforcing the ‘one man, one vote’ principle and said “abhi picture baki hai”, alluding to the claims of irregularities in the voters’ list. Gandhi asserted that his party was engaged in protecting the Constitution and would continue…
