New Delhi: Opposition MPs, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Sharad Pawar, took out a march from Parliament House to the Election Commission headquarters here on Monday to protest against the voter roll revision in Bihar. However, they were stopped by police midway at Transport Bhawan. As the MPs were stopped by the police from…
Lucknow: A special session on “Empowering Public Representatives: Strengthening Communication through AI” was held in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Sunday. Speaker Satish Mahana, Leader of Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna and members from various parties attended the programme, which was conducted by IT experts Harshit and Ashutosh Tiwari,…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that no name will be struck off from Bihar’s draft electoral roll without prior notice, an opportunity to be heard, and a reasoned order from the competent authority. In an additional affidavit filed by Deputy Election Commissioner Sanjay Kumar, the Election Commission stated…
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the Nagpur-Pune Vande Bharat train, saying it will increase the connectivity of Vidarbha with Pune. It will be the longest-distance train among all Vande Bharat trains in India till now, Fadnavis told reporters. The train will cover the distance of…
Mumbai: Congress leader Anant Gadgil has asked if the BJP government will ever recommend a spokesperson from his party as a High Court or Supreme Court judge. A controversy broke out recently with reports of the Supreme Court collegium recommending lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Aarti Sathe for appointment as a judge of the Bombay…
Chennai: Describing the recent military skirmish between India and Pakistan as ‘playing a game of chess’, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said the Indian forces were not aware of what Pakistan’s ‘next move’, and called it a ‘greyzone’, which means that one may not go for ‘conventional operations’. What the…
Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the countries that are indulging in `dadagiri’ (bullying) in today’s world can do so because they are economically strong and have technology. Speaking at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) here, he also stressed the need to increase India’s exports and reduce imports. “If the rate…
Nagpur: Seventeen workers were injured, including three critically, after a slab of an under-construction gate of the Mahalaxmi Jagadamba Devasthan in Koradi in Nagpur collapsed on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place at 8 pm, they said. “Seventeen workers were injured, three of whom are critical. They have been hospitalised. Rescue operations were launched…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday celebrated Raksha Bandhan at his residence here, with school students and members of the spiritual organisation Brahma Kumari among others tying rakhis on his wrist. The festival is the celebration of the traditional bond between brothers and sisters. Modi shared a video clip of the celebration as…
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi must resign on “moral grounds” from the membership of the Lok Sabha if he does not have faith in the Election Commission, and flayed him for not submitting a written declaration on his “vote theft” claim. BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also asked Congress…
