New Delhi: Fearing use of its electronic data to create “malicious narratives”, the Election Commission has instructed its state poll officers to destroy CCTV cameras, webcasting and video footage of the election process after 45 days, if the verdict is not challenged in courts within that period. In a letter to state chief electoral officers…
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena factions hit a humorous low on Thursday as Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp publicly mocked the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) for celebrating the party’s 59th foundation day, despite the latter faction only being formed in 2022. The Shinde camp used its social media platform to post a cartoon directly…
Columbia: Spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed the Colombian Parliament in Bogotá, revisiting the city where he had earlier played a pivotal role in Colombia’s historic peace process. His 2015 peace intervention, which helped bring about a truce between the FARC rebels and the Colombian government after a 50-year conflict, formed the backdrop…
New Delhi: A joint exercise between the militaries of India and France, aimed at enhancing operational coordination and focused on joint operations in a sub-conventional environment, began on Thursday, officials said. The eighth edition of the biennial Indo-French ‘Exercise Shakti’ commenced at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie in France. The Indian Army contingent, comprising 90 personnel,…
Mumbai: The crashed Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was “well-maintained” and had undergone a major check in June 2023, with the next scheduled for December this year, said Air India CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson on Thursday. In a message to flyers, the Air India chief also said the 15 per cent reduction in Air India’s…
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday wished President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of her 67th birthday. In a letter to the president, which was also uploaded on the Central Tibetan Administration portal, the Dalai Lama wished Murmu happiness, good health, and success in “leading this great country”. “As you know, after…
New Delhi: Politically motivated violent extremism threat in Canada since mid-1980s has manifested through Khalistani extremists seeking to use violent means to create an independent nation state called Khalistan within India’s Punjab, a report by Ottawa’s intelligence agency has said. It said a small group of Khalistani extremists are continuing to use Canada as a…
Patna: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted multi-state searches in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged scam in the recruitment of police constables in Bihar during 2023, official sources said. At least a dozen locations of private entities like agents, exam paper leak syndicate members and their associates in Patna and Nalanda…
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that he has differences of opinion with some in the party leadership, but he is not going to talk about them given the bypoll in Nilambur constituency. Speaking to reporters here, Tharoor said that Congress, its values, and its workers were very dear to…
New Delhi: Moderate turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling across five assembly constituencies across Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Keral,a where bypolls are underway on Thursday. Polling commenced at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm. While the death of sitting MLAs necessitated the bypoll in one seat of Gujarat…
