Bhubaneshwar: Ananta Charan Behera went to his former workplace, the Odisha assembly, on Thursday to have a glimpse of President Droupadi Murmu, but was utterly surprised when she spotted him in the crowd and called him by his name. Behera, a retired grade IV employee, was posted as a ‘jamadar’ in Murmu’s office when she…
New Delhi: With Friday being the last day of campaigning for the November 30 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) bypolls, senior BJP and AAP leaders have stepped up their efforts to woo voters. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressed a public meeting on Thursday in support of the Chandni Mahal ward candidate, Sunil Sharma, at Chhatta…
Faridabad: Delhi blast investigation revealed that Dr Muzammil Ganaie, one of the prime suspects arrested in connection with the white-collar terror module linked to the November 10 terrorist incident, had two more hideouts near the Al Falah University. Besides renting hideouts in Fatehpur Taga and Dhauj in Faridabad, Muzammil had taken a house on rent…
New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have not received any application from candidates who were defeated in the recently-held Assembly polls with a request for EVM burnt-memory or microcontroller verification, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. It said no similar request was received for the eight Assembly bypolls held along with the second phase…
Mysuru: Expressing confidence that Siddaramaiah will complete a full five-year term as chief minister, his son and Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Thursday pointed out that there are no complaints against his father, nor is he involved in any scams. Asserting that Siddaramaiah is running a good administration and has the backing of MLAs, he…
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday asserted that it is the people of the country which helps it win elections, not the CIA or Mossad, as the ruling party hit out at the Congress, rejecting its leader Kumar Ketkar’s claim that the two foreign spy agencies plotted the Congress’ defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday exuded confidence in organising “grand and historic” Commonwealth Games in 2030 after Ahmedabad was formally awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious sports event. Deputy CM and Sports Minister Harsh Sanghavi termed the award of hosting rights a historic moment for Indian sports. “A moment of immense…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that in the name of SIR, the BJP is creating a voter list to its liking by removing backwards, Dalits, the deprived, and the poor from it, and claimed that the Election Commission (EC) is responsible for this “murder of democracy”. Gandhi’s remarks came over a…
Kolkata: The Election Commission has reported that nearly 26 lakh voters’ names in West Bengal’s current electoral rolls do not match the voter list of 2002, an official said on Wednesday. The discrepancy emerged after the state’s latest voter list was compared with the lists prepared across different states between 2002 and 2006 during the…
New Delhi: A bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a “fitting tribute” to the architect of India’s Constitution. “It is a matter of immense pride that today, on Constitution Day, a bust of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO Headquarters…
