New Delhi: The government has planned a series of initiatives to shield the conventional media from the disruptions expected due to rapid digitization in the sector. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said the government plans to remove the regulatory overhang in the radio industry and Television Rating Point (TRP) reforms. “The…
Khargaria/ Nalanda: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said this assembly election in Bihar will decide whether ‘jungle raj’ will return or the state remains on the path of development. Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Khagaria, Munger and Nalanda, he slammed the INDIA bloc for opposing the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,…
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to roll out the first of pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list next week, beginning with “10 to 15 states”, including those going to polls next year, officials said Saturday. Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal will go to polls in 2026, and they…
Kolkata: Slamming the BJP for its “silence” over the death by suicide of a woman doctor in Maharashtra after alleged rape, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday wondered if the saffron party had now become “emotionally bankrupt”. West Bengal minister and TMC national spokesperson Shashi Panja said “all hell would have broken loose” had such an…
New Delhi: Ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission on Friday issued an advisory to political parties against the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools in political campaigns, saying such content poses a grave threat by its ability to masquerade as truth. The advisory came amid complaints by parties that their political rivals…
Kota (Rajasthan): Self-reliance is not just an economic policy, but the fundamental spirit of nation building, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday while urging people to adopt ‘Swadeshi’ products and services in their daily life. Addressing an Atmanirbhar Bharat conference organized here, the local MP said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra…
Hajipur (Bihar): Former Bihar Minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Friday asserted that he will ‘choose death over returning to the RJD”, from which he was expelled by his father Lalu Prasad a few months ago. In an interview with PTI Videos, Yadav, who has since floated Janshakti Janta Dal, and is contesting assembly poll from…
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference (NC) won three Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, while the opposition BJP emerged victorious on one. NC candidate Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan was declared the winner in the first seat, and Sajad Kichloo was elected in the second seat, the party said in a statement. The National…
Samastipur/Begusarai: (Oct 24) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday blazed through poll-bound Bihar with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, calling upon voters to keep at bay the opposition RJD-Congress combine led by “people out on bail” and predicting a record-breaking victory for the NDA. The PM also drew a contrast between a “fractious”…
Satara: A woman doctor working at a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara district has died by suicide, leaving a note on her palm, accusing two cops of rape and mental harassment, police said on Friday. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the Satara superintendent of police, ordering the immediate suspension of the police officers named…
