New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is deploying frontline fighter jets, radars, anti-drone systems and surface-to-air missiles as part of its elaborate efforts to secure the skies of Delhi and neighbouring regions for the G20 summit next week, military sources said on Friday. The IAF has already set up a dedicated Operations Direction Centre…
New Delhi: If India adopts “one nation one poll” model, any vacancy caused by a collapse of the government — either at the Centre or state — would have to be filled by an alternative government for the remainder of the five-year term, the Election Commission had said. This can happen either by the opposition proving…
Mumbai: The I.N.D.I.A. bloc Friday resolved to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls together “as far as possible”, asserting that seat-sharing arrangements in states will be concluded at the earliest in a spirit of “give-and-take”. Amid speculation of early polls and the formation of a panel to explore the possibility of ‘one nation, one election’,…
Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted multi-city searches in Rajasthan as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Centre’s ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in the Congress-ruled state, official sources said. A number of premises belonging to engineers, contractors and some former state government officials in Jaipur, Alwar…
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Friday slammed the government’s move to set up a committee to study feasibility of “one nation, one election”, alleging it would pose a threat to the federal structure of the country. CPI leader D Raja said Prime Minister Narendra Modi always talks about India being mother of democracy and then how…
New Delhi: The government has constituted a committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of “one nation, one election”, sources said on Friday. The move comes a day after the government called a special session of Parliament between September 18 and 22, the agenda for which is under wraps. Over…
Mumbai: Opposition bloc INDIA on Thursday decided to get into poll mode and speed up its plans to take on the NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with some leaders stressing on the urgency to finalise seat sharing and come out with a joint agenda in a few weeks’ time. Top opposition leaders, who…
Mumbai: Top leaders of the INDIA bloc began hectic parleys in an informal setting here on Thursday evening to chart out a concrete roadmap and evolve a structure for cooperation among the alliance partners to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Ahead of dinner hosted by former Maharashtra chief…
New Delhi: The ‘PM-eBus Sewa’ scheme, under which 10,000 electric buses will be provided to 169 cities under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, will be rolled out in the next five-six months, the Union housing and urban affairs ministry said on Thursday. At a press conference here, Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the…
New Delhi: India has not yet received any confirmation on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s in-person participation at the upcoming G20 summit, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday amid reports that he is likely skip the conclave. A majority of G20 leaders including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Anthony…
