New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing its duty of enforcing the ‘one man, one vote’ principle and said “abhi picture baki hai”, alluding to the claims of irregularities in the voters’ list. Gandhi asserted that his party was engaged in protecting the Constitution and would continue…
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar, with many of them wearing white T-shirts that had the name of a “124-year-old voter” allegedly found on the state’s voters’ list emblazoned on it. Congress president…
Bhubaneshwar: The BJD said that it would approach the Orissa High Court regarding “discrepancies” during the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, as the EC has “failed” to give any satisfactory reply to the regional outfit on the issue. BJD spokesperson Amar Patnaik, MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo, and former MP Sarmistha Sethi announced at a…
Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency on Tuesday carried out raids at several places in central Kashmir as part of its investigation into the murder of a Kashmiri Pandit woman 35 years ago, officials said. The officials said the agency conducted the raids at the residences of several persons, who were formerly associated with the banned…
New Delhi: The parliamentary panel on external affairs has expressed “concern” over the “escalating Chinese presence and its increasing influence” in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), saying the development poses “substantial risks” to India’s national security and broader strategic interests. Of “equal concern” is the “strengthening of the China-Pakistan naval nexus”, which not only facilitates…
As someone who has spent decades observing and reporting on the Congress party, I can say this without hesitation: honesty and Congress politics have never been compatible. The party’s moral compass has always been set, not by principles or performance, but by the only currency it truly values—loyalty to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. That is how…
If there were ever doubts about India’s trajectory toward becoming a global military powerhouse, they are being silenced, one indigenous innovation at a time. The transformation is visible, loud, and clear: the days of a lethargic defence research establishment, starved of funds and morale, are gone. In their place stands a buzzing, confident scientific community—backed…
Kanpur (UP): Members of Hindu right-wing outfits created a ruckus at a mausoleum in Fatehpur district on Monday, claiming it to be a temple site where they had the right to pray. Police booked more than 150 people for damaging public property and disturbing peace. “We have found several videos showing several people carrying saffron…
New Delhi: Coast guards of India and Sri Lanka, led by their top officers, held a key meeting here on Monday and discussed ways to strengthen cooperative engagements in the fields of marine pollution response, maritime search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement. The eighth high-level meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the…
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), in a major push towards rejuvenating the Yamuna River, approved administrative sanctions for sewage treatment plant augmentation and upgradation projects worth Rs 917.33 crore across the city in its 173rd meeting held on Monday. According to officials, the proposals aim to enhance the overall sewage treatment capacity by…
