The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for December 6 the hearing of a fresh plea relating to the Centre amending the electoral bonds scheme to allow their sale for 15 extra days during the “year of general elections to the legislative assembly of States and Union Territories with the legislature”. A bench of Chief Justice […]
Ahead of Gujarat assembly polls and upcoming MCD elections, the BJP has launched a new social media campaign against the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP). The saffron party has taken a dig at AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal through the campaign ‘Jisne dia Mauka, usko dio Dhokha,’ (bit the hands that fed). The BJP […]
The Election Commission’s static surveillance teams and local police on Saturday seized 817 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 61 crore. The Police has registered 29 cases in this connection since the notification for the Gujarat Assembly polls was issued on November 3. While talking to mediapersons on Friday evening, State Chief Electoral Officer P […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday exuded confidence that BJP will once again romp to power with a thumping majority breaking all records in next month’s Assembly polls. Till now, Congress holds the record of winning the maximum number of seats ever. In 1985, under Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solanki’s leadership, it bagged as many […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with various G20 (Group of 20 countries) leaders during his official visit to Bali to participate in the 17th G20 Leaders’ Summit, according to the press statement released by Prime Minister’s Office. Ahead of his official visit, PM Modi said, “On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, […]
Eight Indians were among the 11 people who died in a fire incident at a garage in M. Nirufehige in Maldives, early Thursday, AVAS reported. Police received reports regarding the incident at 12:17 am (local time) while Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) was informed regarding the incident at around 12:30 am (local time). Fire and […]
After spending nearly 101 days in jail, a Mumbai Special Court granted bail to Shiv Sena (UT) MP Sanjay Raut, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on August 1, here on Wednesday. The ED had raided Raut on July 31 and arrested him the following day (August 1) in connection with an alleged money […]
Amid reports of violence at the border with Chumoukedima district, prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC were imposed in remote parts of Nagaland’s Peren district on Monday. The decision is taken by the district administration in view of the prevailing law and order situation in Lamhainamdi village and adjoining areas. Peren’s Deputy Commissioner […]
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. Three out of five judges, which heard the petitions challenging the EWS reservation, upheld the EWS quota. The judgment was pronounced by a five-judge bench headed by […]
A poster comparing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Adolf Hitler was put up by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga outside the party’s headquarters in the national capital on Saturday. “Kejriwal is the second ruler who converted his city into a gas chamber, Hitler was first,” read the poster. This comes after Delhi’s air […]