New Delhi: Over 61 per cent polling was reported in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid few complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some states. Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, Rajasthan’s Banswara and Maharashtra’s Parbhani were boycotting the polls over various issues […]
New Delhi: Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency is scheduled to go to polls in the third phase on May 7 to decide the fate of 21 candidates, including Mehbooba. J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina, Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari, Peoples Conference leader Imran Reza Ansari and two Independent candidates are among those who submitted a representation to […]
BANIHAL/JAMMU: More than 50 houses, four electricity towers, a receiving station, and a main road were damaged in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district dur to sinking of a road, officials said on Friday. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary visited the Pernote village, five kms from the district headquarters, on Friday morning and assured assistance to […]
Srinagar: The death toll in boat capsize in Jhelum river near Gandabal in Srinagar rose to seven after body of a minor boy was retrieved on Friday, eleven days after the tragic incident. While body of the minor found near Zero bridge here, the searches to find two other missing continued. Bodies of six people, […]
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education has asked the CBSE to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to sources. Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel The plan for introduction of a semester system has been ruled out, they said. The ministry and the Central […]
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP-led government at the Centre will implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country as it is a guarantee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and accused the Congress of advocating personal laws. Shah was addressing a rally in Piprai area of Ashoknagar district […]
NEW DELHI: Instant messaging app WhatsApp has told the Delhi High Court that it will stop functioning if it is forced to break message encryption, which allows only sender and the receiver to access messages. WhatsApp’s parent company Meta has challenged the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. As per […]
MYSURU (KARNATAKA): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said there is “no Modi wave” in Karnataka but there is one in favour of Congress government’s guarantee schemes, as he claimed his party will win about 20 out of total 28 Lok Sabha polls in the state. He was speaking to reporters after casting his vote […]
NEW DELHI: Giving a positive signal towards India’s growth story, Deloitte India on Friday estimated India’s GDP growth at 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal. This growth was helped by consumption expenditure, exports rebound and capital flows. It said that the government investments in infrastructure and initiatives such as Future Skills Prime 2021 for […]
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the inheritance tax, if imposed, will nullify the progress India has made in the last 10 years. Speaking to a news agency after casting her vote in Bengaluru, the finance minister criticised the Congress party for allegedly advocating the inheritance tax. “I remember earlier […]