Leh: The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) has called for a half-day general strike on March 20 in solidarity with renowned education reformist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike in support of statehood and constitutional safeguards for the Union Territory of Ladakh entered 13th day on Monday. The agitation in Ladakh in support of the demands is […]
NEW DELHI: In a third tongue-lashing to the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Monday told it to stop being “selective” and make “complete disclosure” of all details related to the electoral bonds scheme by March 21. The Apex Court said the details to be disclosed include the unique bond numbers that would […]
Jammu: Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain on Sunday said a secure atmosphere and level-playing field will be provided to all during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the Union Territory. He asserted that security agencies are not far away from completely rooting out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir, reiterating his resolve to […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday made public fresh data on electoral bonds, which was previously submitted to the Supreme Court in sealed covers, following a directive from the apex court to make it available to the public. “The Election Commission of India has today uploaded the data received in digitized form from the […]
New Delhi: The Opposition parties on Friday described the electoral bonds scheme as the “biggest scam of independent India” with the Congress alleging that the data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the scheme on Thursday was “incomplete”. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said- “Na khaunga, na […]
New Delhi: In a major setback to the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Monday trashed its plea seeking an extension of time and ordered it to disclose the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission by close of business hours on March 12. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice […]
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Centre from appointing new election commissioners as per a 2023 law, the provisions of which have been challenged in the apex court. Two vacancies of election commissioners have arisen following the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel and Anup Chandra […]
New Delhi: The high-level committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind is in the process of submitting its report to the Government on ‘One Nation, One Election’, sources said on March 8. Besides suggesting a procedure to synchronise the terms of State Assemblies to ensure that all polls are held together from 2029 onwards, […]
Imphal: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has rejected the BJP’s claims that the 2024 poll results are a foregone conclusion, saying “Tiger zinda hai” and that the opposition bloc will repeat the history of 2004 when the saffron party was unseated from power despite its ‘shining India’ campaign. In an interview with PTI, Ramesh asserted […]
No dispute over convenor’s post, no need to project any face: Pawar New Delhi: After days of tussle among alliance partners, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Saturday appointed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as the bloc’s chairperson. The decision was taken during a virtual meeting of top alliance leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad […]