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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday ordered that all cases involving dereliction of duty, negligence, misconduct, willful non-compliance of the commission’s instructions or violation of electoral laws with respect to preparation of electoral roll by the booth level officer (BLO), shall be dealt as per a set procedure starting with placing such BLO under…
SRINAGAR\JAMMU: Snowfall and savage winds up to 155kmph pulverised J&K on Friday, blocking highways, causing flight cancellations, shutting down schools, disrupting power, leaving homes roofless and forcing the suspension of Vaishno Devi pilgrimage.In the Valley, IMD reported snowfall of 55cm in Shopian, 45cm in Gulmarg, 20cm in Kupwara, 17cm in Pahalgam, 16cm in Banihal, and…
JAMMU: Security forces shot dead a Pakistani terrorist belonging to the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in Billawar, in J&K’s Kathua district, even as Operation Trashi-I entered its sixth day on Friday, IGP Bhim Sen Tuti said.The slain ultra, Usman, was one of the most-wanted Jaish terrorists who had been active in the Udhampur-Kathua belt for the…
NEW DELHI: Families of Hyderabad youths allegedly trapped along the Myanmar–Thailand border have made an urgent appeal to MEA and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying their sons were lured with fake job promises and are now being tortured and held against their will.The issue came into focus on Thursday after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief…
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KC Venugopal (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday asserted that none of its six MLAs in Bihar, elected in last November’s state assembly polls, would desert the party, calling such reports “bogus news.““There were rumours that all our MLAs are deserting the party. But all of them were present at today’s meeting. These…
PM Modi, Shashi Tharoor Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP’s win in the Thiruvananthapuram corporation marked the start of a wider political shift in Kerala. The BJP took a swipe at Congress over its internal tensions, mocking the feud involving Shashi Tharoor and suggesting the opposition set up a “Board of Peace”. The Supreme…
NEW DELHI: A Pakistani terrorist was killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kathua, police said on Friday. The terrorist was from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror outfit.“A Pakistani Jaish terrorist has been neutralised by a small JKP team in a joint operation with the Army and CRPF in the general area of…
Karti Chidambram (File photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Justice Girish Kathpalia on Friday recused himself from hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram‘s petition in the alleged Chinese visa scam case, citing “personal reasons.”He said, “I don’t think I would be able to hear this. Subject to orders of the learned judge in charge, criminal…
Rahul and Tejashwi’s ‘vote chori’ pitch failed in Bihar; how Mamata is doing it differently in Bengal Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress has unleashed an all-out offensive against the Election Commission over the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of upcoming assembly elections in the state. True to her style, Mamata has led…
