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NEW DELHI: The Special Intensive Revision norms for electoral roll updates triggered an intense debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with opposition parties questioning the legality, transparency and neutrality of the ongoing exercise. Several MPs demanded clarity from the government and accountability from the ECI.Concerns over the welfare of booth-level officers added urgency to…
Union home minister Amit Shah (ANI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s accusation that the government sought a debate on Vande Mataram to gain political advantage in the West Bengal assembly elections scheduled for April–May next year.Also Read | Why Vande Mataram has triggered a stormVande Mataram, the national…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India, seeking its response on a plea requesting protection for booth-level officers deployed during the ongoing special intensive revision drive in West Bengal.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that BLOs are working under “strain and stress”…
NEW DELHI: The BJP launched sharp attacks on Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, accusing the Congress government of failing to fulfil key poll promises and “resorting to authoritarianism” to silence criticism further alleging that “mohabbat ki dukaan is a farce.”The row erupted after BJP Telangana shared a poster on X, depicting Revanth Reddy edited as…
Arvind Kejriwal (left), Rekha Gupta (agencies) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta over her remarks on air pollution, sharing a video of her comments and questioning the scientific basis of her claims.Posting in Hindi on X, Kejriwal wrote: “AQI monitors are installed, water is being…
NEW DELHI: Banking regulator RBI and the country’s largest PSU bank SBI Monday told Supreme Court it was not possible to give personal hearings to account holders before declaring an account fraud in view of the massive number of banking frauds.The country witnessed 60,000 cases of bank fraud in the last two financial years involving…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Monday accused Congress of betraying ‘Vande Mataram’ and bowing to pressure from Mohammed Ali Jinnah to “divide” it despite Mahatma Gandhi’s praise that the patriotic song had become like a national anthem, saying the party meted out the “grave injustice” due to its appeasement politics.Initiating a discussion in Lok Sabha…
The parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture will summon airlines and aviation regulator DGCA next week over the IndiGo fiasco.Sources said the panel, headed by JDU’s Sanjay Kumar Jha, will hold the meeting on Dec 15 or 16 with all stakeholders. “We will examine all aspects of the developments that led to mass…
Amidst ongoing flight disruptions, the government is weighing the option of cutting IndiGo’s flight schedule by 5%, with plans to redistribute these time slots to other carriers. IndiGo has acknowledged the issues, attributing them to recent duty requirements and changes in their winter travel timetable. NEW DELHI: IndiGo may have its schedule cut by 5%…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the treatment meted out to a resident of Arunachal Pradesh transiting through the Shanghai airport, India has sought assurances from Beijing that its citizens will not be selectively harassed. The govt had earlier registered strong protest with China for the detention of the Indian woman, reiterating its position that the…
