The Election Commission has banned all exit polls pertaining to the coming Assembly elections from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7. In a statement issued here on Saturday, UP’s Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said that conducting the exit polls, its publication in print or electronic media or its […]
A court in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday said trial in the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be conducted on a day-to-day basis from February 5. Civil court judge and judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) at Bhiwandi, J V Paliwal, passed […]
As a cold zephyr blew across the historic Vijay Chowk, multiple colours dotted the sky with around 1,000 drones taking flight, a projection mapping show with myriad hues depicted the country’s 75 years of independence and foot-tapping tunes filled the air, marking another colourful Beating the Retreat ceremony on Saturday. From the drones show to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there cannot be a better time to set new goals for taking forward India-Israel relations and asserted that the importance of the relationship has increased amid significant changes in the world.In a special video message on the completion of 30 years of full-fledged diplomatic relations between India and […]
Days after the AAP government was accused of obstructing the release of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the SAD of doing “dirty politics” over the issue. Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had recently sought the immediate release of Bhullar in the “larger […]
Days ahead of assembly polls in five states, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing for hearing a 2020 PIL for debarring persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana told petitioner lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay that it […]
The Delhi Police have made traffic arrangements for the Beating Retreat ceremony that will be held at Vijay Chowk in the national capital on Saturday. According to the advisory issued by the Delhi police, the traffic restrictions will be in place from 2 pm to 9.30 pm. During this time, the Vijay Chowk will remain […]
Days ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, fresh controversy seems to be plaguing the Congress, and more specifically Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sidhu. NRI Suman Tur, who claims to be sister of Sidhu’s, described her brother as a ‘cruel person’ and alleged that he had deserted their old mother after their father’s […]
Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Friday upped the ante against the central government saying it would mark January 31 as a day of betrayal given the non-fulfilment of promises the BJP ruled Centre made to farmers of the country on December 9, 2021, leading to farmers ending their year-long sit in at Delhi borders. In a […]
The BSF on Friday foiled a cross-border drug smuggling bid and recovered 58 kg heroin after an exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district that also left a force personnel injured, police said. The incident took place at 5.15 am in an area under Chandu Wadala border outpost.Gurdaspur […]