The EC would not like to interfere in the presentation of the Union Budget, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra said on Saturday, asserting the annual exercise would not disturb the level-playing field for parties during elections to five states. The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the schedule for assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, […]
The Election Commission is relying on enhanced vaccination of both polling personnel and voters to deliver a ‘Covid-safe’ election in five states amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Saturday said he has asked the chief secretaries of poll-bound states […]
The Election Commission of India (EC) announced dates for assembly elections in Punjab on Saturday. The Punjab Assembly Election 2022 will be held in a single phase on February 14 for 117 constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.The last date to file nominations will be January 28 and the nomination […]
The Union home ministry on Friday issued showcause notices to Bathinda police chief and five other senior officers for “major lapses in security” during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. The Centre also supported a petition in the Supreme Court for a thorough probe into the security breach and sought involvement of the NIA […]
The Punjab government has submitted a report to the Centre saying an FIR had been filed in the matter and a two-member panel set up. Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari has submitted a report to the Centre regarding the security breach that stalled PM Narendra Modi’s visit informing that an FIR had been lodged in the […]
About 3.2 million people could have died from Covid in India by September last year, six-seven times higher than reported officially, according to a study based on one independent and two government data sources. The research, published in the journal Science on Thursday, used an independent nationally representative survey of 137,289 adults in all states […]
India on Friday made seven-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals and an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as it issued revised guidelines for international passengers. The guidelines released on Friday come into force from January 11 and will remain effective till further government orders.As per the existing rules, which have been retained […]
Taking a tough stance, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday spoke with Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and expressed her displeasure over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security breach on Wednesday.In a major security lapse, the prime minister’s convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters at Ferozepur in Punjab on […]
The Election Commission on Thursday reviewed the Covid situation with the Union health secretary and experts, collecting inputs on necessary safety measures to be ensured during the democratic exercise and emphasising the need for vaccination of all eligible people in five poll-bound states, sources said. The government shared with the poll panel the weekly positivity […]
In a massive surge, Delhi Thursday recorded 15,097 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 8, and six deaths while the positivity rate mounted to 15.34 per cent, even as Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the situation does not warrant a lockdown yet.Jain also asserted Delhi is in a comfortable position in terms […]