Bhubaneswar, 27/4: In a major political development, BJP released the list of candidates for eight more Assembly Constituencies of Odisha. BJP has fielded Prasanta Kumar Jagadev for the Khordha Assembly seat, Arindam Roy has been named party candidate for the Salipur seat. 1. Khordha: Prasanta Kumar Jagadev 2. Salipur: Arindam Roy 3. Telkoi: Fakir Mohan…
New Delhi, 27/4: : Delhi Police on Saturday lodged an abduction case over the disappearance of actor Gurucharan Singh of the famous TV serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah fame, officials said. Multiple teams have been formed to find the 50-year-old actor, who is a Delhi resident, after he went missing five days ago, they…
Guwahati, 27/4: Two CRPF personnel died and two others were injured in an attack on a security forces’ camp at around 12.30 am in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. The deceased included a sub-inspector and a havildar, police sources said. Bishnupur shares its boundary with the Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district.
Bangalore, 27/4:The Centre has released Rs 3,454 crore to Karnataka to take up its drought relief works. The high power committee headed by Home Minister Amit Shah approved release of funds for drought relief (Kharif 2023), a statement from the Ministry of Finance said.
New Delhi, 26/4: Days after announcing her as the star campaigner in Gujarat, AAP on Friday announced that jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal will campaign in three more states, including the national capital and Punjab, and her electioneering will start with a roadshow in East Delhi seat.
Bengaluru, 26/4: A case has been registered against BJP leader LS Tejasvi Surya contesting from the Bangalore South constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections for “soliciting votes on the ground of religion”. “Case is booked against Tejasvi Surya MP and Candidate of Bengaluru South PC on 25.04.24 at Jayanagar PS u/s 123(3) for posting…
New Delhi, 26/4: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine a PIL for a direction to declare a particular election as null and void if the votes polled to NOTA are more than any of the contesting candidates, in a move to strengthen the citizens’ right to reject a candidate and force political parties…
Srinagar, 26/4: Two terrorists were killed while as many Army personnel got injured on Friday as a gunbattle between the militants and security forces continued for the second day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. The encounter began on Thursday at Check Mohalla Nowpora in the Sopore area of north Kashmir. After the…
New Delhi, 26/4: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea for 100% cross verification of VVPAT counts with EVMs or returning to ballot papers during the elections, saying blindly distrusting the system would lead to unwarranted scepticism. Our approach should be guided by evidence and reasons to allow space for meaningful improvements by nurturing…
New Delhi, 25/4: The Reserve Bank of India plans to soon change guidelines to permit banks to temporarily freeze accounts suspected of being used to commit cyber crimes, as it battles a rising wave of online crime, three sources told Reuters. The plans come as internal government data shows individuals have lost funds of nearly…
