2024

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…

New Delhi, 25/4:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed the difference between his party’s guarantees and ‘Modi Ki Guarantee’ is clear and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows that the elections have ‘slipped out of his hands’. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said the Congress guarantees a ‘government of Indians’….

New Delhi, 25/4: : In a first, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda seeking his “comments” on complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indulging in “hate speech” in Rajasthan during the Lok Sabha campaign. Similarly, it also sent a separate notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for…

Kolkata, 25/4: CBI on Thursday registered first case in Sandeshkhali land grab and sexual assault allegations, PTI stated quoting officials. Recently, a 10-member team of the CBI on April 20 visited Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged crimes against women and land-grabbing, an official said.