New Delhi, 9/9: NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan was elected as the new Vice President of India on Tuesday. Radhakrishnan secured 452 votes while joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy got 300 votes. 15 votes were declared invalid and at least 13 MPs cross-voted. The results to the vice presidential polls were announced after counting…
Kathmandu, 9/9: Veteran politician K P Sharma Oli, who wrecked many governments in the past, kindled hopes for much-needed political stability in Nepal when he assumed power for the third time in 2024, but that proved to be short-lived due to his own action.
Bengaluru, 9/9: Karnataka’s IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge has made a fresh proposal to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on having the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) scrutinised under a court-monitored audit through an ‘ethical hackathon’ hosted by Karnataka. Priyank’s proposal comes just days after the Congress government decided to bring back ballot papers for…
Patna, 9/9: The two-week-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ concluded on September 1 with the I.N.D.I.A. bloc all set to enter another phase of campaigning ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. The RJD and its allies now plan to reach out to districts that the ‘yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav could not cover. RJD…
Kathmandu, 9/9: Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday. Cabinet spokesman and Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said the government had rolled back the social media ban imposed last week.
Jerusalem,9/8: Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people in what police described as “a terrorist attack,” one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years. Footage from a dashboard camera at the scene showed people fleeing from the vicinity of…
Kathmandu, 8/9: At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government’s decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the armed forces in Kathmandu. Thousands of youths, including school students, under the banner of Gen…
Bengaluru,8/9: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said his government will take action as per law against those responsible for violence during a Ganesha idol procession at Maddur in Mandya. Whoever was wrong — Hindu or Muslim — action will be take against them as per law,” Siddaramaiah said at a news conference.
New Delhi, 8/9: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar as the 12 th document for voters during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls of Bihar, ahead of Assembly polls in November this year A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi directed for taking Aadhaar as a…
Chennai,9/8: In a sad piece of news, Rajendra Dholkia, the MLA of Nuapada constituency in Odisha has reportedly passed away today while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Chennai. He was 68 years old. As per reports, Dholkia was a four time MLA. He was affected with kidney related ailments. Earlier, he was a…
