UP, 29/10: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Election Commission did not follow rules while preparing the voters’ list in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls earlier this year. He alleged that there is a “conspiracy” by the BJP government to suppress the voice of the opposition. “Had the Election…
Jaipur, 29/10: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting 95 per cent of the total donations made through electoral bonds as donors are not providing funds to other parties out of fear. Addressing a press conference here as part of the Congress’s campaign for the upcoming…
Doha, 29/10: Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from their homes told Reuters. They said more than a dozen buildings had been evacuated and shut down by authorities, forcing the…
Delhi, 29/10: An IndiGo plane declared emergency at the Delhi airport on Friday after one of its engines caught fire at the time of taxiing, according to sources. The Bengaluru-bound A320 aircraft, which had 184 people on board, later returned to the bay. The people were safely deboarded, the sources said. A…
Washington DC, 28/10: Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” after a break-in at the couple’s California home early on Friday, her office said in a statement. “The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation,” the statement said. “Mr Pelosi was…
New Delhi, 28/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India has set a target to double the crude steel production capacity from 154 million tonnes per annum now to 300 million tonnes per annum in the next 9 to 10 years in an order to boost indigenous capabilities. In his virtual address…
New Delhi, 28/10: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the key conspirators and planners of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks continue to remain protected and unpunished, which undermined the collective credibility. He also said that when it comes to proscribing some terrorists, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has “regrettably” been…
New Delhi, 28/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday mooted the idea of ‘One Nation, One Police Uniform’, saying he is not trying to impose it on states though he thinks the identity of the police across the country could be identical. Modi made the remarks while digitally addressing the ‘Chintan Shivir’ of…
New Delhi, 28/10: The Congress on Friday asked the Election Commission of India to desist from regulating freebies, arguing that it does not have the jurisdiction to do so. “Neither the Election Commission, nor the Government, nor indeed even the Courts, have jurisdiction to justiciate and regulate such issues. It would therefore be…
Shimla, 28/10: Sixty-three-year-old K L Saini, a retired professor from Mandi, is a troubled man. With more than 13 years of work as an associate professor at the Government Degree College at Rewalsar, Saini says he had to borrow when Covid struck. My bank balance was low, and community members sent groceries over. This has…
