Bangalore, 29/3: Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday told the Karnataka Assembly that he would use his office to seek an explanation from the Election Commission about the 19 lakh “missing” electronic voting machines (EVMs). Kageri said this after senior Congress member HK Patil quoted statistics, based on RTI replies, on missing EVMs…
UP, 29/3: The Uttar Pradesh government has countered before the Supreme Court a charge as “completely false and untrue” that it did not effectively oppose a bail plea filed by Ashish Mishra, the prime accused and son of a Union minister, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case before the Allahabad High Court. It also…
New Delhi, 29/3: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said FDI into the country during the Modi government was $500.5 billion, which is 65 per cent more than the amount received in the 10 years of the UPA government, as investors have trusted the economic management of the current regime. Replying to the…
In a major development,Bikunja Biswal, GRS, Labanyadeipur GP, Kaptipada Block, Dist- Mayurbhanj has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs 5000/- from a Complainant for issuance of job cards. The entire bribe money has been recovered from Sri Biswal and seized. Following trap, simultaneous searches have been launched on properties of…
Kolkata, 29/3: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to all Opposition leaders and chief ministers “expressing concern over BJP’s direct attacks on democracy” with the use of central agencies. “Central agencies are jolted to action when elections are round the corner,” Mamata wrote. “I urge that all of us…
J&K, 29/3: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted North of Alchi (Leh), Jammu and Kashmir today morning, tweeted the National Center for Seismology (NCS). “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 29-03-2022, 07:29:39 IST, Lat: 35.87 and Long: 77.47, Depth: 148 Km, Location: 186km N of Alchi (Leh), Jammu and Kashmir,”…
Bengaluru, 29/3:A similar scene was witnessed in a government school in Ilkal town of Bagalkote district where Muslim students were denied entry to write the SSLC board exams. Credit: DH Photo A few Muslim girls who wished to appear for their Class 10 board examination wearing hijab were denied entry in Karnataka on Monday citing…
New Delhi, 29/3:Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India this week and the key focus is expected to be discussions on a payment system for New Delhi’s procurement of oil and military hardware from Moscow, people familiar with the developments said on Monday. It is learnt that Lavrov is expected to…
New Delhi, 28/3: The Indian Army has equipped its sniper deployed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir with the sophisticated Finnish-made rifle Sako TRG-42 (Sako TRG 42 Rifle), which can hit an effective target up to one and a half kilometres. The officers provided this information. A senior official told PTI,…
New Delhi, 28/3: After the increase in the prices of petrol, diesel and gas, consumers are now going to get another booster dose of inflation. For the treatment of diseases, now more pockets will have to be loosened because from April 1, there will be a huge increase of 11 percent in the price of…
