KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that an attempt was made to cancel her Bhowanipore nomination through a “false affidavit”. She submitted her nomination on April 8 and it was accepted on April 10 after review.Bhowanipore currently has 13 candidates, one of the highest number of candidates in Bengal, … Read more
New Delhi The impressive turnout in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, with two of the three states/UTs achieving record highs, attracted global attention, with 38 international delegates from 22 countries witnessing the results first-hand and expressing their admiration for the high voter participation, careful planning and seamless execution of the elections. The delegates are here as … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul GandhiOn Saturday, at an event, they exchanged pleasantries and had a brief conversation, a rarity in their icy relationship. Rahul rarely joins ministers and senior officials such as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in greeting the prime minister … Read more
As part of his ongoing trip to the United States, Indian Air Chief Marshal Apu Singh held high-level discussions with the US Air Force leadership, including Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach, to strengthen the evolving defense partnership and discuss mutual strategic priorities, procurement of MQ-9B Skyguard unmanned aerial vehicles and promoting Indo-Pacific cooperation.On April … Read more
Jammu: J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan’, a 100-day campaign to eradicate the drug menace from the Union Territory by restricting the supply of contraband in Pakistan and ensuring exemplary punishment to drug traffickers.“The government is committed to effectively address this social evil and protect the youth … Read more
Srinagar: An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a dog in Sopore, the second such death in the district in less than a year.Aiman ​​Adnan Sheikh died within minutes of being attacked on Friday in an apple orchard near his home in Seloo village of Sopore, 55 kilometers north of Srinagar, doctors said. “The … Read more
New Delhi: tamil nadu chief minister Stalin On Saturday, he took aim at the BJP-led Center, accusing it of spreading “saffron lies” that went beyond “blatant lies”.Addressing a rally in Tirupattur, Stalin said: “Tamil Nadu occupies an important position in all rankings of the Union government… After learning all this, Union Minister Piyush Goyal roared … Read more
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin expressed optimism over the victory of the DMK-led alliance in the state assembly elections. He claimed that they would be able to win more than 200 seats in the polls, while he also attacked the BJP for trying to use the women quota as a “weapon” against the … Read more
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Saturday said that during his state-wide campaign, people have been raising key issues such as the need to curb drug abuse, improve the quality of government schools and strengthen road infrastructure, while claiming the verdict DMK failed to resolve these issues.Referring to what he called the “DMK … Read more
New Delhi: Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has become a flash point in the West Bengal Assembly elections. On the one hand, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to implement the bill if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power. Meanwhile, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has pledged to repeal the law if her party … Read more