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“ECI Noted Repeated Pressure Tactics by Political Parties and Candidates:”

February 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 4: A day before Delhi go to polls on Wednesday to elect its 70-member Assembly, the Election Commission of India on Tuesday responded to, what it called “repeated pressure tactics by political parties and candidates” to malign and question the authority of the poll body. In a post on X the […]

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Hema Malini says Stampede in Maha Kumbh “Not a Big Incident”

February 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Amidst persistent opposition demand from the government to reveal the actual death toll in the stampede in the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh insisting that the casualty was much higher than 30 deaths claimed by the government, the BJP MP and Bollywood actress Hema Malini making […]

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Privilege Move against Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

February 4, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 4: After Several ministers disputed his claims and refuted his charges against the Narendra Modi government during his speech in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the BJP member Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday moved a privilege motion against the Congress leader and the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his […]

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Court Directs Government to Confiscate Vehicles from Other States Dumping Medical Wastes in Tamil Nadu

February 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 3: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday observed that officials should confiscate vehicles used for the offence to instil fear in the offenders. The court made the comment taking a serious view of medical wastes from other states, particularly Kerala, being dumped in Tamil Nadu. The court passed […]

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70 Lakhs Voters Added in Maharashtra Electoral Rolls in 5 Months: Rahul Gandhi

February 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 3: The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that about 70 lakh voters, equivalent to Himachal Pradesh’s population, were added to the electoral rolls in Maharashtra between the Lok Sabha and State elections and demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to furnish data to opposition […]

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Sonia, Rahul Gandhi Face Privilege Motions in Parliament

February 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 3: The two former Congress presidents, Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, are facing privilege motions for their remarks outside and inside Parliament demanding “exemplary disciplinary action” against them. While a group of BJP members on Monday moved a moved a breach of parliamentary privilege notice against Mrs Gandhi […]

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Godhra Train Carnage Convict Re-arrested

February 3, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 3: A convict in the infamous Godhra train carnage case of 2002, who had jumped parole last year, has been re-arrested in a theft case in Pune. “A 55-year-old life convict in Godhra train carnage case of 2002, who had jumped parole and absconded, has been arrested in Maharashtra’s Pune district in a […]

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Largest Hindu Temple in Southern Hemisphere Opened in South Africa

February 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The largest Hindu temple and cultural complex in the southern hemisphere was unveiled in Johannesburg on Sunday with scores of worshippers participating in a ceremony to mark the occasion. Although less than two percent of South Africans identify as Hindu, it is the most followed religion among the country’s Indian community. […]

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Congress “EAGLE” to Monitor ECI Conducting Free and Fair Elections

February 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The Congress on Sunday set up an eight-member committee — Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) — to monitor the conduct of free and fair elections by the Election Commission of India. The committee will first take up the Maharashtra voters’ list manipulation issue, and submit a detailed report […]

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Row over Union Minister’s Advice to Declare Kerala a Backward State

February 2, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The BJP leader and the union minister of state George Kurian’s advice that Kerala should declare itself a backward state to get higher budgetary allocations from the Centre and the state BJP president supporting the stand has fuelled a controversy with both the ruling CPM and the opposition Congress […]