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Cabinet meet: PM asks ministers to draft roadmap for first 100 days, next 5 years of new govt.

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told ministers to draft a roadmap for the first 100 days and next five years for new government, sources said. Chairing a Cabinet meeting here this morning, the PM also asked the ministers to meet ...

17 Mar 2024

ECI releases fresh data on funding to political parties through electoral bonds

NEW DELHI — The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday released data received from political parties on electoral bonds, which it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers. The ECI in a statement said: “Political parties had filed dat...

17 Mar 2024

Kerala moves SC seeking stay on Citizenship Amendment Rules

NEW DELHI — Kerala has filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, contending it was discriminatory, arbitrary and contravened the principles of secularism. The Centre had...

17 Mar 2024

5 to 6 lakh young voters can still be added to the voter list: CEC

NEW DELHI — Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, who announced the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday, said that around 5 to 6 lakh youths are still to be added to the voter list. “This time, the number of young v...

16 Mar 2024

In a first, ECI announces ‘vote-from-home’ for those above 85, people with 40% disability

NEW DELHI — The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced the option of ‘vote-from-home’ for citizens above 85 years of age, and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) with 40 per cent disability benchmark, marking the first ins...

16 Mar 2024

Electoral Bonds Scheme: Reliance-linked entities, Kotak Mahindra and Aditya Birla groups are among top donors

NEW DELHI — Bigwigs of corporate India, either directly or through front companies or associates, have shown generosity in subscribing to the Electoral Bonds scheme, as revealed by a series of reports by the Reporters’ Collective. Based on th...

16 Mar 2024

YSRCP announces candidates for 175 Assembly, 24 Lok Sabha seats

AMARAVATI — The YSR Congress Party on Saturday announced candidates for all 175 Assembly seats and 24 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, dropping a majority of the sitting MPs. YSR Congress president and Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Re...

16 Mar 2024

ECI draws focus to four ‘M’s to ensure free & fair polls

NEW DELHI — Announcing the dates for the Lok Sabha elections here on Saturday, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajiv Kumar, said an elaborate security arrangement has been put in place to look after the overall safety of the entire election ...

16 Mar 2024

Lok Sabha polls: Four-phase voting for MP’s 29 seats from April 19 to May 13

BHOPAL —Voting for the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh will be conducted in four phases from April 19 to May 13, as per the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday. In the first phase on April 19, voting will b...

16 Mar 2024

18th Lok Sabha polls to be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1

NEW DELHI — The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the schedule for the 543 parliamentary constituencies for 18th Lok Sabha elections, the biggest democratic exercise in the world involving 96.8 crore voters, including 21.5 crore yo...

16 Mar 2024

Centre declares JKLF unlawful association for 5 more years

SRINAGAR — Central government on Saturday declared the Yasin Malik-led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) as an unlawful association for a further period of 5 years. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in an X-post said that: “The Modi gove...

16 Mar 2024

Kerala CM Vijayan questions Congress’ ‘silence’ on CAA

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday raised questions on Congress’ “silence” on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA). Accusing the Congress President of dodging media queries on CAA, he aske...

16 Mar 2024

PM Modi dedicates development projects worth at least INR 8.25 lakh crore in just 14 days

NEW DELHI — In a mega bid towards the creation of ‘Viksit Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated multiple development projects worth at least INR 8.25 lakh crore in just 14 days this month, which is a mammoth record to buil...

16 Mar 2024

Goa government forms panel for exposition of St. Francis Xavier’s sacred relics

PANAJI — The Goa government has constituted an ‘Exposition Secretariat’ committee for the exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier in Old Goa to be held from November 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The committee will monitor the day-...

15 Mar 2024

Lok Sabha poll 2024 schedule to be announced on Saturday

NEW DELHI — The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. In a post on X, the poll panel said a press conference to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections and some state assemblies will be held at 3 ...

15 Mar 2024

Nitish Kumar expands Cabinet, 21 legislators take oath as Ministers

PATNA — The Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar on Friday expanded its Cabinet by inducting 21 legislators who were sworn-in as ministers here at a programme in Raj Bhavan. Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, two Deputy C...

15 Mar 2024

PM Modi’s roadshow in Hyderabad draws huge crowd

HYDERABAD — Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency in Hyderabad on Friday. As part of the BJP’s increased focus on Telangana, he arrived on another visit to the state ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Th...

15 Mar 2024

Sandeshkhali victims narrate their horror to media, seek President’s intervention

NEW DELHI — Days after the alleged abuse and humiliation of scores of women in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, a group of victims from the area met President Droupadi Murmu and sought her intervention in the matter. They also submitted a memorandum, ...

15 Mar 2024

Viksit Bharat ‘impact’: 7 days after promise for girls’ hostel in DU, Union Minister sanctions funds

NEW DELHI — The University of Delhi (DU), facing scarcity of women hostels for years, will soon have a series of hostels and residential accommodations, catering to girl students and working women pursuing higher education in the campus. The credit...

15 Mar 2024

Former Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, a hero of 1971 war, passes away at 91

MUMBAI — Former India Navy chief, Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, who played a heroic role during the 1971 India-Pakistan War which led to the birth of Bangladesh, passed away in a military hospital in Telangana on Friday morning. He was 91. “Wi...

15 Mar 2024

Ready to evacuate nationals from violence-hit Haiti, if required: India

NEW DELHI — Asserting that it is ready to evacuate its nationals from violence-torn Haiti, if required, India said on Friday that it has set up a 24-hour control room in the Ministry of External Affairs and an emergency helpline in the Dominican Re...

15 Mar 2024

Madras HC directs TN Police to grant permission for PM’s March 18 roadshow in Coimbatore

CHENNAI — The Madras High Court on Friday directed Tamil Nadu Police to grant permission to the roadshow of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in Coimbatore on March 18. The Tamil Nadu Police had on Friday sent a communique to the BJP’s Coimbatore Di...

15 Mar 2024

Supreme Court refuses to stay fresh appointments to ECI, next hearing on March 21

NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the fresh appointments to the Election Commission of India, made under the legislation which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the process of appointment of the Chief Election Commissio...

15 Mar 2024

Election Commission to announce schedule for Lok Sabha polls on Saturday

NEW DELHI — The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. The schedule for the elections will be declared at 3 p.m. by the three Election Commissioners. In a post on X, the ECI said, “Press Confer...

15 Mar 2024

SC issues notice to SBI for non-disclosure of alphanumeric code of Electoral Bonds

NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the State Bank of India (SBI) for non-disclosure of alphanumeric code of Electoral Bonds.  “They have not disclosed the bond number because that has to be disclosed by the State Bank o...

15 Mar 2024
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