NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday ruled out any violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) in the ongoing recruitment process for public services in poll-bound Haryana but directed that the results be declared only after the elections to “maintain a level playing field”.The poll panel’s action came on a complaint filed by…
NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: A Delhi court has sought NIA‘s response on jailed Baramulla MP and Awami Ittehad Party president Abdul Rashid Sheikh’s plea seeking regular bail ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, starting Sept 18.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh of Patiala House courts issued notice to NIA on Tuesday, directing…
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday accused large e-commerce players, such as Amazon, of indulging in predatory pricing to grab a bigger share and violating FDI rules, while calling for a review of policies to ensure that small shops were not put out of business because of the rapid growth of…
NEW DELHI: Demanding to know why it has become so difficult for victims to even go to the police station and register an FIR, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that after West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the shameful crimes against daughters in Maharashtra “force us to think…
THANE/MUMBAI: The police shut down the internet in Badlapur, registered four FIRs against 1,500 persons and arrested 60 people on Wednesday in response to the previous day’s violent protests over a school sexual abuse case.The opposition MVA called a bandh on Saturday to protest against what it called was ineffective govt action in the case…
KOLKATA: A team of CISF officers, led by the IG and DIG, conducted a recce of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) and held multiple meetings with hospital officials and the city’s top cops as they prepared to join duty with Kolkata Police to manage security on the hospital premises. The force’s visit came…
KOLKATA: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had flagged financial irregularities at R G Kar Medical College way back in 2021, the year Sandip Ghosh took charge as principal of the institute. Ghosh had reportedly refused to respond to multiple CAG reminders, raising suspicion that he wanted to hide something.As CAG started looking into procurement…
BAREILY: A local court has acquitted two men accused under the Anti-religious Conversion Act for solely keeping a Bible at home and ordered legal action against the complainant and the police officers responsible for filing what it deemed a baseless chargesheet and misuse of legal processes. Additional district and sessions Judge Gyanendra Tripathi described the…
The Gujarat assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the “Gujarat Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2024, which is aimed at protecting people against criminal practices of fraudsters, who claim to have supernatural powers.The state govt said the act will ban criminal practices propagated in…
PM Modi arrived in Warsaw Wednesday, on his three-day tour to Poland and Ukraine, hoping as a “friend and partner” for early return of peace in the region. He will also share his views on ending the Ukraine war.Modi said he was travelling to Ukraine at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky for what will…
