NEW DELHI: As counting of Lok Sabha 2024 elections began at 8am, early trends went in favour of NDA, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking lead in around a 100 seats in only half-an-hour.Early trends indicate that BJP took a significant lead while Congress was leading in above 20 seats. BJP, currently holding the reins…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha elections, which witnessed the highest voter turnout, will determine the electoral destiny of numerous prominent leaders from various political parties as the vote counting commences today.Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, are in the running.Prominent opposition figures such as…
NEW DELHI: A day after Maldives barred the entry of Israeli passport holders, the Israel embassy in New Delhi issued on Monday a statement on ‘X’ promoting “some beautiful and amazing Indian beaches where Israeli tourists are warmly welcomed and treated with utmost hospitality”, including Lakshadweep, Kerala, Andaman and Goa.As far as tourism is concerned,…
NEW DELHI: National Company Law Tribunal on Monday ordered the initiation of insolvency proceedings against Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), six years after lenders led by ICICI Bank first sought action.The move will impact the company’s real estate business in Noida and Greater Noida, although the scale of operation in this company is much smaller than…
NEW DELHI: Resolution of the water crisis in the parched national capital will begin a day after the country elects a new govt as the Supreme Court on Monday ordered Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) comprising all stakeholder states to meet on June 5 to address Delhi govt’s distress demand for additional water supply.While the…
NEW DELHI: Sensing a “pattern” in levelling of unverified allegations and casting of doubts on well-established electoral processes — related to voters list, EVMs, VVPATs or counting — during general elections, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday said these were part of the “mischievous narratives” directed at EC that the poll panel had failed…
BAREILLY: A district court in Bareilly Monday sentenced three accused to life imprisonment for a brutal gang rape in May 2021, where a knife was inserted into the survivor’s rectum. The survivor spent months in a hospital and underwent reconstructive surgery. Sonu Bhatia, Rajiv Kumar, and Monu Singh were arrested and jailed but later granted…
CHENNAI: Six retired judges from Madras high court and one from Patna HC have written to President Droupadi Murmu and chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, expressing deep concern over the conduct of the 2024 general elections and urging protection of “electoral democracy in India”.The letter, writer by former judges D Hariparanthaman, GM Akbar Ali, Aruna…
NEW DELHI: As the country braces for another mandate with Lok Sabha poll results coming on Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days, BJP brass and NDA functionaries, buoyed by the predictions of exit polls, held several rounds of meetings amid indications that the leadership would like to finish…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday said that Congress and its allies have not only lost people’s confidence but also missed the opportunity to behave as a responsible opposition as they have consistently tried to demean democratic institutions by casting aspersions on them.At a press conference, party’s spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the opposition parties had…
