NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has moved the bypolls for nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh from November 13th to November 20th. This decision, citing festival considerations, has sparked controversy, with Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of manipulating the schedule to sway the outcome.Yadav,…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force plane crashed near Agra on Monday, according to the defence officials as reported by ANI. The pilot was ejected safely. A court inquiry has been ordered into the incident.The MiG-29 fighter jet was had taken off from Adampur in Punjab and was en route to Agra for an exercise…
Canadian police on Monday allegedly assaulted the “Hindu worshippers” who were protesting against the attack on temples, according to a video posted by Daniel Bordman.“He is the one,” a woman who shot the video was heard saying as she pointed at an Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, adding, “He is hitting with sticks.”“The RCMP start…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s Sealdah Court on Monday framed charges against prime accused Sanjay Roy under section 103(1), 64 and 66 Bhartiya Nyay Sahita in the RG Kar rape-murder and the trial is set to begin from November 11. However, while being taken away from the court, Sanjay Roy denied charges, claiming that he was…
NEW DELHI: In a strong response to the recent violence at the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton, Canada, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Monday condemned the violence “perpetrated by extremists and separatists “. “We call on the Government of Canada to ensure that all places of worship are protected from…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sent notice to Delhi government and police, seeking their response over why the order banning the use of firecrackers during Diwali wasn’t implemented. It has also directed the state and the police as to suggest measures for better implementation of the ban order in the coming years.“There cannot be a…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday postponed the upcoming bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Punjab from November 13 to November 20. The announcement by the poll body came after national and state parties raised concerns over lower voter turnout due to various festivities coinciding with the election dates.The Congress had said that a…
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday elected veteran National Conference leader and seven-time MLA Abdul Rahim Rather as its speaker as the first listed transaction of the business in the first session after a gap of six years.Chief minister Omar Abdullah and protem speaker Mubarak Gul congratulated Rather as he took Chair…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday took a sharp jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party after it accused the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha of patronising infiltrators in the state. Soren questioned the central government’s decision to provide political asylum to ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Addressing a poll rally at Ranka in Garhwa…
Jharkhand CM and JMM chief Hemant Soren RANCHI: Jharkhand‘s governing JMM and CM Hemant Soren hit back Sunday at Union home minister Amit Shah’s promises of a crackdown on Bangladeshi infiltrators, a CBI probe into a paper leak and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) if BJP and its allies won the Nov 13 and 20 assembly…
