NEW DELHI: With 16.63 crore voters ready to decide the fate of 1625 candidates, India is all set to kickstart the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with Phase 1 on Friday.The high-voltage electioneering for the biggest Phase came to an end at 5pm on Wednesday with the commencement of a 48-hour silence period, as per the…
NEW DELHI: All 39 seats of Tamil Nadu will be going to the polls on April 19 in the first phase of the mammoth seven-phase 2024 Lok Sabha elections that will conclude with the results being declared on June 4. The BJP is hoping to make major headway in a state that has never given…
NEW DELHI: Indian embassy on Thursday, issued an update on the situation of Indians stranded in Dubai due to ongoing floods. The embassy said that it was in regular communication with airlines and authorities to aid stranded passengers.“We are in touch with UAE authorities and the airlines to facilitate stranded passengers. Regular updates from airlines…
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NEW DELHI: An Indian woman cadet, who was a part of 17 Indian nationals onboard the seized vessel MSC Aries has returned home, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.“With the concerted efforts of Indian Mission in Tehran and the Iranian Government, Indian deck cadet Ms. Ann Tessa Joseph from Thrissur, Kerala, who was…
NEW DELHI: Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk’s tweet from January has caught the attention of the US, possibly paving the way for India to get a permanent seat at the UNSC. Musk had said in his tweet that it was ‘absurd’ that India doesn’t have a permanent UNSC seat. Musk who is set…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was instrumental in reversing Election Commission’s 2012 reluctance into acceptance of the importance of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail in electronic voting machines (EVMs), first deployed in Nagaland’s Noksen Assembly bye-elections on Sep 4, 2013 without detecting any discrepancy between votes cast and VVPAT slips.In its October 2013 judgment, a…
NEW DELHI: Should commonly used drugs such as cough and cold medicines, antacids, and antipyretics (fever-reducing drugs) be made available at general stores in India, like in many countries abroad? A govt appointed committee tasked with creating India’s OTC or over-the-counter drug policy is learnt to be considering this suggestion seriously and discussed it in…
NEW DELHI: Refusing to get into remarks by PM Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh on killings of terrorists in Pakistan, the US said it encourages India and Pakistan to avoid any escalation and find a resolution through dialogue.“The United States is not going to get into the middle of this, but we do encourage…
RAIPUR: In apparent retaliation for the Kanker operation, Maoists murdered a BJP deputy sarpanch in neighbouring Narayanpur district late Tuesday, two days before Bastar constituency votes in the Lok Sabha elections.Pancham Das Manikpuri is the ninth BJP functionary/worker to be murdered by Maoists since Feb last year. Naxals accused him of working for police.The killing…
