PATNA/GAYA: In a strong affirmation of the Constitution’s primacy amid claims by the opposition that BJP intends to “scrap” it if voted back to office, PM Narendra Modi said Tuesday that he was indebted to “Ambedkar’s samvidhan” for preserving the country’s diversity, facilitating equitable economic growth and enabling someone like him to “rise from humble…
NEW DELHI: Making public its report card on enforcement of the model code of conduct in the first month of polls, Election Commission on Tuesday said it had decided against acting on opposition parties’ pleas for stopping the alleged “misuse” of central agencies like CBI, ED and NIA to target their leadership, as it did…
GADCHIROLI: Splinters flew past Vikas Kumre, of Gardewara village, as multiple IEDs went off at noon along a booby-trapped stretch, just 6km off the Maoist headquarters of Abujmarh. This was during 2019 LS polls.Fast forward to 2024. Kumre considers himself lucky to be alive and witness the bustling electoral process at one of the 11…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has upheld the compulsory retirement rule for non-performing or under-performing district judges at the age of 50, with the observation, “A member of the judicial service must possess the highest standards of rectitude, honesty and integrity.”Some of the judges of district court had challenged the rule in 2016, contending that it…
Centre forms committee to address queer community issues after SC’s ruling on same-sex marriages. Committee chaired by Union cabinet secretary. It includes members from various ministries and is mandated to ensure no discrimination, violence, or involuntary medical treatment against queer persons. Source link
GUWAHATI: Gunmen positioned on hilltops fired at two fuel tankers near Keimei village on NH-37 in Manipur‘s Tamenglong district on Tuesday, wounding a driver in the leg. The highway connects Imphal with Silchar. Identity of the driver and the shooters remains unknown, police said.The gunfire caused oil spillage on the road, prompting authorities to dispatch…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday reprimanded Congress functionary Randeep Surjewala over his alleged derogatory remarks against BJP MP Hema Malini and barred him from campaigning for 48 hours. This is the first campaign ban imposed by the poll body in this Lok Sabha election cycle. EC had last Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to Surjewala…
NEW DELHI: Alleging that serving diplomats under the Modi govt are behaving like BJP “apparatchiks” and making political attacks on opposition parties, Congress on Tuesday demanded the sacking of Indian ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra for his “shameful and disgraceful” remarks.Mishra had triggered a controversy when he, in a rejoinder to an Irish Times editorial…
NEW DELHI: The Israeli Embassy on Tuesday hit back at the hate speech against Indians and urged people to fact-check before falling for any fake news and propoganda, as incidents of hate speech are on the rise after the conflict in the Gaza Strip and Iran-Israel tension.Calling the viral video of an Indian YouTuber, showing…
NEW DELHI: Around 700 inmates are employed and 12,00 more are presently getting training to work in various sectors after coming out of jail, Tihar’s Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said.In an interaction with PTI editors at its headquarters on Monday, Baniwal, a 1989 batch IPS officer, said that he is happy to see inmates,…
