NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “moorkhon ka sardar” and home minister Amit Shah for “Rahu-Ketu” remarks allegedly made during poll campaigns.A delegation of Congress leaders met top officials of the Election Commission including chief election commissioner and demanded that it…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commissionhas sought explanation from Karnataka govt over advertisements publicising its achievements in newspapers circulating in Telangana. The poll body has set November 28, 5pm deadline for the state government’s reply. The Election Commission has said that the advertisements were in violation of its instructions to get prior clearance for such ads.The…
PATNA: Ek-ek ghar me pata karen ki kaun paksh mein hai, kaun khilaf hai (Visit every home to find out who is in support of the liquor ban and who is against it). I don’t want a report based on a survey of limited areas,CM Nitish Kumar said.The liquor ban came into force in April…
NEW DELHI: As India was “convicted” even before the investigation into the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil was complete, Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, raised objection, and sought evidence.He said Canada should back up its allegation with proof, adding that India would look into anything “very specific…
DEHRADUN: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are preparing for a high-stakes rescue mission to evacuate 41 workers from the confines of Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi. With meticulous rehearsals, the rescue teams are preparing to deploy specially fitted wheeled stretchers to navigate a 57-60 meters long escape passage constructed…
Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised Tuesday questions about PM Narendra Modi‘s caste, alleging a discrepancy in his OBC status. Speaking at the launch of Congress’s manifesto for the November 25 Rajasthan elections, Kharge claimed that Modi, belonging to the Ghanchi-Teli community, “stealthily” included it in the OBC category during his tenure as Gujarat CM.This…
A day after he took oath as Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu asked India in an official communication to pull out its military personnel from the Indian Ocean archipelago. The president’s office said Muizzu requested withdrawal of Indian troops in a meeting with Indian minister Kiren Rijiju, who was in Male for the inauguration of the…
US space agency Nasa has sent Diwali greetings in a unique style. Its space telescope Hubble posted an image of a globular cluster that “captured a celestial festival of lights” which looked similar to Indians lighting up scores of diyas in their homes across the country on the auspicious day.“Happy Diwali to all those who…
Credit: Fortune India Exchange European premium luggage brand Delsey Paris is looking to make India a manufacturing hub, part of its global strategy to shift half its production out of Mainland China, global chief executive Davide Traxler said. India is among the fastest growing market for the French brand and currently accounts for 5% of…
MUMBAI: The Delhi HC has issued a notice to the Centrein a writ petition filed by a pilot seeking flight data recorder information of the Air India Express aircraft that hit the Trichy airport’s perimeter wall during takeoff in 2018. This is probably the first time in India that a HC has been approached with…
