NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday held that non-disclosure of all assets owned by an electoral candidate would not amount to a defect and such assets should be of substantial value to attract invalidation of , while also saying that the right of voters to know has to be balanced with the right to privacy…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry has moved to upgrade the security of chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar in view of alleged threats from pro-Khalistan elements based abroad. Sources indicated that that CRPF is likely to take charge of his security, which will “be Z-category level” and shall be provided to him on an all-India basis.TOI…
CUDDALORE: A fortune-teller whose parrot had predicted a win for Thankar Bachan, PMK candidate from Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore LS seat, was arrested on Tuesday for keeping the bird in captivity. PMK, part of BJP-led NDA, described the action in the DMK-governed state as “height of fascism“.Forest ranger J Ramesh claimed parrots were categorised “Schedule II…
THIRUVANANTHPURAM: Senior Congress functionary AK Antony publicly criticised Tuesday his son Anil Antony’s decision to contest as a BJP candidate for Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat, saying: “He should lose, he should not win.” He repeated after a pause: “Should lose.”Speaking at a presser, the 83-year-old former defence minister emphasised the importance of separating family and…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has extended his support to the BJP-led Mahayuti (Shiv Sena of CM Eknath Shinde and NCP of Ajit Pawar) in the upcoming parliamentary election, solely for “Narendra Modi” and the growth of the nation. He stated that this election would decide if “we are achieving growth or…
NEW DELHI: Union government on Tuesday told Supreme Court that Constitution-framers intended to give Centre complete control over any industry in public interest through a Parliament-enacted law ousting states’ jurisdiction and this power was used by Modi govt to order diversion of steel plant produced oxygen to hospitals and industrial alcohol for hand sanitisers during…
NEW DELHI: Congress slammed home minister Amit Shah for his recent comments suggesting that China has not encroached any Indian land under the Modi government. The party said that by giving a “clean chit” to China, the ruling party is making it more challenging for India to address the issue of illegal encroachment.He emphasized that…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday had the last laugh as the opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi finally announced its seat sharing deal for 48 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra after several weeks of hectic negotiations. The weeks preceding the final announcement saw moments of muscle flexing and one-upmanship between the allies.As…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala over his “sexist, vulgar and uncivilised” comments against BJP MP and candidate Hema Malini, during campaigning in Haryana. It also wrote to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pointing to repeated violations by his party leaders of EC’s April 1 advisory…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders ended their 24-hour protest at the Mandir Marg police station here on Tuesday evening, a day after they were detained for staging a sit-in protest outside the Election Commission‘s office on Monday.The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has been alleging that central probe agencies have been targeting opposition parties ahead of the…
