Cong leader moves SC seeking to restrain Centre from appointing new ECs

Cong leader moves SC seeking to restrain Centre from appointing new ECs

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Centre from appointing new election commissioners as per a 2023 law, the provisions of which have been challenged in the apex court. Two vacancies of election commissioners have arisen following the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel and Anup Chandra […]

Kovind-Led Panel In Process Of Submitting Report On Simultaneous Polls

Kovind-Led Panel In Process Of Submitting Report On Simultaneous Polls

New Delhi: The high-level committee led by former president Ram Nath Kovind is in the process of submitting its report to the Government on ‘One Nation, One Election’, sources said on March 8. Besides suggesting a procedure to synchronise the terms of State Assemblies to ensure that all polls are held together from 2029 onwards, […]

‘Tiger zinda hai’: Jairam Ramesh rejects BJP’s claims of 2024 being done deal

‘Tiger zinda hai’: Jairam Ramesh rejects BJP’s claims of 2024 being done deal

Imphal: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has rejected the BJP’s claims that the 2024 poll results are a foregone conclusion, saying “Tiger zinda hai” and that the opposition bloc will repeat the history of 2004 when the saffron party was unseated from power despite its ‘shining India’ campaign. In an interview with PTI, Ramesh asserted […]

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge named INDIA bloc’s chairperson

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge named INDIA bloc’s chairperson

No dispute over convenor’s post, no need to project any face: Pawar New Delhi: After days of tussle among alliance partners, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Saturday appointed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as the bloc’s chairperson. The decision was taken during a virtual meeting of top alliance leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad […]

Truckers’ protest leads to panic buying of fuel

Truckers’ protest leads to panic buying of fuel

Enough Stocks Of Petrol & Diesel, To Last For Over 3 Weeks: Div Com Kashmir New Delhi/Srinagar: Protests were held in many states on the second day of the strike by some truckers’ associations against stricter punishments in the new law on hit-and-run cases, even as the government began talks on Tuesday with the agitating […]

Shah doesn’t ‘know history, keeps rewriting it’: Rahul slams HM over Nehru criticism

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah for his attack on India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, saying the BJP leader probably does not know history and “keeps rewriting” it. Gandhi also said the whole matter was about distracting from the issue of caste census and in […]

SC Declares Art 370 Abrogation Valid, JK Constitution Redundant

SC Declares Art 370 Abrogation Valid, JK Constitution Redundant

Directs restoration of J&K statehood, polls by Sep 2024 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and directed restoration of statehood “at the earliest” as well as elections to the assembly by September […]

SC verdict historic: Modi

SC verdict historic: Modi

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the abrogation of Article 370 is historic and constitutionally upholds the decision taken by the Parliament of India on 5th August 2019. Modi also said that the Court, in its profound wisdom, has fortified the very essence of unity that we, […]

Integrity with ‘Bharat’ reinforced: Amit Shah

Integrity with ‘Bharat’ reinforced: Amit Shah

Srinagar: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah welcomes the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the decision to abolish Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. In his post on X platform, Amit Shah said that “I welcome the Honorable Supreme Court of India’s verdict upholding the decision to abolish Article 370. On the […]

Some politicians allege house arrest, LG says claim baseless

Some politicians allege house arrest, LG says claim baseless

Srinagar/Jammu: Mainstream politicians from Kashmir on Monday shared pictures of chains and locks on gates, alleging that they were under house arrest, a claim rejected by J-K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha as a war of words broke out on a day the Supreme Court upheld the validity of abrogation of Article 370. Early Monday, the […]