Politics
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MP water contamination: NGT constitutes 6-member panel to probe issue
Bhopal: Terming the supply of sewage-mixed and contaminated drinking water in the cities of Madhya Pradesh as a serious threat to public health, the Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal…
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I-PAC raids: HC says no to BJP holding demonstration at Secretariat
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, January 15, refused permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a demonstration in front of West Bengal state Secretariat Nabanna, which houses the…
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Maharashtra civic polls clocks 50 pc turnout
Mumbai: Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra on Thursday, January 15, amid a major controversy over claims that the ink applied on…
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Bengal’s EC sends informal orders via WhatsApp, confirming TMC allegation: Report
The claims that the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) allegedly sends instructions through informal messages on WhatsApp to state officials, changing the rules by which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
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Maharashtra civic polls: Videos of ‘indelible’ ink getting wiped off go viral
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Thursday, January 15, said viral videos showing people removing ink from their fingers after casting vote are under investigation, warning of action against attempts…
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Next 2 decades very important in making Viksit Bharat: President Murmu
Amritsar: The next two decades are very important in making ‘Viksit Bharat’, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday, January 15, said, noting that the future of India depends on young people who possess…
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BRS MLA defection: Speaker dismisses two more disqualification pleas
Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday, January 15, dismissed the petitions to disqualify two BRS MLAs who allegedly shifted loyalties to the ruling Congress. Pronouncing the orders on the…
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Case against BRS MLA Srinivas Yadav for comments against CM Reddy
Hyderabad: A case was registered against former minister and BRS MLA T Srinivas Yadav for making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, January 14, at the SR Nagar…
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AAP claims 4.5 crore names removed from UP voter list; wants SC to take cognisance
Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday, January 14, claimed that over 4.5 crore names have been removed from Uttar Pradesh’s voter list in a month, as it alleged that the…
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BJP will go solo in Telangana municipal elections: Ramchander Rao
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go it alone in the upcoming municipal elections in Telangana, the party’s state president N Ramchander Rao announced on Tuesday, January 13. He, however, said…
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Chinese Communist Party, BJP meet same day Beijing restates Shaksgam valley claim
A delegation from the Communist Party of China, led by its international department’s vice minister Sun Haiyan, visited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi on Monday, January 13, the same…
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Andhra CID gives clean chit for CM Naidu in skill development scam case
Amaravat: A local court in Vijayawada has closed a case filed against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu over his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of funds from the APSSDC, which, according to…
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Shiv Sena-backed NCP councillor defeats BJP rival to become Ambernath Municipal Council VP
Thane: Following a week of high-pitched political drama, Shiv Sena-backed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) councillor Sadashiv Hender Patil was on Monday elected vice-president of the Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) in Maharashtra by…
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SC directs Karnataka govt to hold Bengaluru civic body polls by June 30
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, January 12, asked the Karnataka government and the state election body to hold the long-pending polls for Bengaluru local body by June 30. The tenure…
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Jammu and Kashmir are inseparable: NC chief over BJP MLA’s demand to bifurcate
Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday asserted that Jammu and Kashmir are inseparable, firmly rejecting a recent demand by a BJP leader to grant separate statehood to the Jammu region…
