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Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 4 (PTI) The Election Commission has directed all political parties and candidates contesting in the Kerala Assembly polls on April 9, not to publish any advertisements in print media, on polling day and its eve, without getting the contents pre-certified by the MCMC committee. The directive, issued by Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar late Friday night, stated that offending, misleading, or inflammatory advertisements published in print media during the fina ...Read More >
Varanasi (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday called upon filmmakers to produce content that inspires society, cautioning against glorifying negative characters, while addressing a cultural event in Varanasi based on the life of Emperor Vikramaditya. Speaking at a grand theatrical presentation on Chakravarti Samrat Vikramaditya, the chief minister said, "There was a time when noble characters were portrayed as villains, and villains were projected as heroes through films. ...Read More >
Prayagraj (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has sought an explanation from the additional chief secretary (home) of Uttar Pradesh over the non-mentioning of the courtesy title 'Hon'ble' before the name of a Union minister in an FIR. A two-judge bench of Justices J J Munir and Tarun Saxena passed the order after hearing a petition filed by a person named Harshit Sharma and two others, seeking the quashing of an FIR registered against them in Mathura. ...Read More >
Gondia (Maharashtra), Apr 3 (PTI) Villagers staged a road blockade and demanded action against vehicles carrying illegally excavated sand after a woman was run over by a truck and lost her life in Gondia district, police said. Rameshwari Dhanlal Nagpure (40), resident of Katangikala, was riding pillion with her daughter to attend a funeral at Arambha village in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh when a recklessly driven tipper truck carrying sand hit their scooter on Friday morning, said an official. ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stressed the need to strengthen sanitation and drainage systems in rural areas on Friday and directed officials to ensure regular and time-bound cleaning of village ponds and waste water channels. Chairing a review meeting of the Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority, Saini said ponds should remain free from foul smells, and waterlogging in residential areas should be avoided. ...Read More >
Jammu, April 3 (PTI) Police on Friday apprehended two inter-district drug peddlers and recovered heroin from their possession during checking in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said. A police team, while conducting routine checking at a motor shed in Chenani, intercepted a Toyota Glanza that was on its way from Udhampur towards the Kashmir valley, they said. During checking, four persons were found travelling in the vehicle. Upon conducting a personal search of the driver and c ...Read More >
READ: Indian Companies Brace for Buyback Rush Before Tax Changes The regulator's step comes amid growing demand by investors to reinstate the mechanism after it was banned in April last year due to an unfair tax advantage for investors selling shares in a buyback. Indian stocks fell 11% in March as foreign investors sold a record amount of shares due to uncertainty over the US and Israel's war in Iran. SEBI said new tax amendments introduced by the government addressed earlier concern that som ...Read More >
Dudhnoi (Assam), Apr 3 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma have prepared a roadmap for tribal development, and the BJP's return to power in the state will ensure its implementation. Addressing a rally in Dudhnoi in Goalpara district, Shah said that the Congress never made an Adivasi woman the country's President, but Modi changed that and Droupadi Murmu became the nation's first citizen. ...Read More >
Chennai/Puducherry, Apr 3 (PTI) The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry unfolded an array of candidates from the lottery 'king' Santiago Martin's family seeking their electoral fortunes through three different political parties. Martin's wife Leema Rose, who joined the AIADMK recently, has been fielded from the Lalgudi Assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli. Her son Jose Charles Martin, who launched his own political party, the Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) is cont ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The CBI has arrested two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India for allegedly taking bribe to revoke an official notice and allowing continuation of work, officials said on Friday. The agency said a monument attendant and a conservation assistant posted at the ASI's Sub-Circle at Jantar Mantar were booked after a complaint that the former had demanded "illegal gratification/undue advantage of Rs 3,50,000 on behalf of the accused conservation assistant from the co ...Read More >
Palakka(Kerala), Apr 3 (PTI) A case has been registered against a BJP councillor and two others for allegedly blocking the political campaign of UDF candidate Rammesh Pisharody two days ago, police said on Friday. An FIR has been registered against BJP councillor Sindhu Rajan, her daughter Sneha and her brother Vijayakumar, under sections 126 (wrongful restraint), 351 (criminal intimidation), 171 (undue influence at elections) and 3(5)(common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and ...Read More >
Mumbai: The government on Thursday "put in abeyance" its earlier direction to airlines to offer at least 60 per cent of seats in a flight without levying any additional charge from April 20, according to sources. On March 18, the civil aviation ministry announced that directions have been issued to the DGCA to direct airlines to allocate a minimum of 60 per cent of seats for selection on any flight free of any additional charges to ensure fair access for passengers. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication in West Bengal, expressing hope that the process would be completed within the next few days in line with directions of the Calcutta High Court. Verification and disposal of about 52 lakh cases, which were under adjudication, have been completed till Thursday evening. Work for the remaining nearly 8 lakh applicants is in progress and is expected to be completed ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) With self-enumeration under Census 2027 commencing in Odisha, the state government on Thursday evening issued an order to all departments not to transfer officials engaged in the exercise till it is completed. The online self-enumeration exercise commenced on April 1. Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Arabinda Padhee, in a letter to heads of various departments, district collectors and commissioners of municipal corporations and chi ...Read More >
Jammu, Apr 2 (PTI) The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has filed a chargesheet against a terrorist harbourer in a case related to the killing of a villager and injuring his soldier brother in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district two years ago, an official said. The chargesheet was filed before the designated court against Sabar Hussain, originally a resident of Khabalwali, Shahdara Sharief and presently living at Chamrer in Surankote area of Poonch for harbouring terrorists affiliated with Las ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested at least 17 people, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in West Bengal's Malda district over the deletion of names from electoral rolls, a senior officer said. Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate Maulana Shahjahan Ali and 16 others were arrested and produced before a district court, he said, adding that they were remanded to 10 days of police custody. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Denis Manturov, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and briefed him on the progress made in various areas of mutually beneficial cooperation, including trade and economic partnership. During the meeting, Modi recalled the successful visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India in December 2025 for the 23rd India-Russia annual summit, an official statement said. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Software major Autodesk and Durgapur-based Pinnacle Infotech Solutions on Thursday signed an MoU to jointly accelerate digital transformation across the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) sector. The partnership aims to combine Autodesk's cloud-based platforms with Pinnacle Infotech's digital design and engineering services to drive integrated workflows, improve project coordination, and advance the adoption of digital twin and connected construc ...Read More >
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), Apr 2 (PTI) AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday alleged that the DMK government has "failed" to ensure public safety, claiming that the government itself has admitted to the registration of approximately 18,000 POCSO cases in the state. Addressing a massive rally in Dharmapuri, the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly substantiated his claims by referring to a statement made by P Geetha Jeevan, Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerm ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 2 (PTI) National Conference leader and Lok Sabha member Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday demanded a time-bound probe into the allegations of a fake encounter in Ganderbal in which a man was gunned down. The Army on Wednesday said a local terrorist was killed in an overnight encounter in Arahama in the Valley's Ganderbal district. He said the allegations levelled by the family were "gravely serious" and the police's silence is "unacceptable". "We demand a time-bound and indepe ...Read More >
Nainital, Apr 2 (PTI) The Uttarakhand High Court directed the Mussoorie municipality not to cut down any trees without obtaining required permission from the forest department, and asked the state government to file their responses in this matter. A division bench of Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay was hearing a petition on Wednesday that some Oak trees in a notified forest area in Mussoorie's Husain Ganj. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Ceigall India on Thursday said that its arm Ceigall Green Energy MP Ltd has signed 15 power purchase agreements with Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company for supplying electricity from a 130-MW solar capacity under the Surya Mitra Krishi Feeder Yojana. As per the agreements, Ceigall Green Energy MP Ltd will implement, operate, maintain, and supply power from its solar photovoltaic generating stations for 25 years at Rs 2.85 per unit, a company statement said. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Ashok Kumar Mittal will be the new Deputy Leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Rajya Sabha. The party has sent an official letter informing the decision to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the party stated on Thursday. Ashok Kumar Mittal has replaced AAP MP Raghav Chadha as the Deputy Leader in the House. Mittal is a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab. He was elected to the House in April 2022 and, since then, has been a part of several parliamentary committees, including the Committee on Def ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) Odisha Police on Thursday arrested an undertrial prisoner (UTP), who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year's Durga Puja celebrations, an officer said. In a statement, Odisha DGP Y B Khurania said, "The second UTP, namely Raja Sahani, who had escaped from Choudwar Jail on October 3, 2025, has been arrested from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand." The DGP said Sahani is being brought to Odisha on transit remand by a police team from Cuttack for further inve ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) India's annual defence exports touched an all time high of Rs 38,424 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking an over 62 per cent growth over the previous fiscal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. The "big jump" in the defence exports reflected the growing "global trust" in India's indigenous defence capabilities, Singh said in a social media post, adding the country is "scripting an impressive defence exports success story." "India defence exports have ...Read More >
Gwalior, Apr 2 (PTI) Upset at not being served liquor, a group of guests at a wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district allegedly assaulted the bride, groom and their family members, police said. Some members of the groom's family suffered injuries in the incident that occurred on Tuesday night in Patai village under the Aron police station area. The accused also allegedly stole household items and money during the assault, a police official said on Wednesday. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday announced its second list of nine candidates and one replacement for the West Bengal Assembly polls, taking the total number of candidates declared by the party to 293. The Congress, which is going solo in the polls to the 294-member Assembly, named Prem Chowdhury in place of Sanjay Sarkar from the Gazole (SC) constituency. Rahim is a sitting MLA from Baduria who recently joined the Congress after being denied a ticket by the TMC. The Congress ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 1 (PTI) TVK chief Vijay on Wednesday released the party's official campaign anthem, a high-octane track centered on social justice and Tamil identity, on his social media platforms. The launch comes a day before the actor-turned-politician is scheduled to file his nomination for the Tiruchirappalli East constituency. Tiruchirapalli City Police have issued a conditional NOC for the event, following a massive roadshow at Perambur in Chennai earlier this week. Vijay is contesting fr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a report alleging sexual misconduct by a police officer in Maharashtra's Akola district. The commission's chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, has directed the state's director general of police to ensure immediate registration of an FIR, initiate strict departmental action, conduct a fair and time-bound investigation, and undertake sensitisation measures for police personnel. ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 1 (PTI) A bill seeking the disqualification of any person from contesting a panchayat election against whom charges have been framed for serious offences under the NDPS Act, especially the 'chitta' or heroin trade, was introduced in the state assembly on Wednesday. The Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill 2026 is aimed at safeguarding the integrity of grassroots democracy by preventing criminal elements from entering Panchayati Raj Institutions. ...Read More >
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