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New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday discharged 10 TMC leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India despite prohibitory orders being in place last year. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal said, "All accused persons are discharged under Sections 188 (disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant), 145 (joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been ...Read More >
Two quizmasters in conversation. Derek O'Brien: This is the first time we're doing something like this. Thank you, Siddhartha. Siddhartha Basu: It's the first time ever the both of us have been together, and I'm delighted. Advertisement DOB: You and I met just three years ago. And it was such a beautiful occasion. We had dinner at home. You started Quiz Time in 1985, I was 24, you were 31. You were doing television shows, and I was more into stage shows before I did TV. Yes, but we only firs ...Read More >
Digvijaya Singh, a senior Congress leader, has threatened legal action by the INDIA bloc if the Election Commission of India (ECI) doesn't address their concerns regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Singh alleges the NDA government is attempting to disenfranchise marginalized voters ahead of the state elections through this drive.Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said all constituents of INDIA bloc may knock the door of judiciary against the ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get s ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday named 58 observers for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the list of party leaders, appointing them as observers for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, scheduled to be held later this year, the party said in a statement posted on X. As per the statement, Amba Prasad, Wg Cdr Anuma Acharya, Amarjeet Bhagat, Ajeet Bhartiya, Ali Mehandi, Arif Masood, Arun Vidyarthi, Ashok Chandna, ...Read More >
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Bengaluru Crime: A woman's body, believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped in a garbage truck in Bengaluru early Thursday. The identity of the woman is yet to be confirmed. Police said the sack was discovered by BBMP sanitation workers who immediately alerted the authorities. The body was found with her hands and neck tied, raising strong suspicion of murder. Officials stated that the body had been placed inside a gunny bag before being thrown into t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The announcement of special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar by the Election Commission has stirred a fresh political bickering match in the state which is scheduled to go into a high-stakes assembly election at the end of the year.The poll body has taken up the mantle of weeding out foreign illegal migrants from the voting list of six states -- starting from Bihar.However, the opposition has caste apprehension over the timing of the review and said that the last revisio ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Kumar Jha slammed the Election Commission on Sunday for starting its 'Special Intensive Revision' (SIR) to verify the eligibility of electors in each constituency ahead of Bihar elections and claimed that the poll body wanted to 'reject' through this procedure 37 per cent of people including poor, dalits and Muslims who 'only' visit their houses during festivals. '37% people have to present their birth certificates under ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday alleged the Election Commission (EC) was pushing for a special intensive revision of electoral rolls because BJP, in its latest internal survey, had found they would get no more than 46-49 seats if assembly elections were to be held in Bengal today.Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien said, "BJP's latest internal survey for Bengal shows 46-49 seats for them if assembly polls are held today. In their desperate attempt to change or attempt to change this, they ...Read More >
The Election Commission introduces new rules for voter enrollment. Voters enrolled after 2003-04 must now provide proof of citizenship. This includes a self-attested declaration and supporting documents. The move aims to remove illegal immigrants from the electoral roll. Bihar will be the first state to implement the special intensive revision. Other states will follow soon.In a move to identify and remove illegal immigrants wrongly included in the electoral rolls, the Election Commission has ma ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Three persons arrested for the poisoning to death of a tigress and her four cubs have allegedly told forest officials that it was an act of vengeance against the big cats for killing their cattle. The carcasses of the tigress and her cubs were found in the Hoogyam range of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district earlier this week. Those arrested were identified as Konappa, Madaraju and Nagaraj, residents of Koppa in the vicinity of the sanctuary. " ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday alleged the Election Commission (EC) was pushing for a special intensive revision of electoral rolls because BJP, in its latest internal survey, had found they would get no more than 46-49 seats if assembly elections were to be held in Bengal today.Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien said, "BJP's latest internal survey for Bengal shows 46-49 seats for them if assembly polls are held today. In their desperate attempt to change or attempt to change this, they ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress MP, Derek O'Brien on Saturday lashed out at the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the constitutional body was being misused by the BJP to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) through the back door. His remarks came amid the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar and West Bengal. With the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections approaching, the ECI has initiat ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its voter verification drive in Bihar and West Bengal, claiming it resembled a covert attempt to introduce the National Register of Citizens (NRC) through the back door. "The EC is trying to bring the NRC in from the back door," he said. Drawing a historical comparison, he added, "In 1935 under the Nazis, you were supposed to be given an ancestor pass. Some proof of paper to s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: "It is a sinister move to bring NRC (National Register of Citizens) through the backdoor," said Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Saturday about the special intensive revision of electoral roll announced by the Election Commission. Questioning the timing of the drive, the Trinamool Congress, at a press conference here, said the INDIA bloc parties will take up the issue both inside and outside Parliament. The Election Commission last Monday issued instructions to carry out a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) "It is a sinister move to bring NRC (National Register of Citizens) through the backdoor," said Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Saturday about the special intensive revision of electoral roll announced by the Election Commission. Questioning the timing of the drive, the Trinamool Congress, at a press conference here, said the INDIA bloc parties will take up the issue both inside and outside Parliament. The Election Commission last Monday issued instructions t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) A "skittish" government announced the dates for the Monsoon Session of Parliament "hurriedly" amid demands for a Special Session on Operation Sindoor, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said, and compared the Centre's move with the country's first prime minister's abiding with a similar request after the 1962 war. In 1962, Jawaharlal Nehru called a session of Parliament on the demand of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a first-time Rajya Sabha MP at the time, he said. In an ar ...Read More >
INDIA bloc leaders NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terrorist attack and related events, the Congress-led opposition alliance announced on Tuesday.Speaking at a press conference, after their meeting in New Delhi's Constitution Club, the representative Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda, emphasised the need for a special session to "thank the armed forces and discuss strategies to eradic ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 3: 16 political parties of the INDIA alliance have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Operation Sindoor and Trump's announcement on Tuesday. Speaking at the press conference, after the INDIA alliance meeting, the representative Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda, emphasised the need for a special session to thank the armed forces and discuss strategies to eradicate terrorism. "16 pol ...Read More >
JAMMU: A five-member TMC delegation that visited the cross-border shelling-hit Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday slammed the government for neglecting the families living in border areas. The delegation members said they were returning with "broken hearts" after witnessing the human tragedy caused by Pakistani shelling and expressed solidarity with the people. The region witnessed heightened artillery shelling about two weeks ago following the rise in tensions with Pakistan after ...Read More >
Kolkata, May 20 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday named five Trinamool Congress MPs headed by Rajya Sabha member Derek O' Brien who will visit the Jammu and Kashmir forward areas and interact with the locals affected by the cross-border attacks. The TMC delegation would visit Sreenagar, Poonch and Rajouri beginning on Wednesday. The delegation comprises: Derek O'Brien, Md Nadimul Haque, Manas Bhuniya, Sagarika Ghose and Mamata Thakur. "They will be in the region fro ...Read More >
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak in Parliament on situation in neighbouring Bangladesh. The issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha in the post-lunch sitting by TMC's Parliamentary Party leader Derek O'Brien, who sought permission to raise a point of order. He quoted Rule 251, and said he wanted the Prime Minister to come and give a statement on Bangladesh issue. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar however said it is not a point of order, and did no ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday afternoon amid disruptions as the members of the treasury and opposition benches traded charges over a no-trust motion brought against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and the BJP's allegations of the Congress leadership's "links" with billionaire investor George Soros. The Upper House has been witnessing a ruckus as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been alleging links between the Congress and Soros, and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day Thursday afternoon amid ruckus as the treasury and opposition benches trades charges over no-trust notice against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, and the BJP's allegations of the Congress leadership's "connections" with billionaire investor George Soros. The House witnessed two adjournments in the day before that. The first was during the Zero Hour in the pre-lunch sitting when Chairman Dhankhar rejected six notices to adjou ...Read More >
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