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New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing the poll body of being complicit in vote theft to benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gandhi claimed his party has open-and-shut proof of the alleged electoral malpractice, which he likened to an atom bomb that will expose the ECI involvement when revealed. Talking to reporters on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India on Friday distanced itself from the White House's call to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump, saying any such queries should be directed to Washington. This came after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that Trump had brokered peace in multiple global conflicts, including between India and Pakistan."As far as the statements of the White House are concerned, please take your question to them," said ministry of external affairs spokesperson ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday strongly rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi repeated claims of vote theft, and called his statements deplorable and irresponsible. In a statement, the ECI stated that Rahul Gandhi neither responded to their official communication nor appeared when called. The Commission also accused him of making wild allegations and threatening its staff, but added that it will continue to work fairly and transparently. As ...Read More >
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The INDIA bloc -- an alliance of 24 opposition parties -- has decided to take on the government over a range of key issues during the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting July 21. Top on their agenda are the lack of accountability for the Pahalgam terror attack, US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and the controversial revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, which the bloc alleges threatens voting rights. In a virtual meeting ahead of ...Read More >
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary probe report on the June 12 Air India plane crash released last week. The pilots' body objected to the exclusion of pilot representatives from the investigation and called for a thorough probe before "assigning blame". "Assigning blame before a thorough, transparent, and data-driven investigation is both premature and irresponsible. Such speculative commentary undermines the professionalism of ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday launched a blistering attack at the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, over latter's charge of "election chori" at the Election Commission (EC) regarding the 'SIR' exercise in Bihar and also sarcastic swipe at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a public rally. A couple of BJP spokespersons hit out at the Congress MP for taking potshots at the voters list "purging" drive in Bihar, as part of Special Inten ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday launched a blistering attack at the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, over latter's charge of "election chori" at the Election Commission (EC) regarding the 'SIR' exercise in Bihar and also sarcastic swipe at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a public rally. A couple of BJP spokespersons hit out at the Congress MP for taking potshots at the voters list "purging" drive in Bihar, as part ...Read More >
Patna: In a development with potential political and electoral implications, a door-to-door verification campaign by the Election Commission (EC) has found the presence of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in Bihar. According to EC sources, many of these people may have unlawfully entered the country's voting system, though officials suggest their names are unlikely to appear in the final electoral roll due to be published on Sept 30.The revelations, it is learned, emerged durin ...Read More >
The opposition has been demanding a debate on Operation Sindoor -- the strike on terror sites in Pakistan by the Indian armed forces in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party's strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness confrontations between the opposition and the government on a host of issues. Opposition parties are expected ...Read More >
PRNewswire Chandigarh [India], July 15: Chandigarh University, India leading private university, in collaboration with job platform Apna and investment firm Venture Catalysts (VCats) have launched Campus Tank, India first university-led Startup launch-pad for young innovators below the age of 30 to pitch their ideas and get funding of $1 Million to launch their startups along with expert venture guidance, strategic ecosystem alliances and immersive startup incubation. APNA which is India larges ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission should not start an NRC exercise in the name of electoral rolls revision and asserted the process must not be about verifying citizenship as that is the Home Ministry's job. The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar shows that the poll body does accept what Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have been saying that there is a problem with the electoral rolls, he s ...Read More >
Patna: In a development with potential political and electoral implications, a door-to-door verification campaign by the Election Commission (EC) has found the presence of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in Bihar. According to EC sources, many of these people may have unlawfully entered the country's voting system, though officials suggest their names are unlikely to appear in the final electoral roll due to be published on Sept 30.The revelations, it is learned, emerged durin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday backed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of poll bound Bihar's electoral rolls, saying that it is the responsibility of the government and the Election Commission to investigate any discrepancies in the voter list and that the poll panel is 'doing a very good job.' The Union Minister's remarks come amid EC sources saying that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala) [India], July 14 (ANI): Congress leader Shama Mohamed on Monday slammed the Election Commission of India and asked the electoral body to hold a press conference to address their recent claim related to the presence of foreign nationals in the Bihar voter list. A large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) A journalist organisation has criticised RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for his disparaging remarks on the use of "sutra" (sources) by the media and has demanded his apology. In a statement, National Union of Journalists (India) president Ras Bihari accused the Leader of Opposition in Bihar of making a "tasteless comment" on the media and said his organisation will make a representation to the President of India if Yadav does not apologise. He said another organisation of jo ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Monday claimed that special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar was causing chaos and that voters were worried and troubled by the exercise. 'The Bihar elections are approaching, and the Election Commission has made a decision in haste. Whatever work is to be done, it should have been done with proper preparation,' Rai told ANI. 'I feel that this decision was taken in a hurry. This is c ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Monday claimed that special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar was causing chaos and that voters were worried and troubled by the exercise. The Bihar elections are approaching, and the Election Commission has made a decision in haste. Whatever work is to be done, it should have been done with proper preparation, Rai told ANI. I feel that this decision was taken in a hurry. This is caus ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India, calling it 'Dhritrashtra' over their decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar, and accused them of 'not respecting' the constitution or following Supreme Court advice. Pappu Yadav's remark comes after the Supreme Court allowed the EC to continue Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls while advising them to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 13: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of top party leaders on July 15 to finalise strategy for the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, which is expected to be stormy with the opposition raring to raise several issues like EC's special intensive revision in Bihar and Operation Sindoor. Sources said the Parliamentary strategy group meeting would be attended by the Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13: Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission have found "a large number of people" from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of the voters' list in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. They asserted that a proper inquiry of such people will be conducted after August 1 and the names of illegal migrants will not be included in the final electoral roll to be published on September 30. Citing ground reports, EC off ...Read More >
Three Indian fertilizer companies -- IPL, KRIBHCO and Coromandel -- have signed agreements with Ma'aden, the Saudi Arabian major, for importing 3.1 million metric tonnes of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) per annum for five years from 2025-26. The agreements were signed during Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister JP Nadda's visit to Dammam and Riyadh between July 11 [...] Three Indian fertilizer companies -- IPL, KRIBHCO and Coromandel -- have signed agreements with Ma'aden, the Saudi Arabian major, f ...Read More >
Chennai: Preliminary investigations attribute the fire on the goods train near Tiruvallur to a possible spark from overhead electrical equipment (OHE) igniting fuel leaking from a derailed wagon.The incident paralysed services on the busy Chennai-Arakkonam route and left nearby residents engulfed in thick black smoke. The disruption left thousands of rail passengers stranded, many of whom were unable to get updates as railway helplines went unanswered for hours. The train carrying diesel from Ch ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar's ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls has unearthed an unspecified number of illegal immigrants from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in the state and aiming to become voters with Aadhaar, ration cards and domicile certificates acquired through fraud, Election Commission sources said Sunday based on reports from booth-level officers.The purported findings of the door-to-door voter verification campaign have already become a political hot potato, with RJD's Te ...Read More >
PATNA: Bihar's ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls has unearthed an unspecified number of illegal immigrants from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in the state and aiming to become voters with Aadhaar, ration cards and domicile certificates acquired through fraud, Election Commission sources said Sunday based on reports from booth-level officers.The purported findings of the door-to-door voter verification campaign have already become a political hot potato, with RJD's Te ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission have found "a large number of people" from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of the voters' list in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. They asserted that a proper inquiry of such people will be conducted after August 1 and the names of illegal migrants will not be included in the final electoral roll to be published on September 30. Citing ground reports, EC ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A little over a week after the sports ministry wrote to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to devise a mechanism so that the long overdue elections of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) can be held at the earliest, the PT Usha-led IOA has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to investigate the reasons behind the delay in holding the electoral process.The IOA panel, which was formed on Friday, has been asked to submit its report within a week so that the factual positi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of top party leaders on July 15 to finalise strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, which is expected to be stormy with the opposition raring to raise several issues like EC's special intensive revision in Bihar and Operation Sindoor. Sources said the Parliamentary strategy group meeting would be attended by the Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kha ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13: The Election Commission has activated its poll machinery across states for a possible roll out of pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) next month just like the one being carried out in Bihar. The move comes after the Supreme Court last week called the SIR a "constitutional mandate" and permitted the poll panel to continue with the exercise in Bihar. Several opposition parties and others had moved the top court challenging the intensive revision, saying it will deprive e ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) The Election Commission has activated its poll machinery across states for a possible roll out of pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) next month just like the one being carried out in Bihar. The move comes after the Supreme Court last week called the SIR a "constitutional mandate" and permitted the poll panel to continue with the exercise in Bihar. Several opposition parties and others had moved the top court challenging the intensive revision, saying it will dep ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As opposition parties continue to object to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja on Friday questioned the poll panel decision to not include the Election Card, issued by the Commission itself, as one of the accepted documents. The CPI leader remarks come after the Supreme Court allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to continue its exercise while also asking them to consider a ...Read More >
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