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New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday handed over the investigation of West Bengal's Malda district to the NIA, where seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers on April 1. Following a Supreme Court order, CEC Kumar transferred the probe, with the NIA team set to arrive in West Bengal on Friday. The ECI, in a letter issued on April 2, referred to the top court's order and directed the NIA to probe the inciden ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): A major political storm erupted in West Bengal after seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on April 1, triggering sharp exchanges between the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). The incident, linked to alleged mass deletions from electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, drew strong reactions from BJP leaders, with Union Mi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday termed the Malda incident a "symptom of systemic collapse," alleging a breakdown of law and order in West Bengal after seven judicial officers were reportedly held hostage for over nine hours, alongside violence and displacement in the Malda-Murshidabad region. In a post on X, Dharmendra wrote, "Malda is not an aberration--it is a symptom of systemic collapse under @MamataOfficial and AITCOfficial. Seven judicial o ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): A major political storm erupted in West Bengal after seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on April 1, triggering sharp exchanges between the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). The incident, linked to alleged mass deletions from electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, drew strong reactions from BJP leaders, with Union Mi ...Read More >
Erode (Tamil Nadu), Apr 2 (PTI) DMK President, Chief Minister M K Stalin, on Thursday, alleged that the NDA's betrayals include 'strangling' the MSMEs during the ongoing West Asia crisis. Addressing an election rally here, Stalin alleged AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami had no achievements to claim for his government during 2017-21; neither does PM Modi, who comes on "election tours" to Tamil Nadu. Ridiculing the slow pace of work to build Madurai AIIMS, as that project was announced by the ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 2 (ANI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday reacted to US President Donald Trump's address to the nation, stating that Trump will now carry out a "military invasion" and expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would step up efforts to end the Iran war. The Hyderabad MP noted the impact of the prolonged Israel-Iran war on the Indians living in the Gulf countries. Speaking with ANI, Owaisi said, "Donald Trump will now carry out a military invasion t ...Read More >
A Delhi court will hear a revision petition challenging the dismissal of a complaint alleging that Sonia Gandhi's name was included in electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship in 1983, an allegation she has dismissed as politically motivated. New Delhi: A Delhi court will hear a criminal revision petition filed against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday over allegations that her name was fraudulently included in the electoral rolls before she acquired ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court on Monday heard the arguments by the complainant against Sonia Gandhi, who has alleged that the Congress leader's name was included in the voter's list prior to her becoming a citizen. The court also heard the counsel for Sonia Gandhi. Senior advocates cited some judgments. After hearing the arguements, special judge Vishal Gogne granted time to the complainant for rebuttal arguments on April 18. The court asked the counsel for Sonia Ga ...Read More >
New Delhi: A standing committee at IIT-Gandhinagar will review Michel Danino's role as guest professor after the Supreme Court directed governments and public institutions to dissociate from him following a controversy about a chapter on judicial corruption in a now-withdrawn NCERT textbook, officials said. Danino, a Padma awardee, was the chairperson of the curricular area group that develops social science textbooks for NCERT. Two others who were part of the drafting committee -- Suparna Diwa ...Read More >
The new policy provides for time-bound expedited clearance -- within 60 days -- of investments in specific sectors, manufacturing of capital goods, electronic components, and polysilicon and ingot-wafers. "CoS [committee of secretaries] under the Cabinet Secretary may also revise the list of specified sectors," the statement added. "... the majority shareholding and control of the investee entity will be with resident Indian citizen(s) and/or resident Indian entity(ies) owned and controlled by ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 11 (ANI): People from across Manipur, under the banner of the Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD), staged a protest against the ongoing census process in the state. The demonstration took place at Ima Market in Imphal, where protesters voiced their opposition to the exercise. The situation turned tense when police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd, in which five protestors were reportedly injured. Also Read | Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for 31 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Proposals for investments from Land Bordering Countries (LBC) in specified sectors or activities, that include rare earth permanent magnets, shall be processed and decided within 60 days under the relaxed FDI norms under the Press Note 3, government officials said on Wednesday. Among other sectors that would benefit are capital goods, electronic capital goods, electronic components, polysilicon and ingot-wafer. Committee of Secretaries (CoS) under the Cabinet ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Kolkata, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighbouring country because of religious oppression there, will be deported, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday. "The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single Hindu refugee will be deprived of their Indian citizenship or deported," the Home Minister said while addressing a gathering at Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 2 (ANI): Amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the Government of India to take immediate steps to ensure the safe evacuation of people from Odisha stranded in the region. In a statement, Patnaik said on X, "The escalating conflict in the Middle East has left many people from Odisha including migrant workers, professionals, students, tourists stranded. With disruption of air connectivity ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities have confirmed that Sajid Akram, one of the perpetrators of the deadly terror attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach, was an Indian citizen originating from Hyderabad in Telangana. Akram, aged 50, migrated to Australia in 1998 and held an Indian passport at the time of the incident. Telangana Police stated that his radicalisation showed no links to India.The attack on December 14, 2025, targeted a Hanukkah celebration, resulting in 15 deaths and over 40 injuries. Australian ...Read More >
Special Intensive Revision falls within the constitutional powers of the Election Commission to periodically purify electoral rolls to ensure no eligible voter is excluded from the list and no ineligible voter is included, Union Minister JP Nadda said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a debate on Election Reforms in the Upper House, the Leader of the House attacked the Congress for creating an atmosphere that mass-scale rigging was taking place in the country in the name of SIR (Special ...Read More >
West Bengal's draft electoral rolls reveal 127 Absent, Shifted, Dead (ASD) voters at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's booth. The Special Intensive Revision process identified over 24 lakh dead voters for deletion. The draft rolls are now available for public scrutiny, with claims and objections to be filed until January 17, 2026. With the draft electoral rolls in Bengal published on Tuesday, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls that began on December 4, West Bengal ...Read More >
One of the two men suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at Bondi Beach was originally from southern India but had "limited contact" with his family there, police sources have said. Sajid Akram, who died at the scene in Sydney on Sunday, was originally from the city of Hyderabad, a police official from the Indian state of Telangana said. He had travelled to India just six times since moving to Australia in 1998 and his family "expressed no knowledge of his radical mindset or activities," t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday accused the Congress of misleading the country by creating a false narrative of rigging of votes through SIR process and said the Opposition is hurting national interest by questioning the Election Commission in order to hide its electoral failures. Instead of blaming the Election Commission (ECI) and electoral process, Nadda, who is the leader of the Upper House, asked the Congress to find the actual reason for its successive defeats ...Read More >
New Delhi (India), December 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahshank Mani on Tuesday said that the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is progressing steadily and is being presented to the citizens of India in a transparent manner. Speaking to ANI, Mani added that the publication of the electoral roll will strengthen the backbone of the Constitution and contribute to the nation's overall development. Also Read | Can Ozempic-Like Drugs Help Overweight Cats? What Vets Are ...Read More >
Jaipur: The submission period for enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has concluded Thursday.Approximately 3% of voters, out of 5.4 crore in Rajasthan, equating to over 16 lakh individuals or an average of 300 voters per polling station, are required to present one of the 13 specified documents for verification in the upcoming second phase of SIR, as mandated by the Election Commission of India. According to the election department data, mapping of 97% of voters was comp ...Read More >
New Delhi (India), December 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahshank Mani on Tuesday said that the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is progressing steadily and is being presented to the citizens of India in a transparent manner. Speaking to ANI, Mani added that the publication of the electoral roll will strengthen the backbone of the Constitution and contribute to the nation's overall development. "The process of SIR is progressing, and it is presented to the citizens ...Read More >
Hyderabad: On the death anniversary of India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on Monday, Telangana State unit BJP President N Ramchander Rao paid floral tributes to Patel by garlanding his portrait at the party's state office. Speaking to the media, Rao hailed Patel as the architect of modern India, who unified over 560 princely states. He recalled Patel's decisive role in integrating Hyderabad State--comprising present-day Telangana, parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka--into the ...Read More >
Sonipat: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law & Justice, inaugurated the world's largest Moot Court, NYAYABHYASA MANDAPAM -- The Grand Moot Court, and dedicated it to the nation. The event also saw the inauguration of IMAANDAAR (International Mooting Academy for Advocacy, Negotiation, Dispute Adjudication, Arbitration and Resolution) in the presence of more than 200 international judges and jurists from India and the world. The Chief Justice of ...Read More >
Kochi, Dec 1 (PTI) The son of a Bengaluru native, whose suspected body was found in a forested area near the HMT premises here, alleged on Monday that his father's death was due to the negligence of Ernakulam Government Medical College authorities. The Kerala High Court sought a report from the police. Santon told reporters that Suraj Lama (59), who suffered from memory loss, would not have died had they not discharged him. Lama, who ran a restaurant in Kuwait, reportedly developed memory imp ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Over 272 eminent citizens, including 16 Judges, 123 retired bureaucrats, 14 Ambassadors, 133 retired armed forces officers, have written an open letter condemning the repeated "assault on national constitutional authorities" by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The letter states that instead of offering "genuine policy alternatives," the Congress leader has resorted to "unsubstantiated accusations." Condemning earlier repeated alleged assaults on institut ...Read More >
Electoral Roll revision in Assam: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday ordered to commence the 'Special Revision' of voters' rolls in Assam ahead of the assembly elections in the northeast state slated to be held next year. According to instructions issued by the poll authority for the chief electoral officer of Assam, January 1, 2026, will be the qualifying date for the state to carry out the Special Revision, news agency PTI reported. The Special Revision stands somewhere between ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the bus accident in Saudi Arabia. In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi said, "My heart goes out to the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the tragic incident near Medinah, Saudi Arabia. Many of them were Indian citizens." The Congress MP further urged the government to provide all necessary support to the families of 45 people killed in the accident. "I ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) The Iranian embassy on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in a blast near the Red Fort in Delhi that left at least nine people dead and many injured. The high-intensity explosion ripped through a slow-moving car at a traffic signal in the area, gutting several vehicles, officials said. "The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India expresses its deep sorrow over the loss of lives and injuries of several Indian citizens in the car blast incident i ...Read More >
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