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Chennai: Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said the reported move to add 6.5 lakh guest workers from Bihar in the electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu was alarming and illegal."The SIR (special intensive revision) exercise is getting curiouser and curiouser. While 65 lakh voters are in danger of being disenfranchised in Bihar, reports of adding 6.5 lakh persons as voters in Tamil Nadu is alarming and patently illegal," Chidambaram said in a social media post. He alleged the Election ...Read More >
In a tragic incident at a Bapatla district quarry in Andhra Pradesh, six migrant workers from Odisha died and three were injured when a granite rock collapsed on Sunday. Police suspect water seepage caused the accident during mining operations. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has ordered a thorough investigation and directed officials to provide medical assistance to the injured. Six migrant workers were killed and three injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Bapatl ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar, those who were unwilling to let go staged a march on Sunday. Thousands of locals and leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Kolhapur marched for 45 km from the shrine to the collector's office, demanding that Mahadevi be brought back, following which CM Devendra Fadnavis said he would hold a meeting on ...Read More >
Addanki: Six migrant workers died and more than eight were injured when a massive granite slab fell on them in a quarry run by Sathya Sai Krishna Granites at Konidena village in Ballikurava mandal of Bapatla district on Sunday. According to fellow workers and the Bapatla district police, heavy rain on Saturday night destabilised the heavy granite block which fell on a group of workers on duty at around 11:00 AM on Sunday. The boulder killed four workers on the spot and injured several people. T ...Read More >
Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 4 (ANI): Six migrant workers from Odisha lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries in a quarry accident at a construction site in Andhra Pradesh Bapatla district, an official said. The incident prompted swift action from the state government, with a criminal case registered against the quarry management, officials said on Sunday. Bapatla District Collector J Venkata Murali confirmed that the mishap involved labourers working at the quarry whe ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken strong exception to the claims made by senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram regarding the inclusion of migrant voters in Tamil Nadu's electoral rolls. Chidambaram had alleged that around 6.5 lakh migrant workers had been added to the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, terming it alarming and patently illegal. However, the ECI has rubbished these claims, describing them as misleading and baseless. ...Read More >
Aizawl, Aug 3 (UNI) Biometric registration of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh is now underway across all 11 districts of Mizoram, with state home department officials confirming that the process began in the final days of July. According to official estimates, more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 2,000 from Bangladesh are to be enrolled. District administrations began rolling out the biometric exercise on varying dates -- some initiated the process on July 28 and 29, while most ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language', calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional. Sharing a letter by Delhi Police on X, Banerjee said, 'See now how Delhi police under the direct control of the Ministry of Home, Government of India, is describing Bengali as 'Bangladeshi' language! Bengali, our mother tongue, the language of Rabindranath Tagore ...Read More >
Ballikurava/Berhampur, Aug 3 (PTI) Six migrant workers from Odisha were killed and at least three others injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Andhra Pradesh's Bapatla district on Sunday. According to the police, the accident occurred around 10.30 am when 10 to 15 workers were engaged in mining works. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed grief over the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased. "All victims a ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional. Sharing a letter by Delhi Police on X, Banerjee said, See now how Delhi police under the direct control of the Ministry of Home, Government of India, is describing Bengali as Bangladeshi language! Bengali, our mother tongue, the language of Rabindranath Tagore and S ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, P Chidambaram, has questioned the alleged move of the Election Commission of India to include names of Bihar migrant workers in voter rolls in Tamil Nadu, making them eligible for democratic rights in Tamil Nadu. In a sharp, politically charged post on X, Chidambaram accused the Election Commission of overstepping its boundaries and undermining the voting rights of the Tamil Nadu people. The controversy comes ahead of the Bihar assembly elec ...Read More >
KOLKATA: A man died by suicide in the Regent Park area here, reportedly fearing that he would lose his citizenship due to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The deceased, Dilip Kumar Saha, 59, was working as a non-teaching staff at a private school. He came to India from Bangladesh in 1972. On Sunday, Saha's body was found in his room. His wife Arati said, "He used to talk about losing his citizenship if the NRC is conducted here." Saha had also stopped taking food in the last few days, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday sharply criticised the Delhi Police for a controversial reference to Bengali as the "Bangladeshi language," calling it an insult to the language and its speakers. TMC shared a letter from a Delhi Police inspector requesting a translator for what was labeled "Bangladeshi language" in a statement on X. The police official also mentioned the arrest of eight individuals under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India. "Is ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is anti-national and only supports the Muslims of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign meeting in Bodoland Territorial Region, Sarma also claimed that the Congress does "not respect icons of Assam", like the Kamakhya temple and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. "Rahul Gandhi is an anti-India person. He is only with Bangladeshi and P ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The Election Commission on Sunday dismissed as false former Union minister P Chidambaram's claim about "adding" of 6.5 lakh voters in Tamil Nadu and said it was absurd to connect the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar with Tamil Nadu, where SIR has not been rolled out yet. Raising questions on SIR, Chidambaram in his posts on X suggested that migrant workers were being registered as voters in Tamil Nadu and called it a gross interference in the right of the elect ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is closely monitoring the flood situation in Uttar Pradesh, issuing timely directives to ensure effective relief efforts. Acting on his instructions, state ministers are inspecting affected areas, while Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami informed that floods have impacted 37 tehsils and 402 villages, affecting 84,392 people. Of these, 47,906 have received assistance, and 2,759 animals have been ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has accused the Election Commission of attempting to manipulate the electoral landscape of states. He alleges the Bihar voter revision exercise is disenfranchising voters while Tamil Nadu is illegally adding voters. Chidambaram asserts that these actions constitute an abuse of power that must be challenged through political and legal means. Amid the raging row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, senior Congress leader P Chidambar ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Refuting the claims made by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India on Sunday said that assertions made by the former finance minister on the inclusion of migrant voters in Tamil Nadu are misleading and baseless. The poll body responded to P Chidambaram claim that there has been an addition of approximately 6.5 lakh migrant workers to the electoral roll in Tamil Nadu. ECI pointed out that f ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has strongly rebutted allegations made by senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming them "misleading and baseless". Chidambaram, in a social media post on X, had raised concerns over alleged disenfranchisement of 65 lakh voters in Bihar and accused the ECI of adding 6.5 lakhs of persons as voters in Tamil Nadu. He claimed that categorising migrant work ...Read More >
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a customs superintendent posted at Sahar airport in Mumbai, for allegedly taking a Rs 10.20 lakh bribe from an agent, an official said Sunday. The central probe agency booked Krishan Kumar for allegedly demanding a bribe at the rate of Rs 10 per kg for facilitating clearance of imported consignments from a customs house agent, a CBI spokesperson said. It was also alleged that Kumar threatened the agent when he refused to pay the bribe, and deliberately withheld ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 The Election Commission of India (ECI) has strongly rebutted allegations made by senior Congress ... New Delhi, Aug 3 The Election Commission of India (ECI) has strongly rebutted allegations made by senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming them "misleading and baseless". Chidambaram, in a social media post on X, had raised concerns over alleged disenfranchisement of 65 lakh voters in Bihar and accused the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): In the ongoing second edition of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), Central Delhi Kings' Yash Dhull lit up the Arun Jaitley Stadium with a sensational century -- the first of DPL 2025 -- to guide his team to a commanding 8-wicket victory over North Delhi Strikers. Chasing a target of 175, Dhull put on a batting masterclass, remaining unbeaten on 101 off just 56 deliveries, laced with eight fours and seven sixes. His composed yet aggressive innings ensured Central ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 3 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the 'Bangladeshi national language' term written in a purported letter by an officer of Delhi Police, investigating a case under the Foreigners' Act, was a calculated attempt by the BJP to "defame Bengal". Earlier in the day, the TMC posted a letter, in its X handle, claiming that the police officer in charge of the investigation has written to the Banga Bhawan in the national capital, seeking a translator for " ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin paid tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 220th death anniversary at Guindy in Chennai on Sunday. The Chief Minister offered flowers to the portrait of the freedom fighter in Chennai. Dheeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri Sarkarai Manradiar on April 17, 1756. He was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region. Chinnamalai fought against the Kingdom of Mysore, which collect ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's attempt to link the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar with Tamil Nadu has been called "absurd" by the Election Commission of India (EC), which today fact-checked his claims about potential mass deletions from the voter list. Earlier, Chidambaram posted on X that while 65 lakh voters in Bihar risk losing their voting rights, reports of adding 6.5 lakh voters in Tamil Nadu were "alarming and patently illegal." The EC rejected the ...Read More >
The Election Commission clarified that no political party in Bihar has requested changes to the draft electoral roll since its release. However, 941 individual claims have been filed. The EC assured that no eligible voter will be excluded from the final list New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday said no political party in Bihar has so far approached it for inclusion or removal of names from the draft electoral roll published on August 1. The EC said that between 3 PM on August 1 and 3 P ...Read More >
Ballikurava (Andhra Pradesh) | Six migrant workers were killed and three injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Bapatla district on Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred around 10.30 am today when 10 to 15 workers were engaged in mining works. "All victims are from Odisha. We suspect water seepage caused the rock to give way. Forensic teams are investigating," the police official told PTI, adding there were no blasts or seismic activity. Rescue operation ...Read More >
The Supreme Court is currently examining the status of Rohingya people in India. The key question is whether they are refugees or illegal immigrants. This determination will impact their rights and potential deportation. The court is also considering basic amenities for Rohingyas in refugee camps. Previous petitions regarding Rohingya deportation have faced scrutiny. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the first major issue to be dealt with in cases concerning Rohingyas is whether they are refug ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday alleged that the names flagged out of the draft voter list in Bihar are "disproportionately high" in areas considered opposition strongholds, and demanded a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.Sharing an X post, Tagore alleged that 15.10 per cent of names have been flagged out in Gopalganj, 12.07 per cent in Purnia, 11.82 per cent in Kishanganj, 10.44 per cent in Madhuband 10.19 per cent in Bhagalpur.H ...Read More >
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