The Election Commission (EC) issued two separate show-cause notices to West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday for his party allegedly issuing advertisements targeting the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). The poll panel has sought Mr Majumdar’s explanation on why two advertisements of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not be treated as violative…
A former sarpanch was killed and a couple from Rajasthan was injured in firing by terrorists in two separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, two days before polling. The country is in the middle of a marathon six-week general election. Four rounds are over, three more remain. The votes will be counted on…
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he had an audio recording of former chief justice Saqib Nisar in which he is allegedly heard saying to oust him and to bring in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan. Demanding action against those judges of the Supreme Court involved in his ouster as the prime…
Five people, including three women, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and selling a nine-month-old boy at Rs 58,500, police said on Saturday. The kidnapping had happened on May 12 at Ranchi Railway Station when three persons, including a woman, had allegedly stolen the boy from his parents. They sold him at Puri in Odisha on…
In this much-in-the-news Lok Sabha constituency, the Gandhi name is the backdrop against which every political debate takes place — whether for voters, for the Congress fighting to keep its bastion or for the BJP going all out for a win. Issues such as the Ram Temple, the Modi factor, the government’s free ration scheme,…
A delegation comprising several foreign diplomats, including Singapore High Commissioner to India Simon Wong and Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar P Sharma, attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting in North East Delhi today. Voting in Delhi for all seven Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on May 25. BJP’s Manoj…
Nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region since a ground attack launched by Russian forces on May 10, its governor said Saturday. The assault may only be the first wave of a wider offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP. Over a week after its launch, “a…
“Hamara palda bahut bhari hai (The scales are tilted in our favour),” Prime Minister Narendra Modi told NDTV in an exclusive interview, projecting confidence in his ability to secure a third straight term for his party, BJP, in the Lok Sabha elections. Four rounds are over in the marathon six-week general election, the second biggest…
Delhi’s peak power demand has clocked this season’s highest. According to the State Load Despatch Center (SLDC) data, it clocked 6987 MW on May 17; the highest ever in the first 18 days of May. According to an official release, on May 16, Delhi’s peak power demand had clocked the season’s highest of 6789 MW…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered immediate arrangement of medical treatment for a person who fell ill during her speech at an election rally in Bankura district on a hot Saturday afternoon. While addressing the gathering, the TMC chief found someone collapsing to the ground in front rows and fainting. She stopped her speech…