Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday revived his controversial “80 versus 20” pitch ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, citing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielding eight candidates against the Samajwadi Party’s two for 10 Rajya Sabha seats as proof that 80% of the electorate backs the ruling alliance, leaving only 20% for … Read more
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Wednesday said the Supreme Court will soon decide on listing an application seeking recall of its order referring the challenge to the law governing the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners to a Constitution bench. “We will examine and take a call,” CJI … Read more
Accra, Oct 7 India and Ghana signed agreements on biodiversity, agricultural research and training on Wednesday while looking at more cooperation in pharmaceuticals, health, defence, mining, railways and digital sectors. Speaking alongside Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in Accra, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar also spoke about his meeting with Ghana President John … Read more
A27-year-old woman constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) died after suffering a gunshot wound while on duty at a forward border post in Jammu’s R S Pura sector on Wednesday, with officials investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. The constable, identified as Raj Lakshmi, was posted at Border Outpost Sushil along the India-Pakistan International … Read more
Kannada Actor Prakash Raj has thrown his support behind a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, asking people in Bengaluru to turn up in large numbers for a People’s Tribunal at Freedom Park on Thursday. The protest, organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), founded by Abhijeet Dipke, is scheduled to begin at … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine an application seeking recall of its recent split verdict on whether challenges to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger Constitution bench. On September 23, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and … Read more
Bhutan’s Prime Minsiter Tshering Tobgay called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “an avatar” of recent times while congratulating him on completing 25 years in public office. Bhutanese PM’s greetings came on Wednesday (October 7) along with various political leaders, including Japan and the Philippines. Modi is one of the longest-serving political leaders in India. He … Read more
Suspended Ajmer Central Jail in-charge, who had been absconding for two months, was arrested on Wednesday from a residential flat in Rajasthan’s Kota for allegedly taking two female inmates out of jail without permission and making them clean her private flat, police said. Another accused in the case, jail guard Sonia Chaudhary, remains at large. … Read more
Kainchi Dham travel advisory: Following a massive turnout of over 50,000 devotees at Kainchi Dham last weekend, the Uttarakhand state administration is working to institute a permanent crowd-management mechanism. For those unversed, growing interest in Neem Karoli Baba, fueled in part by the devotional film Hanuman Ansh, has led to rising footfall that severely strained … Read more
Hours before the Opposition sought a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu to raise allegations of mass disenfranchisement and demand Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha lawmaker John Brittas said the President had forwarded his letter on similar issues to the legislative department for appropriate action. The President informed Brittas that his … Read more