- India
Festival of democracy enters second leg with 88 LS seats across India set to vote
New Delhi: The election festival is gathering pace in the world’s largest democracy with the stage set for the second phase of voting in the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, covering 88…
- India
SC to pronounce its verdict on pleas seeking mandatory EVM-VVPAT tally on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will, on Friday, pronounce its judgment on a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit…
- India
Salman Khan house firing: Mumbai court extends 2 accused’s police custody till April 29
Mumbai: The Mumbai Esplanade Court on Thursday extended the police custody of the accused duo in the Salman Khan house firing case by four days till April 29. The two accused, Vicky…
- India
Advocate Dehadrai withdraws defamation suit against Mahua Moitra in Delhi HC
New Delhi: Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai on Thursday withdrew his defamation suit against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in the Delhi High Court. Dehadrai’s suit alleged that Moitra made defamatory statements against…
- Business
RBI issues alert against prepaid payment instruments by illegal entities
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday cautioned the public against Prepaid Payment Instruments issued by unauthorised entities. “Members of public are urged to exercise utmost caution while using websites/…
- Technology
Hackers attacked Indian firms on average 2,444 times per week in last 6 months: Report
New Delhi: Hackers have attacked Indian organisations on average 2,444 times per week in the last six months, compared to 1,151 attacks per organisation globally, a new report revealed on Thursday. According…
- India
Neha murder case: Karnataka CM urges stringent punishment for killer
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated in Bidar on Thursday that he has spoken to the Public Prosecutor and police regarding ensuring stringent punishment to the accused in MCA student Neha Hiremath’s…
- Telangana
Telangana CM alleges conspiracy to end reservations in India
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday alleged that the BJP plans to do away with the reservation for various weaker sections in the country as per the RSS’s ideology…
- India
Akhilesh Yadav files nomination from Kannauj LS seat
Kannauj: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, filed his nomination papers from the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. An hour earlier, BJP candidate Subrat Pathak had also filed his…
- India
NCP (SP) manifesto favours caste census, stresses on welfare of farmers & women
Pune: The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Thursday unveiled its manifesto, favouring caste census and promising a separate commission for farmers’ welfare, right to apprenticeship, 50 per cent reservation for women…
- India
FIIs sold equity worth Rs 25,853 crore in last seven days
New Delhi: While foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold heavily in the past few days, the selling has been countered by domestic funds. During the last seven days, FIIs sold equity worth a…
- Andhra Pradesh
Vivekananda Reddy’s wife questions Jagan’s Kadapa MP candidate pick
Kadapa: YS Sowbhagya Reddy, wife of former minister, late YS Vivekananda Reddy who was murdered in 2019, wrote to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, questioning his choice of candidate for the…
- India
Lawyers, parties in-person to receive SC case-related messages on WhatsApp: CJI
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday announced the integration of WhatsApp messaging services with the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) services of the Supreme Court. Now, litigants,…