New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) after taking note of answers to queries it had raised before the Election Commission. A bench...
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by an special investigation team (SIT) into the alleged instances of "apparent quid pro quo" between political parties, corporates and officials of investigating agencies in donations via electoral bonds. A...
New Delhi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, saying the high court is not pronouncing verdict on his plea challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was...
New Delhi: Following remarks by Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chairman Sam Pitroda on inheritance tax in America, the grand old party has distanced itself saying that it is not always the case that Pitroda's views reflect the position of the Congress and many times his...
Srinagar: An encounter started Wednesday between the security forces and terrorists in J&K’s Bandipora district. Police said that the gunfight erupted in the Ranji forest area of the district. Reports said that the hiding terrorists fired at the security forces triggering firing exchanges which are...
United Nations: To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach that includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation of weapons. “Demilitarisation, intertwined with disarmament, calls for gender-responsive arms control” (and) “this approach recognises the role of weapon proliferation in...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to pass certain directions Wednesday on a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. As per the cause list published on the website...
Washington: US President Joe Biden is set to sign a historic bill regarding a huge foreign aid package Wednesday, that will also ban TikTok in the country if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake within a year. The US Senate passed the bill...
Itanagar: Repolling at eight polling stations in four assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh is underway Wednesday, amid elaborate security arrangements, an official said. The repolling was necessitated following reports of violence, including damage to electronic voting machines (EVMs), during the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly...
Chennai: Marcus Stoinis made a bustling unbeaten hundred, a perfect anti-thesis to Ruturaj Gaikwad's classy century to shepherd Lucknow Super Giants to a stunning six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match here Tuesday. Stoinis (124, 63b, 13x4, 6x6) helped the Super Giants...
China finds itself in a bind for its tacit support to Russia in its war against Ukraine. As the conflict...
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Despite the relentless stream of bad news from around the world, there are still reasons for optimism. One notable example...
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An investigative report published recently by Public Eye, a Switzerland-based non-governmental organisation, has revealed disconcerting findings on infant food products...
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At a civil society meeting in Bangalore this week, the question was asked if a Hindu Rashtra was on the...
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