After quitting BJD, MLA Parshuram Dhada joins BJP ahead of polls in Odisha
EC team searches Pandian’s helicopter in Odisha’s Nabarangpur
Nabarangpur: A five-member team of the Election Commission of India Friday searched a helicopter used by bureaucrat-turned-politician Kartik Pandian in Odisha's Nabarangpur district, an official said. "No objectionable material was found in the helicopter," he said. The search was conducted...
Filing of nomination for five Odisha Lok Sabha seats, 35 Assembly segments begins
IMD issues Red Warning for several Odisha districts over severe heat wave conditions
Amit Shah urges Odisha BJP leaders to ensure party’s victory in Lok Sabha, Assembly polls
Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with VVPAT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday rejected pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and said "blindly distrusting" any aspect of the system can breed unwarranted scepticism. Maintaining that "democracy is all about striving to build harmony and trust between...
Read moreSC’s EVM order: Former CECs say 100% cross-verification not needed
New Delhi: Former chief election commissioners Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting pleas to go back to the ballot system and hold complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with paper trail machines, and said the present system of matching results was sufficient. Delivering its verdict on a clutch of petitions, the top court said persistent doubts and despair in EVMs create distrust in the electoral process and reduce citizen...
Read moreLS polls phase 2: Over 60% turnout till 5 pm
New Delhi: Over 60 per cent polling was reported till 5 pm in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal. Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls over various issues but were persuaded by authorities to cast their franchise. Polling for...
Read moreBoard exams twice a year from 2025: MoE asks CBSE to work out logistics, no plan for semesters
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has asked the CBSE to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to sources. The plan for introducing a semester system has been ruled out, they said. The ministry and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold consultations with school principals next month for conducting board exams twice a year, the sources said. The...
Read moreTejasvi Surya booked for soliciting votes on grounds of religion: EC
Bengaluru: A case was booked against BJP MP and Bangalore South Candidate Tejasvi Surya for allegedly posting a video on a social media platform and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion, the Election Commission said Friday. He is contesting against Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy. Taking to 'X', the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer posted: "Case is booked against Tejasvi Surya MP and candidate of...
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SC’s EVM order: Former CECs say 100% cross-verification not needed
New Delhi: Former chief election commissioners Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting pleas to go back to the ballot system and hold complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with paper trail machines, and said the present system of matching results was sufficient. Delivering its verdict on a clutch of petitions, the top court said persistent...
Punjab Kings opt to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata: Punjab Kings skipper Sam Curran won the toss and opted to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders here Friday. Shikhar Dhawan continues to be on the sidelines owing to his injury while Liam Livingstone made way for Jonny Bairstow in the PBKS playing XI. As far as the KKR XI is...
LS polls phase 2: Over 60% turnout till 5 pm
New Delhi: Over 60 per cent polling was reported till 5 pm in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal. Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls...
Board exams twice a year from 2025: MoE asks CBSE to work out logistics, no plan for semesters
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has asked the CBSE to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to sources. The plan for introducing a semester system has been ruled out, they said. The ministry and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold consultations with school...
Sexual harassment case: Delhi court dismisses ex-WFI chief’s plea seeking further probe, lists hearing on framing of charges for May 7
New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday dismissed an application by BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, seeking further examination of evidence concerning his whereabouts on the date -- September 7, 2022 -- of an alleged incident. Singh is accused in a sexual harassment case in which several women wrestlers...
Tejasvi Surya booked for soliciting votes on grounds of religion: EC
Bengaluru: A case was booked against BJP MP and Bangalore South Candidate Tejasvi Surya for allegedly posting a video on a social media platform and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion, the Election Commission said Friday. He is contesting against Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy. Taking to 'X', the Karnataka...
After quitting BJD, MLA Parshuram Dhada joins BJP ahead of polls in Odisha
Bhubaneswar/ Balasore: Weeks after resigning from the ruling BJD, Soro MLA Parshuram Dhada Friday returned to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha. Dhada joined the saffron party at an event organised at the BJP's headquarters here in the presence of its state president Manmohan Samal, former president Samir Mohanty and other...
EC team searches Pandian’s helicopter in Odisha’s Nabarangpur
Nabarangpur: A five-member team of the Election Commission of India Friday searched a helicopter used by bureaucrat-turned-politician Kartik Pandian in Odisha's Nabarangpur district, an official said. "No objectionable material was found in the helicopter," he said. The search was conducted when the helicopter carrying Pandian, who is a close aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, landed...
Filing of nomination for five Odisha Lok Sabha seats, 35 Assembly segments begins
Bhubaneswar: The process of filing nomination papers for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Odisha Assembly segments to be held May 20 started Friday with the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) issuing the notification in this regard. The five Lok Sabha constituencies are Bargarh, Sundargarh (ST), Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska Lok Sabha constituencies...
Maruti Suzuki posts 48% jump in Q4 net profit
New Delhi: The country’s leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Friday reported a 48 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 3,878 crore for the January-March quarter of 2023-24 compared to the same quarter of 2022-23. The company declared its highest-ever dividend of Rs 125 per share. The car giant reported its highest revenue of Rs...