Tuesday, March 19, 2024

India

Supreme Court asks Baba Ramdev to personally appear before it for not replying to contempt notice

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed self-styled yoga guru and businessman Baba Ramdev to be personally present before the top court after he failed to file a reply to a show cause notice in the contempt proceedings initiated against Patanjali Ayurved for its misleading advertisements.

Union govt forced SBI to accept expired bonds before 2018 Karnataka polls: Report

The Union government forced State Bank of India to accept expired electoral bonds before the 2018 Karnataka elections, Reporters’ Collective reported citing new disclosures by the Election Commission.

Bihar: BJP to contest 17 seats, JD(U) 16, Chirag 5; old allies Paras, Kushwaha upset over seat sharing

The NDA finalised its seat-sharing in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections Monday, allotting 17 seats to the BJP, 16 to the Janata Dal (United), five to the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and one each to Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).

Election Commission orders widespread bureaucratic transfers, West Bengal DGP removed

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered the transfer of Home Secretaries from six states - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

7 lakh Muslims among 19 lakh left out of NRC in Assam, says CM Himanta Sarma

On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that seven lakh Muslims are among the 19 lakh persons left out of the National Register of Citizens for the state.

Gujarat: Five arrested for attack on foreign students over Taraweeh prayers

The Gujarat Police has arrested five persons in connection with the mob attack on international Muslim students in Gujarat University when they were offering namaz. Three people – 22-year-old Kshitij Kamlesh Pandey,...

Election Commission updates electoral bonds data received from political parties

On Sunday, The Election Commission uploaded electoral bonds data received from political parties that it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers in November. Political parties had filed data...
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Fact Check: Amit Shah’s electoral bond figures found inaccurate

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently addressed the India Today Conclave. However, his remarks on electoral bonds contradicted public data. The total amount for electoral bonds quoted by Shah was Rs. 20,000 crore, whereas ECI data indicated Rs. 12,000 crore.

Kerala: Muslim groups urge Election Commission to postpone Friday polls

Muslim groups in Kerala urged the Election Commission to postpone the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April 26, which falls on Friday, a sacred day for the community.
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“We are not safe,” foreign students say after Hindutva group attacks them for praying Taraweeh at hostel

A Hindutva mob attacked Muslim international students studying at Gujarat University, one of the public state universities in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, over offering Taraweeh prayers at their hostel on Saturday...

UP: Four student activists sent to jail for anti-CAA protest, CPIML demands “immediate release”

The Uttar Pradesh police arrested four activists affiliated with leftist group All India Students' Association (AISA) for organising a protest on 13 March against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act...
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Lok Sabha polls: Outer Manipur will vote on two days

As the Election Commission has announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, voters were perplexed by an increase in the total number of constituencies. Instead of 543...

Muslim activist Javed Mohammed walks out of jail after 21 months

Muslim activist and community leader Javed Mohammed walked out of jail on Saturday after getting bail in multiple cases against him over 2022 Prayagraj Violence. Mohammed was lodged in...
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India abstains in UNGA on Pakistan’s resolution on Islamophobia

India on Friday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation requesting the Secretary-General to appoint...

“My arrest is illegal”: BRS leader K Kavitha sent to ED custody till March 23

A Delhi court on Saturday sent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislator and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, K Kavitha, to seven days Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.
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Voting to kick off on April 19 across 7 phases; results on June 4

CEC Rajiv Kumar said that in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, there would be 97 crore registered voters.

Hindutva chants, vandalising Muslims’ properties, Police violence: What happened in Darbhanga on Basant Panchami?

Violence erupted in various areas of Darbhanga district, Bihar, on February 15 and 16 during Saraswati Visarjan Pooja, also known as Basant Panchmi, a Hindu festival commemorating the goddess Saraswati and symbolizing the onset of spring.
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