EC questions Modi, Rahul’s poll conduct

EC questions Modi, Rahul’s poll conduct

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code conduct violation complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Election Commission has issued notice to BJP national president JP Nadda and sought his response by April 29. The commission has also served a notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, asking...

Supreme Court rejects 100 per cent VVPAT verification plea

Supreme Court rejects 100 per cent VVPAT verification plea

Saturday, 27 April 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected all petitions seeking 100 per cent  cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). Weighing in on the intensely debated issue that has long divided political parties, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna...

CBI files first FIR in Sandeshkhali case

Friday, 26 April 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

The CBI has registered the first case in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali related to the land grab and sexual assault allegations against five influential people there, officials said on Thursday. The case pertains to a land dispute where women of the victim's family had to allegedly face sexual assault from influential...

Delhi LG in the dock

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi

Ahead of the second phase of voting on Friday, the Congress on Thursday asked the Election Commission to take action against Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for visiting various Church leaders in Kerala ahead of the Lok Sabha election, in what the party called a "violation of the Model...

Congress, BJP clash in Karnataka

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Congress and BJP will lock horns on the electoral battleground again for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka that go to polls on Friday. It's going to be a straight fight between the ruling Congress and the BJP-JD(S) combine unlike the Assembly elections in May last year which...

Electoral showdown in North Bengal

Electoral showdown in North Bengal

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

The fates of 47 candidates, including two sitting BJP MPs — Sukanta Majumdar the State BJP president, his Darjeeling counterpart Raju Bista — will be decided even as three North Bengal constituencies of Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj go to second phase polling on Friday. In order to conduct free, fair and...

Kerala ready for election battle

Kerala ready for election battle

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

As the countdown for Friday's polling for Lok Sabha election from Kerala is in full progress, candidates and party managers spent the penultimate day devising new strategies to ensure maximum votes in their kitties and to embarrass the rivals. Though the day was peaceful as no untoward incidents getting reported...

All eyes on North East

All eyes on North East

Friday, 26 April 2024 | Rahul Datta | New Delhi

After observing less enthusiasm in the first phase of polls in some of the North East constituencies, the Election Commission, local administration and political parties in the fray have coordinated for an encouraging second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Several constituencies in the sensitive areas including Manipur and...

State Editions

Lovely resignation brings Congress factional feud into open

29 April 2024 | Saumya Shukla | Delhi

Congress alliance with AAP for political reasons: BJP

29 April 2024 | Saumya Shukla/Samar Pandey | Delhi

Vote to save democracy, Sunita exhorts Delhiites

29 April 2024 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

AAP youth wing organises walkathon Walk for Kejriwal

29 April 2024 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Nomination process for LS seats to begin from today

29 April 2024 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Sunday Edition

Chronicle of Bihar, beyond elections

28 April 2024 | Deepak Kumar Jha | Agenda

One Nation, One Election Federalism at risk or Unity Fortified?

28 April 2024 | PRIYOTOSH SHARMA and CHANDRIMA DUTTA | Agenda

Education a must for the Panchayati Raj System to flourish

28 April 2024 | Vikash Kumar | Agenda

‘Oops I Dropped The Lemon Trat’

28 April 2024 | Gyaneshwar Dayal | Agenda

Standing Alone, and How

28 April 2024 | Pawan Soni | Agenda