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EC seeks WB reply for defying its order against poll officers

NEW DELHI: Taking exception to Bengal govt’s decision to unilaterally exonerate Baruipur Purba assembly constituency assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) Tathagata Mondal and impose only a minor penalty against Moyna AC AER Read More

Trust set up without my informed consent, revoke it: Sunjay’s mom

NEW DELHI: Rani Kapur, the mother of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, approached the Delhi high court Wednesday seeking cancellation of the Rani Kapur Family Trust, which holds a stake in the automotive component manufacturer Son Read More

Display West Bengal discrepancies, unmapped list by Jan 24: EC

NEW DELHI: Pursuant to the Jan 19 SC direction, Election Commission on Wednesday instructed the Bengal CEO to ensure that names of electors listed under “logical discrepancies” and “unmapped” categories under the SIR exercise are dis Read More

CEC cites success of SIR in Bihar at global meet

NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 – which got underway in Delhi with the participation of delegates from Read More

World must show zero tolerance for terror, EAM tells Spain counterpart

NEW DELHI: India and Spain condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and emphasised the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism, as external affairs minister S Jaishankar hosted his Spanish Read More

ED to quiz I-PAC chief, keen to proceed against Mamata

NEW DELHI: Investigation against I-PAC continued with Enforcement Directorate taking a review meeting in Kolkata Wednesday in presence of agency’s director Rahul Navin amid indications that the political consultancy’s chief Pratik Ja Read More

Need to strengthen development trajectory in Manipur: PM

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Wednesday emphasised the need to continue working with renewed vigour in order to strengthen development trajectory in ethnic strife-hit Manipur, conveying to the state administration the Centre’s “full an Read More

SC asks panel to decide fate of ‘Aravali Zoo Safari’ plan

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central empowered committee (CEC) to decide the fate of the proposed mega ‘Aravali Zoo Safari Project’, which has been billed by Haryana govt to be the world’s biggest zoo-safari spread Read More

Vaishnaw: India in 1st league of AI nations, not a follower

NEW DELHI: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has pushed back on IMF’s comment of the country being a secondary AI power, positioning itself as a front-rank AI nation by focusing less on headline-grabbing large models and more on lar Read More

Activist in jail for 7 years sans trial, SC steps in to hasten proceedings

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday said it would pass an order to expedite proceedings against lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Surajgarh arson case after he pressed for bail on the ground that he has been in jail for seve Read More

EWS flat ‘fraud’: SC notices to Haryana govt, builder

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has sought responses from Haryana govt and Mahira Buildwell (formerly Czar Buildwell) after an association of homebuyers from economically weaker sections accused the developer of an affordable housing scheme Read More

SC to set up expert panel on Aravalis, tells states to stop illegal mining ‘at all costs’

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said illegal mining continues in the Aravali hills and ranges despite its ban, causing irreversible ecological damage, and ordered Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan to take all measures to stop it. Read More