New Delhi: Concerned at the crowding of political space with “inactive” or “defunct” registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs), Election Commission has now decided to verify the antecedents of founding members of such RUPPs at the registration stage itself.“To remove such dubious applicants and to ensure that only genuine applicants get considered for registration, ECI has…
GUWAHATI: Assam Cabinet approved on Tuesday a new standard operating procedure empowering district commissioners and senior superintendents of police to identify and expel illegal immigrants within 10 days, sidestepping the long route through the Foreigners’ Tribunals.Illegal immigrants detected within 12 hours of crossing into Assam, or found near zero line along the border, will be…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra food and civil supplies minister and OBC neta Chhagan Bhujbal has written to CM Devendra Fadnavis, demanding the latest govt resolution (GR) on Marathas applying for Kunbi (OBC) certificates be scrapped altogether or changed. The GR was issued by the state on Sept 2 in order to get Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange…
NEW DELHI: Three soldiers have been killed in a major avalanche in the central region of the forbidding Siachen Glacier, the highest and coldest battlefield in the world, in northern Ladakh.Sepoy Mohit Kumar, Agniveer Niraj Kumar Choudhary and Agniveer Dabhi Rakesh Devabhai were trapped when the avalanche hit their forward post in the central glacier…
MUMBAI: The normally reticent Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) has now complained to union minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari, about the pathetic condition of National Highway (NH48) between Dahisar and Talasari.In a letter to the ministry, the BPP said this highway is the only road connectivity to the pilgrimage site of Udvada in…
NEW DELHI: Food ministry has urged states to complete the weeding out of ineligible beneficiaries for the govt’s free foodgrain scheme by this month end. They have also been asked to add or include new eligible beneficiaries so that deserving people get govt aid.Sources said such a move will ensure lakhs of “deserving” people waiting…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP while commenting on the political turmoil in neighbouring Nepal, where Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned following violent protests against a social media ban and corruption.Raut shared a video of arson and street unrest from…
Nepal plunged deeper into political crisis on Tuesday as finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel was publicly chased and assaulted by protesters amid nationwide demonstrations led by the ‘Gen Z’ movement. The unrest, sparked by widespread anger over corruption and a now-reversed social media ban, has resulted in at least 19 deaths and more than 300…
With Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepping down amid the deadly student-led “GenZ protests,” attention has shifted to Kathmandu’s young mayor, Balendra Shah, as online campaigns promote him as the Himalayan nation’s next leader. Popularly known as “Balen,” the 35-year-old is a rapper-turned-politician who has served as Kathmandu’s 15th mayor since May 2022. He…
NEW DELHI: Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan moved Delhi HC on Tuesday seeking to protect her personality rights and restrain online platforms from illegally using her name and images, and also AI-generated pornographic content.Justice Tejas Karia indicated that he would pass an ad interim order cautioning the defendants, and agreed to examine the suit that seeks…
