NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday issued instructions that Aadhaar card be accepted as the 12th document for inclusion in Bihar’s revised electoral roll, in addition to the 11 documents listed in its June 24 special intensive revision (SIR) order. However, the poll panel made it clear that Aadhaar shall be accepted and utilised only as…
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: 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: 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…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs issued an advisory on Tuesday asking Indian citizens to postpone travel to neighbouring Nepal till the situation there stabilises.“Indian citizens presently in Nepal are advised to shelter in their current places of residence, avoid going out onto the streets and exercise due caution. They are also advised to…
NEW DELHI: The high-stakes tussle over the inheritance of industrialist Sunjay Kapur took a fresh twist on Tuesday as his children from ex-wife and actor Karisma Kapoor approached Delhi high court challenging their exclusion from his assets, reported at Rs 30,000 crore, alleging his will was forged.Daughter Samaira and son Kiaan, through their legal guardian…
NOIDA: A 22-year-old student was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head while his close friend lay critically injured with a similar wound inside a private hostel room in Knowledge Park in Noida on Tuesday morning. Police are trying to piece together how the gunshots were fired and what led to the shooting…
NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance‘s (NDA) candidate, CP Radhakrishnan on being elected as the Vice President on Tuesday, said that his victory reflects the triumph of “nationalistic ideology,” adding that every constitutional post carries importance and must function within its defined framework.Speaking to news agency ANI he said, “Every post is important and every post…