Sonia Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday sought to turn the tables on Congress over the latter’s campaign against alleged “vote theft” by making the serious charge that Sonia Gandhi got herself enrolled twice as a voter without renouncing her Italian citizenship.“Sonia Gandhi’s name entered the electoral rolls twice without meeting the basic…
PATNA: Minta Devi, a 35-year-old from Bihar, who unexpectedly became the INDIA bloc’s “vote chori” mascot after a data entry error pegged her age at 124, on Wednesday objected to the opposition using her name and photo on T-shirts to target the Union govt.“Politics is being done in my name. Who gave Priyanka Gandhi and…
NEW DELHI: Sharpening his criticism of the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday remarked that he had had the unique experience of having tea with some “dead” voters from Bihar. Rahul and other INDIA bloc netas are all set to embark on a ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ starting Aug 17,…
PUNE: A 39-year-old voter’s name was found appearing six times in the electoral roll of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, prompting collector Indu Jakhar to order a probe.The name appeared five times in one polling booth and once in another booth in the same assembly constituency.The duplication, flagged by activists on social media, led the state chief…
GUWAHATI: A special court in western Assam’s Bongaigaon sentenced Tuesday five men to life in prison for their role in the mob killing of a youth from the Bodo community in Chirang district during the 2012 ethnic violence in the state’s Bodoland Territorial Area Districts.Joyanuddin Seikh, Abdul Khalek, Nabi Hussain, Habizur Ali, and Osman Ali…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry has admitted design failures, weak quality assurance and over-reliance on builders as some of the factors for certain newly built highway stretches with concrete pavement collapsing in rain-prone and low-lying areas, according to the latest report of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.Raising concerns over the “indiscriminate…
NEW DELHI: Nearly four out of every 10 diabetics in India are unaware they have the disease, a new study published in Lancet Global Health has claimed.The study is based on an analysis of a survey carried out among 57,810 adults aged 45 years and older from 2017 to 2019. It found that 20% of…
NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has suggested prioritising women in allocation of deceased donor organs.In a letter to the states/UTs, the apex authority for regulating organ donations and transplants in the country, has said a provision should be made to mark additional points for women recipients of donor organs, to…
LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath govt tabled Sri Banke Bihari Temple Nyas Bill in the assembly Wednesday, the third day of the monsoon session.The state govt had earlier promulgated an ordinance, Sri Banke Bihari Nyas Adhyadesh. The bill tabled on Wednesday stipulates that the trust will have a right over offerings, donations, and all movable and…
NEW DELHI: An advisory panel of the environment ministry has given in-principle approval for diversion/de-notification of protected forest land for multiple projects in different states. These include the diversion of more than 109 hectares of forest land in West Bengal for a coal mine and de-notification of over 1,501 hectares of reserve forest land for…