BJP president Nitin Nabin accused the Congress and its allies of misleading the public over the SIR process, citing the Election Commission’s statement that decisions on SIR were taken unanimously. NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the Election Commission‘s statement, BJP Saturday said it has exposed Congress and its allies as their attack on the poll body…

Rahul Gandhi calls CEC Gyanesh Kumar a ‘BJP headhunter’ NEW DELHI: With a top former bureaucrat of Kerala reportedly saying that chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had approached him to contest election on BJP ticket, leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi Saturday mocked that the poll panel chief was a headhunter for BJP and then…

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu backed the Election Commission’s statement on SIR, saying it reaffirmed the integrity and credibility of constitutional institutions NEW DELHI: BJP’s allies on Saturday closed ranks to hit out at opposition, with TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu saying EC’s statement reaffirmed “the integrity and credibility of…

EC retains mandatory SIR declaration for fresh voter enrolment. NEW DELHI: Those applying for fresh enrolment as electors through Form 6 in locations other than the 12 states and UTs where special intensive revision (SIR) is currently underway will no longer need to attach a declaration mapping themselves or their relative to the electoral rolls…

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman NEW DELHI: After an earlier attempt was aborted, India and Bangladesh are looking to schedule a visit by PM Tarique Rahman to India in the third week of Nov, sources said.Efforts to reschedule the visit are likely to gain momentum after the arrival of the new Bangladesh high commissioner, Asad Alam…

Albanese highlights India’s energy connectivity under PM Modi. NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has credited PM Narendra Modi with providing energy access to India’s population on a scale that, he said, no other country has achieved before.Speaking at an event on Sept 24 organised by Asia Policy Institute in New York on the…