NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the names of state incharges for different states, with party leader Smriti Irani given the responsibility of Chhattisgarh and Haryana.Vinod tawde has been appointed as the incharge of UP, while Vinay Sahastrabuddhe was named Delhi incharge.Here is the full list State/UT Incharge Co-incharge(s) Andaman & Nicobar Jai…

EC negates report of differences in commission over SIR NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday conceded that “operational queries or inputs” were raised by election commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi on matters including the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, but insisted that these pertained to the draft stage and were “part of…

A two-judge SC bench has requested the CJI to explore setting up a permanent 5-judge Constitutional Bench. A two-judge Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice SC Sharma and Justice Datta, has requested the Chief Justice of India to explore the possibility of setting up a permanent five-judge Constitutional Bench to deal with questions involving interpretation of the…

Sexist remarks over Keerthana’s London absence trigger political row NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana was subjected to sexist remarks by DMK which was questioning her absence from chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s recent London visit. The remarks by DMK leader Vaishnavi has triggered a political controversy.Vijay travelled to London to flag off…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that Gautam Buddha Nagar district magistrate Medha Roopam could not be isolated from the larger decision-making process that led to the detention of student protester Akriti Chaudhary under the National Security Act (NSA).While hearing Roopam’s plea challenging Allahabad high court judgment, a bench of justices SC Sharma…