Bengal BJP spending on polls NEW DELHI: BJP spent Rs 287 crore on its campaign and candidates during the April 2026 polls in West Bengal, which accounted for more than 54% of its total expenditure of Rs 529 crore in five assembly elections earlier this year, according to statements filed with EC.Besides Bengal, polls were…
NEW DELHI: Facing the task of implementing Supreme Court’s ruling on calculating creamy layer criteria for OBC reservation from the retrospective date of 2012, Centre pleaded with the court to make the enforcement of the verdict prospective and grant it two years’ time to implement it.The court had in March held that the income of…
NEW DELHI: Observing that the dispute between two rival factions of All India Trinamool Congress claiming the party name and symbol should be adjudicated within reasonable time, Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to give a timeframe to decide the matter.While hearing a plea filed by former CM Mamata Banerjee challenging EC’s interim…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Eight years after Ayushman Bharat was launched with the aim of making quality and affordable healthcare accessible to people, the scheme now covers more than 60 crore beneficiaries, with over 13 crore people having availed treatment worth over Rs 2 lakh crore through 39,000-plus empanelled public and private hospitals.PM…
NEW DELHI: EC is likely to order special summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur in Oct, with Jan 1, 2027 as the qualifying date. However, it is unlikely to go for a nationwide SSR this year in view of SIR Phase 3 underway in 19 states/UTs and…
Abhishek Kumar coordinated various panels in the Mahadev network NEW DELHI: CBI on Thursday arrested Abhishek Kumar, a key accused in the Mahadev online betting and gambling case in which Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that the perpetrators of the illegal activities have so far generated and laundered proceeds of crime of more than Rs…
The property occupies two acres within The Acres’ larger shared landscape. Mature trees, meadows and gently rolling terrain surround the four Wright homes, creating a setting where the architecture and natural environment are closely intertwined. Tucked into a landscape of mature trees, rolling hills and open meadows in Galesburg, Michigan, a Frank Lloyd Wright house…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission officials Thursday said special intensive revision (SIR) orders related to Phase 1 in Bihar, Phase 2 in a dozen states/UTs and ongoing Phase 3 in 19 states/UTs had all listed Forms 6 and 8 with a mandatory declaration form on citizenship details of the elector or parents, and were unanimously approved…
NEW DELHI: Meeting on the margins of United Nations General Assembly, G4 countries called for a reform of the UNSC at the earliest, saying in a joint statement that the council is currently unable to effectively discharge its core responsibility of maintaining international peace and security.The G4 group of countries (India, Japan, Brazil, and Germany)…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties are preparing to submit fresh notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to move a motion for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar soon, sources said, making this their third attempt to move a motion to remove him. The notices, being drafted and vetted by experts, are expected to…