Capital sees 67 per cent surge in wrong side driving prosecutions

Capital sees 67 per cent surge in wrong side driving prosecutions

Tuesday, 07 May 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

A staggering surge of almost 67 per cent in the number of prosecutions for ‘wrong side driving’ was witnessed in the national Capital in 2024, during the period from January 1 to April 30, compared to the same period in the previous year. While in the earlier year, a total...

Campaign ends for 3rd phase LS polls

Campaign ends for 3rd phase LS polls

Monday, 06 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

The high-octane campaigning for the third phase of 2024 Lok Sabha polls in 93 Parliamentary constituencies spread in 12 States and Union Territories came to an end on Sunday evening with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc making a last-gasp effort to woo voters. The...

Puri Cong nominee takes Surat route out of party

Puri Cong nominee takes Surat route out of party

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneswar/New Delhi

Yet another Congress candidate this time for the Puri Lok Sabha constituency Sucharita Mohanty, has declined to contest the elections and returned the party ticket alleging lack of funding from the party. Mohanty, daughter of former Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty in a mail to AICC general secretary (organization) K C...

EC shows off gargantuan poll exercise to 23 nations

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

n Amid Western media, intellectual think tanks, academics, human rights organizations, and other components of civil society and Opposition parties here expressing concerns about the state of democracy, the Election Commission has invited 75 international visitors from election management bodies (EMBs) of 23 countries, including Russia, Australia, Maldives, and Seychelles...

Troubles mount for Revannas

Troubles mount for Revannas

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Bengaluru/New Delhi

Former Karnataka Minister and Holenarsipura MLA HD Revanna was arrested from his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's residence in Padmanabha Nagar on Saturday evening. The arrest came minutes after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the special court for elected representatives, Bengaluru. Meanwhile, a day after former Congress...

Priyanka's ‘Shahenshah' retort to ‘Shehzada' jibe

Priyanka's ‘Shahenshah' retort to ‘Shehzada' jibe

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Darbhanga (Bihar)/ Lakhani (Gujarat)

The continuous jibe by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by terming him "shezada" (prince) reached a new zenith on Saturday with the latter's sibling and a general secretary in the grand old party, Priyanka Gandhi, calling the PM as "Shehanshah" (monarch). At the LokS Sabha poll...

Capital gains for BJP  at Congress’ expense

Capital gains for BJP at Congress’ expense

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Turmoil within the INDIA bloc continued in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls as former Delhi Congress president and senior leader Arvinder Singh Lovely along with former Delhi Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, former MLAs Neeraj Basoya, Naseeb Singh and Delhi youth Congress chief Amit Malik joined the BJP on Saturday. This...

Terror strikes IAF convoy in J&K, one soldier dead

Terror strikes IAF convoy in J&K, one soldier dead

Sunday, 05 May 2024 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu

In a stark reminder to the Pulwama terror attack on security personnel in February 2019 ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, an Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicle convoy was attacked in the similar fashion by terrorists in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday evening in which one...

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