Electoral Bonds’ details not under RTI Act: SBI
The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the RTI Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC), claiming that it is personal information held in a fiduciary capacity, even though the records are in the public domain on the poll panel’s...
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Drunken driving leaves six school children dead
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Centre proposes CAA, NRC; Mamata disposes
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In 10th list of BJP, sitting MPs dropped
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Special force personnel tattoos under scanner in Odisha
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Union Minister Rajeev sends legal notice to Tharoor
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Modi’s Southern push continues
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Kejriwal seeks early hearing in SC
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Jolt for AAP as Delhi Minister quits party
With the party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday was hit by fresh trouble with one of its Ministers who was holding several departments including social welfare, Raaj Kumar Anand resigning from the post and party. He claimed that the AAP...
EC orders verification of Minister’s poll affidavit
Acting on a complaint by the Congress, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to verify Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s affidavit in which he declared `680 as his taxable income for 2021-2022. Chandrasekhar is in the fray against former UN diplomat...
CEC Rajiv Kumar gets Z category security cover
After former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has provided Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover of armed commandos. This decision, based on a threat perception report, involves deploying approximately 40-45 armed commandos from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)...
Setback for Kejriwal
In a massive blow to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party AAP which is going to the Lok Sabha polls beginning next week, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by him, challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case...
One more Indian student dies in US; 11th so far
A 25-year-old Indian student who had been missing since last month was found dead in the US city of Cleveland, the second death within a week in the country as the community grapples with a string of such tragedies. This is the eleventh Indian to die in the US this year...
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Sensex breaches 75,000 milestone Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices hit new peaks on Tuesday with Sensex breaching the historic 75,000-mark for the first time during intra-day before ending the session marginally lower on profit-booking at higher levels. Putting a break on its record-breaking rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 58.80 points or 0.08...
Call for trifurcation of Tamil Nadu echoes
A demand to trifurcate Tamil Nadu is getting silent momentum across the State. Though leaders of major political leaders are reluctant to come out in the open asking for the same, the intelligentsia, representatives of trade and industries bodies and farmers have expressed their anguish over the continued indifference of...
