The Election Commission (EC) today removed S B Shashank as chief electoral officer of poll-bound Mizoram and appointed IAS officer Ashish Kundra. The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.
A statue of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi will be unveiled next month, the party announced today. National leaders of various political parties are expected to attend the function to unveil the life-size statue on December 16.
Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday November 15, 2018, Bhopal
Three former ministers are among the 53 leaders, who have been expelled from the party by the BJP, for six years for alleged anti-party activities, in Madhya Pradesh as the state heads to elections on November 28. Among the three former ministers are Sartaj Singh, Ramkrishna Kusmaria and KL Agrawal, who defied party diktat and refused to withdraw nominations. They will contest as Independent candidates now.
Opposition parties are facing a credibility crisis both in Chhattisgarh and the rest of the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, accusing the Congress of resorting to "blatant lies" for political gains.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has hinted his party would participate in assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir if fresh elections to the state legislature were announced in near future. "You got the control of a handful of towns and cities because NC and PDP stayed away (and the Congress did such a poor job of putting up a fight). Do you really think we will give you a walkover in the Assembly polls?" Mr Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
Ankiv Baisoya, the Delhi University Student Union president who was accused of falsifying his bachelor's degree just days after winning elections to the influential body, has been asked to step down from his post by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The ABVP, a student organisation linked to the ruling BJP, has also suspended him till an inquiry into the allegations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended the 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore during which the leaders of the grouping discussed global and regional issues, including maritime cooperation.
Mamata Banerjee today tweeted that her government respects all religions and schools of thought. The chief minister, on the occasion of World Philosophy Day, wrote in a Twitter post that tolerance is instrumental in the progress of civilisation.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday November 15, 2018, New Delhi
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, demanding a probe into reports of sexual harassment of casual announcers at state-owned All India Radio (AIR).
The passengers of the air-conditioned coaches are the prime suspects as over 21 lakh towels, bed sheets, blankets and other items went missing during 2017-18, an official said.
Written by Alok Pandey | Thursday November 15, 2018, Lucknow
Right wing organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad's plan to hold a mammoth rally in Ayodhya has left the city's Muslim residents deeply concerned. The rally will coincide with one held in the city by the Shiv Sena. While the government indicated that it sees no harm in a rally, the chief petitioner in the Ayodhya title suit has said he is ready to leave the town.
The orphaned cubs of a man-eating tiger killed in a state-sanctioned hunt have been spotted in a forest in Maharashtra and could be rescued and rehabilitated, officials said Thursday.
Rajasthan Elections: Party workers from Jaipur, Bhilwara, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dausa, Bundi, Kota, and Tonk have been urging Mr Pilot to contest from their areas.
There will be no evictions for now from the building of the Congress-linked National Herald newspaper, the government today assured the Delhi High Court, which ordered "status quo" in a case involving land leased to the publishers.
