Electoral employees assemble EVM and VVPAT machines in Bhopal. | Photo Credit: A.M. FARUQUI The Election Commission of India (ECI) categorically assured the Supreme Court that it is impossible to tamper with electronic voting machines (EVMs) “at any stage”. The assurance comes on the eve of the General Elections to the Lok Sabha. Replying to … Read more
Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham and YSRCP Kakinada Lok Sabha candidate Ch. Sunil Kumar at a meeting held to discuss election strategy, in Kirlampudi of Kakinada district on Monday. KIRLAMPUDI Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Monday exhorted Kapu cadre to hand a resounding defeat to Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan in the Pithapuram Assembly … Read more
The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal that there is no requirement to include slaughterhouses and meat processing units within the scope of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 as the existing guidelines and safeguards effectively regulate these entities from an environmental standpoint. Last year, animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi approached the NGT, … Read more
Buttonholing, on the other hand, involves putting needles into the same hole each time. This is safe for those with fistulas, but for those using grafts, it “has always been avoided… due to the risk of infection and graft degradation”, according to the UK Kidney Association guidelines which are used throughout the NHS. It says … Read more
A mass wedding being conducted by HR&CE department at the Sri Abirami Amman Temple in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. File photo for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024, wanted to know whether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department will come up with a … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Regulator BCAS has directed airlines to ensure that all baggage of passengers are delivered within 30 minutes of landing of a flight at an airport. The directive from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to seven scheduled airlines also comes against the backdrop … Read more
Maratha activists participate in a bike rally in Karad on Wednesday to press for reservation. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it was taking “all necessary steps” to include eligible Marathas in the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category by granting them Kunbi caste certificates. The … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge interacts with party leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The State committee of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) has asked the Congress to give the organisation due consideration in the forthcoming Parliament elections failing which the outfit would take decisions on its own. Addressing a press conference after … Read more
Hours after quitting the Congress party, ex-Union Minister Milind Deora said that he was feeling “sidelined” in the party following which decided to break his association with the Grand Old Party. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV’s Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Deora further added that the current Congress is different from the one … Read more
Sanitary workers in Chennai cleared tonnes of debris that had piled up in the city after Cyclone Michaung | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan on Friday told the Madras High Court that gloves, masks and shoes were provided regularly to sanitary workers involved in segregating biodegradable and nonbiodegradable … Read more