A view of a polling station that was damaged by a crowd during the first phase of the general election, in Khurai in Imphal East, Manipur, India, April 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Election Commission orders re-polling in 11 Manipur booths on April 22 The Election Commission of India has declared void the polling conducted at … Read more
An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) displayed outside the office of the Election Commission of India | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Supreme Court says EVMs are accurate unless they are maligned by human bias The Supreme Court on Tuesday disagreed with the idea of a return to paper ballots to restore the “little man’s” confidence … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President J.P. Nadda during the BJP’s manifesto launch in New Delhi on April 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy BJP manifesto drops NRC, says CAA to give citizenship to all ‘eligible persons’ The BJP has dropped compilation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) from its manifesto that … Read more
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel on April 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel closes airspace as Iran launches drones in first-ever full-scale military assault Iran launched drones toward Israel late Saturday, the Israeli military announced, and Iran’s state-run media reported that dozens … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meeting for preparedness for a heat wave-related situation, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI PM Modi chairs meet to review preparedness for heat wave conditions Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed India’s heat preparedness plans with senior officials on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department … Read more
Police detain AAP supporters who were staging a protest outside the Tihar Jail in West Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate has said that that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” and the “key conspirator” in the excise policy case | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sri Lankan media hit out at Modi’s Katchatheevu remarks The Sri … Read more
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. Security Council … Read more
Congress names Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh, Ajay Rai from PM Modi’s Varanasi seat in fourth list The Congress on Saturday announced 45 names in its fourth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls while one seat for the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) in Rajasthan. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh … Read more
People lay flowers and lit candles in memory of the Moscow concert gun attack victims in the center of Simferopol, Crimea, on March 22, 2024. Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on March 22, 2024 killing at least 40 people, wounding more than 100 and sparking an inferno, authorities said, with the Islamic … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: PTI Infosys, Biocon, JSW Steel, Shahi Exports donated to JD(S) via electoral bonds On March 17, the Election Commission of India disclosed new documents listing the corporations and individuals who contributed to the Janata Dal (Secular) party in Karnataka before April 12, 2019, via the electoral bond route. The documents … Read more