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NEW DELHI: Demonstrating unity over the parliamentary agenda, opposition Saturday said its demand for discussion on Pahalgam terror attack-Operation Sindoor and “drift” in foreign policy is non-negotiable, and PM Narendra Modi should reply to the debate — an apparent red line that threatens a stormy monsoon session which gets under way Monday. The opposition has…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session, several Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, J P Nadda and Kiren Rijiju, on Friday strategised over the BJP-led govt’s stand on germane issues amid the opposition raising the heat on matters such as the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.The strategy…
PATNA: Bihar’s 7.9 crore-strong electoral rolls could be purged of 35 lakh-odd voters after Election Commission’s ongoing special intensive revision revealed that 2.2 per cent of electors have permanently shifted out of the state, almost 1.59 per cent have died, and 0.73 per cent are enrolled in more than one place.In an official status update…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday took a sharp dig at the Congress party by sharing a fiery scene from Doordarshan’s iconic 90s TV show Chanakya. The video shows a heated debate in the ancient council of Chandragupta Maurya on whether refugees should be granted shelter.He captioned the clip: “Seeing Congress party support…
NEW DELHI: Congress hailed Supreme Court hearing on EC’s revision of Bihar electoral rolls as a significant step, and expressed hope that the poll watchdog will accept additional documents like Aadhaar for voter’s verification.Congress general secretary and MP K C Venugopal said, “It is a relief for the democracy. The matter will now be heard…
RJD leader Manoj Jha (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday dismissed claims made by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha regarding a supposedly cancelled meeting about Bihar’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.Jha cited an EC letter that allegedly confirmed a meeting scheduled for July 10. He questioned the…
NEW DELHI: Amid claims and counter-claims over the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls, Election Commission officials said Sunday that the poll panel’s guidelines, issued on June 24, allow electors to add documents after submitting their enumeration forms, till July 25 and even during the ‘claims and objections’ period. Besides, electoral registration officers…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling the process a direct threat to democratic rights. In a scathing critique, Moitra accused the poll body of acting at the behest…
NEW DELHI: A fresh controversy has erupted in poll-bound Bihar over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls, a process the Election Commission of India (ECI) insists is legally mandated, even as opposition parties allege it could end up deleting “tens of lakhs” of genuine voters, especially the poor, migrants, and…
