Breaking News LIVE, June 23: With the voting underway in seven constituencies in the country on Thursday, the national capital recorded the least number of voters’ turnout since 1 pm, while the Agartala segment of Tripura recorded the maximum. 26.24 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Rajinder Nagar of the national capital while 44.81 per cent voter turnout was witnessed in Jharkhand’s Mandar till 1 pm today.
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Maharashtra political crisis LIVE: Claiming of being in touch with 20 MLAs from the Eknath Shinde camp in Guwahati, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that everyone will see when the floor test happens, adding that those who leave party under pressure from ED are not a real follower of Balasaheb Thackeray.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Maharashtra Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray appears to be on the brink of collapse. The Sena rebels’ count led by party leader Eknath Shinde continues to swell. Shinde claimed so far, a total of 48 MLAs have shown their support.
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Secondary Education Department, Government of Assam reschedules the summer vacation in all elementary, secondary, senior secondary and higher secondary schools from 25th June 2022 to 25th July 2022 in view of the flood situation in the state.
PM Modi meets NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu in Delhi.
The Rajasthan Congress will hold demonstrations against the Centres Agnipath scheme across the state on June 27.The Union government had last week unveiled the scheme under which the youth aged 17 and a half and 21 will be recruited in the Army, Navy and Air Force on contractual basis for four years.The announcement had triggered protests across the country.
Polling for bye-elections in Tripura is underway at four assembly segments--Agartala, Town Bardowali, Surma and Jubarajnagar. The bypolls in Tripura are crucial for Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha who replaced Biplab Kumar Deb last month. The dentist-turned politician himself is a candidate and is fighting his first-ever direct election to save his CM seat.
Prominent Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as General Counsel in the veteran's affairs department, the latest from the community to be named for a key position in the administration.
The Phase 2 "alarm stage", planned for when the government sees a high risk of long-term supply shortages of gas, theoretically enables utilities to pass on high prices to industry and households and thereby help to lower demand. Facing dwindling gas flows from main supplier Russia, Europe's top economy has been at Phase 1 of its emergency plan since end March.
"I couldn't sleep," and "my room was too noisy," may be complaints hoteliers dread from guests, but for the Riklin brothers that is the entire point of their latest 'zero star hotel' art installation. The Swiss concept artists' hotel room is essentially a double bed on a platform, with two bedside tables and lamps.
The body of a 25-year-old woman with strangulation marks was found in west Delhis Mohan Garden area on Thursday, police said. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of murder since the womans body had strangulation marks, he said.The cause of death will be ascertained after post-mortem examination, he said.Based on the circumstances, a case of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and we are investigating the matter, Vardhan said.
We are also getting information from zonal magistrates, he said.Voting is taking place in 433 polling stations, with 141 booths having been declared hyper-sensitive, 218 as sensitive, and 55 as vulnerable.Over 3.54 lakh voters, including 1.75 lakh women, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the by-election to decide the electoral fate of 14 candidates in the fray.
Nearly 15 per cent polling was recorded in the first four hours since voting began for the bypoll to the Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency on Thursday, officials said.
Law is an aspiration for change and the answers one gets are based on how the discourse is framed, said Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is slated to become the Chief Justice of India in November, during a lecture titled 'India@75' in London.
During this period, we continued to remain invested in the team and leveraged their expertise for building cause-related and pandemic-focused assets, beyond travel packages, Singh said.The all-women holiday expert team is proficient in addressing holiday booking queries in different languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada and Telugu, besides English, the company said.
NDAS nominee for president Droupadi Murmu reached the national capital from Bhubaneswar on Thursday, a day before she files her nomination papers for the post. Her nomination papers are being prepared at Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshis residence, sources said. Union ministers and senior BJP leaders are signing on as proposers and seconders at Joshi's residence.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appointed former Haryana unit chief Kumari Selja and Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi as members of the all-important party working committee.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday remembered Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary and said that every Indian is indebted to him for his unparalleled efforts towards furthering India's unity. PM Modi said that Mookerjee worked hard for India's progress and dreamt of a strong and prosperous nation.
The corporate profit to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio rebounded to a decade high of 4.3 per cent and 4.5 per cent for the Nifty-500 universe and listed India companies, respectively, brokerage house Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in a report.
Singer Neha Singh Rathore, who became the talk of the town with her song 'Mei Ka Ba', has tied the knot with Himanshu Singh in Lucknow recently. The wedding of Neha and Himanshu, a native of Hede Pakariya village in Ambedkar Nagar, was held at Nilansh Theme Park in Lucknow on June 21.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison, reportss AFP.
NCP leader Jayant Patil has said that many of the rebel MLAs in Guwahati are thinking of returning. "Uddhav Thackeray remains the leader of MVA. We are also planning on how to facilitate the return of the MLAs," he said.
NCP MLAs and MPs will hold a key meet in Mumbai today at YV Chavan Centre at 5 pm: Jayant Patil
TMC leaders and workers protesting outside Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati have been detained by the police. “Around 20 Lakh people in Assam are suffering due to the flood. But CM is busy toppling Maharashtra government,” said a worker.
"Nobody has asked for Uddhav Thackeray's resignation. Our demand is that he should go ahead with our natural alliance with the BJP. We are in no mood to compromise either with NCP or Congress," said Deepak Kesarkar.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in floods in Assam and urged party workers to continue extending assistance in rescue and rehabilitation operations. The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Wednesday as 12 more people were killed and 55 lakh people affected across 32 districts with the rising Brahmaputra and Barak rivers inundating new areas. "My thoughts are with our brothers and sisters in Assam facing unprecedented floods. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families," Gandhi urged on Twitter.