Not going back to era of ballot papers; won’t get bullied: CEC
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Amid renewed demands against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs), Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday asserted that the Election Commission will not be “intimidated or bullied” into giving up the machines and going back to the era of ballot boxes. He also lamented that EVMs are being […]
10% EWS quota in government recruitment from February 1: Centre
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Beginning next month, all central government posts will be filled after factoring in the recently approved 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS), according to an official order. The Ministry of Personnel in the order said that detailed instructions regarding the procedure for the implementation of the EWS quota […]
Nawaz Sharif uses Ghalib’s poetry to explain his condition in jail
Lahore, Jan 24 (PTI) Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif used prominent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s poetry to explain his condition when the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders visited him in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore on Thursday. Sharif, 69, who is serving a seven-year imprisonment in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail, was rushed to […]
Priyanka’s appointment will have no impact on LS polls: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Asserting that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s formal entry in active politics will have no impact on Lok Sabha polls, the BJP on Thursday said her appointment as Congress general secretary of Uttar Pradesh-East may have generated a buzz in Delhi but it has drawn no response from the region of which […]
Priyanka formally enters politics as Cong general secretary for UP East
New Delhi, Jan 23 : Gandhi family scion Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, ending years of speculation and signalling the party’s intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general elections. Priyanka Gandhi, 47, will take over her new […]
PAK, UAE sign USD 3 billion bailout package
Islamabad, Jan 22 : Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday signed a USD 3 billion bailout package, as part of Abu Dhabi’s support to boost the cash-strapped country’s dwindling dollar reserves. The UAE in December last year had announced to provide USD 3 billion financial assistance to Pakistan after Saudi Arabia made a […]
SC grants bail to 4 convicts in 2002 Naroda Patiya case
New Delhi, Jan 23 : The Supreme Court has granted bail to four convicts in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in Gujarat in which 97 people were killed by a mob during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar Tuesday granted bail to the four convicts — Umeshbhai […]
PM targets Cong at NRI meet, says BJP govt stopped loot
Varanasi, Jan 22 : Taking on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the party that ruled for so long made no effort to plug corruption despite a former prime minister identifying the malady, while the BJP ended “85 per cent of the loot” in four-and-a-half years. Without naming Rajiv Gandhi, he alluded to the […]
EVM hacking claim a Cong-sponsored conspiracy to defame Indian democracy: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 22 : The BJP Tuesday dubbed allegations of rigging in the 2014 polls, made at a London press conference, a “Congress-sponsored conspiracy” designed to “defame” Indian democracy and its Election Commission. A day after a self-proclaimed cyber expert alleged at the press event that the BJP had won election by hacking into Electronic […]
Kapil Sibal demands probe into EVMs hacking claim
London, Jan 22 : Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday demanded a probe into the charges made by a self-proclaimed US-based cyber expert, terming them as “very serious” as they concern the survival of democracy in India. A day after he was caught up in a row for attending the press conference by cyber […]
