Not opposed to EVMs but against manipulation: Cong

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: The Congress on Sunday said that it is not opposed to electronic voting machines (EVM) but against their manipulation, and...

Microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

Panaji, 17 Mar: Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Goa-based...

In 40-hour operation, Indian Navy seizes hijacked ship after Somali pirates downed its drone

New Delhi, 17 Mar: In projection of India's growing maritime power, the Indian Navy executed a dramatic mid-sea operation ending a three-month hijacking of...

LS polls: Biggest peacetime movement of men, material in world

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Holding of Lok Sabha elections is a mammoth exercise that entails the biggest peacetime movement of men and material in...

Why environmental issues are not winning votes in India

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Poisonous air is shortening lives across India; Bengaluru is grappling with a severe water crisis, while Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh...

Preparing electoral rolls post-delimitation tough exercise: Assam CEO

GUWAHATI, 17 Mar: Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anurag Goel on Sunday said that preparation of the voter list post-delimitation in the state was...

Electoral bonds data exposes BJP’s ‘corrupt tactics’: Congress

NEW DELHI, 15 Mar: The Congress on Friday alleged that the electoral bonds data have exposed "corrupt tactics" of the BJP, such as quid...

New election commissioners assume charge

NEW DELHI, 15 Mar: Newly appointed Election Commissioners (EC) Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu assumed charge on Friday. The former bureaucrats were appointed as...

Centre slams criticism of CAA

NEW DELHI, 15 Mar: India on Friday strongly trashed the criticism against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), including by the United States, and said...

ECI makes public data on electoral bonds

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday made the data on electoral bonds public. Following a Supreme Court directive, the...

Kovind panel suggests 18 amendments to Constitution, other statutes for simultaneous polls

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: A high-level committee on simultaneous elections has proposed that 18 distinct amendments to the Constitution and other statutes would be...

Ex-bureaucrats Sukhbir Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar named ECs

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: Former bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been named as the new election commissioners (EC) by a panel...

Farmers raise slogans against Centre from Ramlila ground

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: Farmers in large numbers gathered at the Ramlila ground here on Thursday to take part in a 'kisan mazdoor mahapanchayat'...

Sudha Murty takes oath as RS member

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: Engineer-turned-philanthropist Sudha Murty on Thursday took oath as a Rajya Sabha member, in the presence of her husband NR Narayana...

Cabinet approves inter-governmental agreement between India-UAE on IMEC

New Delhi, 13 Mar (PTI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an inter-governmental framework agreement between India and the United Arab Emirates on cooperation...

Three new coop societies will help solve many agri problems: Amit Shah

New Delhi, 13 Mar (PTI): Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the three new cooperative societies -- NCOL, NCEL and BBSSL -- will...

86.9 lakh voters to exercise their franchise in upcoming LS polls in J-K: CEC

Jammu, Mar 13 (PTI) As many as 86.9 lakh electorate including 3.4 lakh first-time voters are eligible to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections...

India, Bhutan enjoy exemplary ties of friendship: MEA ahead of Bhutanese PM’s visit

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will pay a five-day visit to India beginning Thursday, his first foreign trip after...

Centre announces Rs 500 cr scheme to promote e-mobility

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) The central government on Wednesday announced a new scheme to promote e-mobility in the country with an outlay of...

Two Naxalites, four supporters held in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur

Jashpur, Mar 13 (PTI) Two Naxalites and their four supporters were arrested and an AK-47 rifle was recovered from their possession in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur...