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Former BJP leaders running UTs, once an IAS preserve, exempt from model code

Three Union Territories — Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli — are run by ex-BJP leaders. A recent EC order has effectively exempted the office from the model code of conduct.

India’s plan to fight fake news before elections is all wrong

India's draft regulations to tackle fake news propose to impose drastic if not impossible obligations on social media platforms.

National Green Tribunal asks Yogi govt to shell out Rs 5 crore for polluting western UP rivers

The tribunal directed the UP chief secretary to personally look into issue of availability of potable water to the affected inhabitants of six districts.

At least 11,558 unauthorised political ads and posters removed in Mumbai ahead of 2019 polls

Sixteen police complaints of unauthorised boards in the Mumbai suburban district have been filed in the last week.

Drunk dials & extortionists — bogus complaints Delhi’s anti-corruption body has to fight

In the last four years, the ACB has disposed off 334 of a total of 532 cases for being baseless, unrelated, and often, motivated, reveals ThePrint's RTI. 

Election Commission bars parties from releasing manifestos 48 hours before polling

In 2014, the BJP had released its Lok Sabha manifesto on the day of voting in the first phase.

BSNL employees get February salary but their woes aren’t over, blame Modi govt for cash crunch

BSNL employees fear that salaries for next month too might get delayed, blaming the Modi government for the cash crunch at the company.

Sajjan Kumar used political clout to derail trial & influence witnesses in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases: CBI to SC

Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life term imprisonment by Supreme Court in a case related to the killing of 5 Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment's Raj Nagar.

Supreme Court stays order convicting Shillong Times editor and publisher

The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shoba Chaudhuri were convicted in a contempt case for publishing an article on facilities for retired judges.

Will find those responsible for Mumbai bridge collapse, will punish them, says CM Fadnavis

CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered that responsibility for the collapse be fixed by Friday evening given that an audit had cleared the bridge as structurally safe in 2016.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?