The letter stressed how forest officials and personnel were not supposed to be deployed for any election-related duties according to the rules set by ECI.
Broad alliance cobbled together by Cong-led UDF underscores high stakes for party in next month’s polls, as it seeks to wrest back one of its strongest bastions.
Soon after announcing assembly poll schedule Sunday, Election Commission transferred 44 IAS, IPS, other civil servants in 4 states, including Bengal, ‘without consulting state govt’.
CM Stalin pitched expansion of DMK-led alliance during informal talks earlier this week. Congress welcomed proposal but PMK and DMDK are yet to make their stand clear.
Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, a govt teacher, took voluntary retirement to contest Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections from the seat held by his brother for two consecutive terms earlier.
Dominant communities such as the Bagri and Deswali Jats, Yadavs in Ahirwal and Meo Muslims in Mewat will determine which way the political winds blow in 5 October assembly elections.
Choudhry, whose election seems a foregone conclusion, is the daughter-in-law of former CM Bansi Lal. BJP is hoping to leverage that political legacy in critical Haryana assembly polls.
Though Viveka murder case is hot topic again in YSR family home-turf, locals appear disinclined to vote on its basis. Some also dismiss Jagan-Sharmila rivalry as a 'family matter'.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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