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’.
A two-judge bench also asked petitioners against the Bihar Special Intensive Revision to file affidavits if any names had been wrongly removed or added in the final voters’ list.
On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.
New Delhi: If the government is promoting environment-friendly practices across various sectors, shouldn’t green elections also be the norm in India? That’s the recommendation...
BJP-TIPRA Motha ties are already strained over Centre not having implemented a tripartite agreement signed last year to address tribal grievances in the state.
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday said the INDIA bloc is considering the unprecedented option of boycotting the upcoming Bihar assembly election as it will...
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Aluminum prices, already rising before the conflict, have gained further as traders and buyers focus on the potential for tighter markets and shrinking global inventories.
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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