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Election body transfers Maharashtra top cop Rashmi Shukla weeks before assembly polls

Mumbai: The Election Commission of India has ordered the immediate transfer of the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shulka and ordered the...

Forces trying to disrupt Jammu Kashmir polls, says poll body chief Rajiv Kumar

Kumar said the commission was prepared to address any ‘fake narrative’, and that elections would be free and fair.

Centre gives Z-category VIP security cover to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar

Move comes after threat perception report by central security agencies recommended a strong cover for Kumar amid preparations for seven-phase general elections that begin on 19 April.

EC orders removal of home secretaries in six states ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Poll body issued orders for the removal of home secretaries in Gujarat, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal and Uttarakhand. It has also removed the West Bengal DGP.

‘Two heads better than one’ — what SC had said about single-member Election Commission

LS polls round the corner, CEC Rajiv Kumar now sole member of EC after Arun Goel resigned. SC had upheld constitutionality of single-member commission in TN Seshan & SS Dhanoa cases.

Chief Election Commissioner, colleagues curtail tax benefits on sumptuary allowances, use 1 LTC

The decision was taken following the first meeting of the Election Commission after Kumar assumed charge on 15 May.

New EC chief Rajiv Kumar is ‘low-profile & accessible’, expert on finance, public policy & law

Rajiv Kumar, who retired as finance secretary in Feb 2020, has worked on key aspects of several flagship projects under PM Modi, and monitored work on banking & pension reforms.

If India has to spend to save lives, livelihoods, it must ignore deficit & spend: Rajiv Kumar

There is a high probability of a third wave in India, NITI Aayog's Kumar said, by way of supporting his prescription to overlook fiscal considerations until the pandemic is curbed.

EC Rajiv Kumar wanted to file separate affidavit in Madras HC, denied due to ‘lack of precedence’

The split in the EC came over the Madras HC’s censure and ‘murder-charges’ remark. The body was reportedly not unanimous in its approval for the plea on a gag order on media.

‘1 District, 1 Product’ export scheme, farm reforms on govt, NITI blueprint to push growth

PM Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meet on 20 February. His govt’s new blueprint for growth & development will be discussed.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

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.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.