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In its notification, the Poll Panel said, conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicizing the result of exit poll by means of the print or electronic media or in any other manner will be prohibited. It said, displaying any election matter including results of opinion poll or other poll ... Read More »

Congress also released its poll manifesto for Chhattisgarh assembly polls. Party has promised loan waiver for farmers within ten days if voted to power. It has also promised a pension for farmers above 60 years of age. Besides, the manifesto also talks about providing 35 kg rice per month at ... Read More »

Rallies and open air meetings are the order of the day and the process of ticket distribution is also on in full swing. In Madhya Pradesh, there was much bickering and tension after tickets were distributed with protests outside the state party office. In Rajasthan too, election fever is high ... Read More »

Road clearance operation started by National highway authority of India & Border Road Origination to remove the remaining debris from Ramban to Banihal & Beacon has cleared the snow from Qazigund to Banihal. SSP National Highway Sakhti Pathak said that the decision to allow traffic on Monday would be taken ... Read More »

In Chhattisgarh, scrutiny of nominations for the second phase of assembly elections was held on Saturday. More than 2,600 nominations were filed by the candidates in 72 assembly segments, which are going for poll in second phase. Monday is the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers. More than 1.53 ... Read More »

The BJP central election committee meeting was attended among others by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Organisational Secretary Ram Lal and central ministers including J P Nadda, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. Briefing reporters after the meeting, J P Nadda, secretary of BJP central ... Read More »

The Election Commission will today announce the dates of the assembly elections in four states, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram. The election date in Telangana is also likely to be announced today, according to sources. The Model Code of Conduct will come into force as soon as the announcement is made ... Read More »

In a big blow to Congress’s efforts to stitch maha gathbandhan before this year states elections and 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party said that BSP won’t have alliance with Congress and will fight assembly elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh alone. Hitting out at Congress, BSP supremo Mayawati ... Read More »

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court. During the hearing, the Centre informed the court that ... Read More »

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court. During the hearing, the Centre informed the court that ... Read More »

The US will cancel USD 300 million in military aid to Pakistan over its failure to take “decisive actions” to support President Donald Trump’s new South Asia policy and act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pentagon has announced, a fresh blow to the deteriorating ties ... Read More »

The US will cancel USD 300 million in military aid to Pakistan over its failure to take “decisive actions” to support President Donald Trump’s new South Asia policy and act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pentagon has announced, a fresh blow to the deteriorating ties ... Read More »

The US will cancel USD 300 million in military aid to Pakistan over its failure to take “decisive actions” to support President Donald Trump’s new South Asia policy and act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pentagon has announced, a fresh blow to the deteriorating ties ... Read More »

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday presided over the signing of MoU between Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation & chief ministers of six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Haryana, on Lakhwar Project in Uttrakhand on Yamuna river. Gadkari said that the ... Read More »

The BJP’s Council of Chief Ministers met on Tuesday at the party headquarters in the national capital ahead of the Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan assembly elections this year and the Lok Sabha polls next year. All Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states were part of this ... Read More »

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday presided over the signing of MoU between Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation & chief ministers of six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Haryana, on Lakhwar Project in Uttrakhand on Yamuna river. Gadkari said that the ... Read More »

California has been dealing with record breaking fires for the past month and they aren’t even halfway through their fire season. The Mendocino Complex eclipsed last year’s Thomas fire which burned 283,800 acres last December 2017 in Ventura and Santa Barbara. Besides the huge and horrifying Mendocino Complex, there are ... Read More »

Hindustan Zinc, recognized as Zinc of India, is looking to expand its mining and smelting capacities. The company is on course to produce 1.2 million tonnes of metal on immediate basis and subsequently 1.35 million tonnes in 3-4 years’ time and eventually 1.5 million tonnes in about 5 years. The ... Read More »

Ministry of Home Affairs has urged them to keep a watch for early detection of such rumours and initiate effective measures. It has also asked States & UTs to direct District Administrations to identify vulnerable areas and conduct community outreach programmes for creating awareness and building confidence. It was also ... Read More »

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said this was a law and order issue and each state has to be responsible. The bench said it will pass an order on the pleas giving out guidelines to states to deal with the issue. ... Read More »