Spread the love       EC tells SC that the June 24, 2025 decision to conduct nationwide SIR was unanimous, denying opposition claims that CEC Gyanesh Kumar acted unilaterally. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission Monday filed an affidavit in SC that the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners had unanimously taken the decision on June 24, 2025 to conduct nationwide...

Spread the love       File photo: Former FBI Director James Comey Former FBI director James Comey has been charged by federal prosecutors with transmitting national defence information and conspiring to transmit such information, marking the third federal case against him.Comey, a longtime target of US president Donald Trump since he launched the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential...

Spread the love       File photo: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal HAGUE: Highlighting the growing regulatory burden in Europe, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Monday said businesses wanted greater freedom, simpler procedures and less paperwork, while urging Dutch companies to deepen their engagement with India and tap opportunities in its expanding economy.Goyal said he had repeatedly raised the issue...

Spread the love       File photo: Noel Tata and N Chandrasekaran MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata on Monday challenged the resolution to reappoint N Chandrasekaran as the chairman of Tata Sons, which was passed at the Sept 17 board meeting of the holding company of the country’s largest conglomerate.Noel Tata wrote to Tata Sons’ company secretary Suprakash Mukhopadhyay on Monday,...

Spread the love       Lawrence Bishnoi (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is learnt to have been recently shifted to “Do sau kholi”, a specialised high-security block at Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail housing 200 dangerous inmates accused of terrorism and other heinous offences, sources say. To ensure total isolation and prevent inter-cell movement, the block has four segregated sections of...

Spread the love       SC agrees to examine whether MPs and MLAs who resign voluntarily should bear by-election costs and face a five-year cooling-off period before contesting again. NEW DELHI: In a development that could impact politics of shifting loyalties, SC Monday agreed to examine whether an MLA or an MP who contests a by-election caused by their voluntary resignation should...

Spread the love       File photo: Protesters march during a demonstration in Paris France’s government on Monday pledged to replace its national university admissions platform by 2028 and introduce a series of education reforms, seeking to address student grievances after weeks of protests over university access, school funding and the rising cost of living.Higher education minister Philippe Baptiste announced that the...

Spread the love       File photo: Protesters march during a demonstration in Paris France’s government on Monday pledged to replace its national university admissions platform by 2028 and introduce a series of education reforms, seeking to address student grievances after weeks of protests over university access, school funding and the rising cost of living.Higher education minister Philippe Baptiste announced that the...

Spread the love       Whitney Anderson, 45, bought a 128-year-old abandoned church in Michigan for $45,000 and is converting it into her dream home. (Photo: CNBC Make It) Whitney Anderson, 45, took a major financial risk when she bought a 128-year-old abandoned church in Michigan for $45,000 and began transforming it into her dream home. The renovation, which started in June...

Spread the love       BJP launched nationwide protests against Kharge’s remark on PM Modi’s father, with Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh set to join padayatras NEW DELHI: BJP Monday targeted Congress through countrywide protests over its president Mallikarjun Kharge’s objectionable reference to PM Narendra Modi’s father and is set to step up its counter-offensive against the opposition as part of its...