KOLKATA: EC ‘erred’ in issuing a blanket direction by treating citizens as ‘troublemakers’, Calcutta HC observed on Wednesday, granting an interim stay on an order naming 800 people ‘troublemakers’ till June 30.“The general power of superintendence and control of EC under Article 324 is subject to other law,” the HC said, reiterating a Supreme Court…
JAIPUR: Three Congress IT cell workers were among four arrested by police on Wednesday, a day after they were detained by MP police, for allegedly creating and circulating an AI-generated fake news video. It claimed former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje criticised the BJP’s handling of the Nari Shakti Vandan legislation. The purported fake video had…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has instructed presiding officers of all polling stations in West Bengal to check electronic voting machines (EVMs) and ensure that all candidate buttons on them are clearly visible to the voter, with not a single button covered with tape, glue or any other material.“No colour, ink, perfume or any other chemical…
KRISHNAGIRI: Three men died, and another man suffered serious injuries after the car they were travelling in collided with a private bus near Hosur in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri on Wednesday morning.The accident occurred around 4 am while the four men, staying in Bengaluru, were returning to their native place in the Dharmapuri district to cast…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for interfering with Enforcement Directorate searches on Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), the political consultancy hired by the state government and Trinamool Congress, and said that her action had put democracy in peril.Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Chhattisgarh high court order that handed life imprisonment to Amit Jogi in the 2003 murder case of Ramavtar Jaggi.The case, which dates back over two decades, concerns the fatal shooting of Jaggi in June 2003. Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, was acquitted by…
NEW DELHI: India’s new online gaming framework has tightened oversight of real-money gaming, placing banks at the centre of enforcement. User protection provisions, including “age verification or age-restriction mechanisms”, form a core part of the rules.The Online Gaming Authority of India will act as the central regulator.Under the Online Gaming Promotion and Regulation Rules, 2026,…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday said that it would be difficult for the judiciary to bring in social reforms, and added that governments were better equipped to enact laws in response to genuine demands from people.This remark came when senior advocate Gopal Subramanium told the bench…
NEW DELHI: For thousands of elderly and critically ill patients dependent on the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the biggest risk is no longer just the disease—it is the delay in getting approval for treatment.A representation sent to Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has flagged how life-saving procedures and drugs are getting stuck in…
NEW DELHI: Clashes, allegations of voter intimidation and technical glitches marked a turbulent start to the first phase of voting in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.West Bengal phase 1 polls — Follow live updates The tensions began overnight when crude bombs were allegedly hurled near Shivnagar Primary School, injuring at least one person and sparking panic….