NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday said there is no change in the supervisory authority to which its director general of information technology Seema Khanna reports.The clarification came a day after the panel issued a fresh work allocation placing Khanna under the charge of deputy election commissioner Prakash Raj Purohit instead of senior deputy…
NEW DELHI: Checking into a hotel, entering a hospital or verifying the identity of a gig worker could increasingly be done without submitting photocopies of Aadhaar cards. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has brought 300 organisations on board its offline verification system since January, expanding the use of consent-based digital identity checks across…
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football after 23 years with Portugal, ending a career in which he scored 146 goals in 234 appearances. Amit Shah challenged Rahul Gandhi to debate the SIR row in Parliament, accusing the Congress leader of taking political arguments to the streets while avoiding discussions in the House….
The Aruna Lohia Goenka Yaha Framework In this special edition of the Knowledge Series, Sanjiv Kaura, CEO-CSR, The Times of India, speaks with impact catalyst Aruna Lohia Goenka about her understanding of Ashtalakshmi, the power of the human mind, and why she believes that the journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047 must begin within each of…
The association said the objectionable content is the film’s core theme and cannot be removed by mere excisions. CHENNAI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to refuse certification to the Hindi film Suryaa: Ant Se Aarambh Tak, starring Sunny Deol and Ravi Kishan, which is slated for…
Puri was declared elected unopposed to the Upper House. NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday after the nomination papers of the two other candidates were rejected, leaving him as the sole contender in the by-election.BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal collected Puri’s certificate…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday declined to interfere with a Varanasi court order rejecting a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on India’s Sikh community during a visit to the US in 2024Justice Vikram D Chauhan dismissed the application filed by Nageshwar Mishra, observing…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), constituted to investigate violence during student protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in July, had received very few complaints from those affected by it.In the absence of sufficient material, the panel was currently unable to arrive at any finding, PTI quoted a…
The rally, which also saw opposition parties protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls NEW DELHI: The Indian Youth Congress has suspended more than 200 office-bearers across seven states for failing to participate in the INDIA bloc’s rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1.The disciplinary action comes days after several opposition…
The Commission has directed the chief secretaries of the respective states and Union territories to ensure that adequate manpower and resources are made available to complete the exercise. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories, including Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra…
