Tag: EC
Make Stand Clear On Firecrackers, Curbing Pollution: SC To Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on steps to curb pollution and about the ill-effects of firecrackers on public health, saying that there was a need to strike a balance between the right to health and the right to carry on a trade or profession.....
Modi Showcases Economic Achievements In I-Day Address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday avoided major economic announcements in his last Independence Day address before the next Lok Sabha elections and instead highlighted his overnment's achievements, citing GST as the centrepiece and the commendations from multilateral agencies on the reform measures. ....
Guterres 'saddened' By Kerala Flood Toll; UN Monitoring Situation
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the loss of lives and the destruction due to the Kerala floods and the world organisation is following the situation very closely, according to his pokesperson Stephane Dujarric.....
Militant Killed In Jammu And Kashmir Gunfight
One militant was killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.....
Stalin Set To Become DMK President Unopposed
DMK Working President M.K. Stalin is set to become the party President unopposed as he is the only person who has filed the nomination for that post on Sunday, the last day for filing of nominations, said a party official.....
Stalin Elected As DMK President Unopposed
M.K. Stalin on Tuesday was elected as the DMK President unopposed at the party's General Council meeting held here.....
Shivpal Yadav Floats 'Samajwadi Secular Front'
Marginalized in the Samajwadi Party of which he was a founder member, Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday floated a 'Samajwadi Secular Front' and urged people who he said might be feeling humiliated in the SP to join him.....
India To Become Fifth Largest Economy Next Year: Jaitley
India is on track to surpass Britain next year to become the fifth largest economy in the world and to emerge among the "big three" global economies by 2040, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.....
Sena Targets Police Over Arrests Of 'Urban Naxals'
The Shiv Sena on Monday targeted the Maharashtra Police for the arrest of five so-called "urban-Naxals" on charges that they were a plotting a Rajiv Gandhi-style assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others.....
SC Seeks EC's Response To PIL On Access To EVMs, VVPATs
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission's response to a PIL for restricting the access to EVMs and VVPATs to security-cleared engineers of PSUs ECL and BEL.....
