The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that seeking votes on the basis of religion, race, caste or language of a candidate or his rival or even that of the voters is illegal and could jeopardise the electoral process...
Cracking the whip on a defiant BCCI for not complying with its orders to implement the R.M. Lodha Committee reforms, the Supreme Court on Monday sacked its President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke. Besides showing the door to both Thakur and Shirke, the court issued notices asking them why perjury and contempt proceedings should not ...
Irom Sharmila, who fasted for 16 years to demand the repeal of AFSPA, on Monday formally announced she will take on Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in assembly polls. ...
Political parties on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling, which termed as "illegal" any appeal for votes on the basis of caste, community, religion or language. ...
At least 14 persons were killed and 35 injured in a car-bomb explosion in Baghdad on Monday, a source said. A booby-trapped car detonated in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr city, Xinhua news agency quoted the source as saying. The blast destroyed several shops nearby and many stalls at an outdoor market and set fire to many vehicles, the source said. ...
Accusing the Samajwadi Party and BSP of doing politics at the cost of development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for the BJP to change the state's fortunes. Addressing a huge rally here, Modi said it was imperative for Uttar Pradesh to develop for India to progress in every sense. "We want India t...
Religious organisations across the ideological divide welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on Monday barring political parties and candidates from seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, community, race or language. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said that the politics based on caste, community and religion has harmed the country. "We welco...
The Islamic State (IS) terror group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people, while a manhunt for the lone gunman continues. The group in a statement said the attack was carried out by "a heroic soldier", the BBC reported. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early ...
BJP President Amit Shah on Monday sought the support of the people of Uttar Pradesh to bring about a "parivartan" in the state in the coming assembly elections. Addressing the 'Maha Parivartan' rally at Ramabai Sthal here, Shah said the state had been ruined by both the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party. The time had come to change the ...
The opposition members on Monday walked out of Jammu and Kashmir legislative council during obituary references after creating ruckus in the house over last summer's unrest in the Kashmir Valley. As obituary references were being read out in the upper house of the bicameral state legislature here, the opposition members from regional National Conf...
