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Election Commission's SIR response faces pushback from Opposition parties

Parties plan nationwide protests, seek to form a unified front to reject EC's statement on SIR, escalating their demands for CEC's resignation

Import duty cut on sunflower oil has a significant Russian backdrop

An increasingly import-dependent domestic edible oil market may add further complexity to New Delhi's ties with Moscow and Washington

CM Suvendu Adhikari defends EC, blames Mamata for deletions in Bengal SIR

Showing a photograph of the CEC and the two election commissioners sitting together, the BJP leader said the meeting of the three proved that the decisions were taken collectively

Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma slaps man recording road inspection

The incident, captured in a video shared by Singh on social media, triggered demands from AAP leaders for Verma's arrest

INDIA bloc likely to meet on September 30 over EC row, SIR concerns

Opposition parties are discussing a joint response to the Election Commission and SIR, with Congress CWC set to meet on September 29 to decide its strategy on the issue

111 MPs, MLAs changed parties after winning elections since 2022: Report

The analysis, which covered elections and bypolls during the period, found that 26 Lok Sabha members, seven Rajya Sabha members and 78 MLAs changed parties

SC plea seeks criminal prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over SIR decisions

The plea also seeks a declaration that all such decisions relating to the SIR are illegal and restoration of the original Form 6

Dipke urges opposition parties to stop participating in 'rigged' elections

In a post on X, Dipke said opposition parties could not simultaneously claim that elections were being rigged and continue to contest them

'Chintan Shivir' discusses Viksit Bharat priorities on first day

The ministers were divided into eight groups, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with each of them, the sources said

'Remove Gyanesh Kumar': Opposition after report flags major rift in ECI

Opposition parties slammed CEC Gyanesh Kumar after an investigation by The Indian Express claimed there is a major rift within the poll panel over decisions related to SIR and electoral rolls

Central Himalayas to take centre stage at Balen Shah's first India visit

Nepal PM likely to come in Nov, says finance minister Swarnim Wagle; reworking trade treaty also on table

Two bypolls, and a larger test for Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay

Assembly by-elections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram will offer an early measure of the TVK's electoral strength and put the dynamics of its new alliance in focus

Meat of the matter: BJP's imprint on Durga Puja in West Bengal

With the state govt issuing new guidelines for Bengal's biggest festival, conversations around traditions are intensifying

RBI orders removal of Maharashtra minister, 7 others from Latur DCC Bank

Patil belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar

Cong's Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan sent to custody till Oct 3

Pradhan was produced before the Haldia Subdivisional Court following his arrest on Friday

Mamata's Rejinagar bypoll candidate withdraws, retracts decision later

The development came a day after Banerjee's party's Nandigram by-election nominee Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her candidature following a meeting with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari

ABVP wins 3 DUSU posts; independent Deepanshu Shokeen takes VP position

The Congress-backed NSUI failed to secure any of the four central panel posts, with the ABVP winning the president, secretary and joint secretary positions

Cong claims its candidate for Nandigram bypoll arrested over 2007 protest

Congress candidate for the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll, Milan Pradhan, was arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement there, a senior party leader claimed.

EC bars rival TMC factions from using party name, symbol in Bengal bypolls

"Neither of the two groups shall also be permitted to use the symbol 'Flowers and Grass', reserved for 'All India Trinamool Congress'," the Commission said.

PM Modi has decided to prostrate before Trump: Rahul Gandhi on 'UPI tax'

In a video posted on X, Gandhi urged Prime Minister Modi to "stop lying down in front of the US, have a spine, stand up" and rollback the "UPI tax".