NEW DELHI: The Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Sunday dismissed media reports alleging large-scale duplication in the state’s draft electoral rolls (SIR 2025), calling the claims “speculative, premature, and contrary to law.”In a post on X, the CEO emphasised that the SIR is a statutory exercise conducted under the Representation of the People Act…
NEW DELHI: The Congress, which has been at the forefront of ‘vote theft’ allegations against the Election Commission, is the only national party that has not turned up for the structured interactions being conducted by the Election Commission for the past 3.5 months with the top leadership of recognised national and state political parties.“An invite…
NEW DELHI: The IAS Officers’ Association on Friday said it “strongly deprecates” the “unwarranted criticism” and “personal attacks” against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and his family members, who are also civil servants, amid allegations of ‘vote theft’ by certain Opposition leaders.In a post on X, the association said such personal attacks are unconnected…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook following accusations of having committed a mortgage fraud. The claims stem from a letter dated August 15, in which Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte asked the Justice Department to investigate two mortgages Cook secured in recent years. Referencing…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Sunday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, rejecting their allegations of vote theft and concerns related to SIR in Bihar as “misleading”.“Using words like vote chori to mislead people is a disrespect to the Constitution,” Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said.Addressing a…
The US State Department has revoked and restricted visas for multiple Brazilian government officials, former Pan American Health Organisation staff, and their family members over alleged involvement in forced labor linked to Cuba’s Mais Medicos program, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. The state department announced the visa revocations via a press release. Among…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Imran Masood on Sunday questioned the timing of remarks made by Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Operation Sindoor, suggesting they could be aimed at diverting attention from allegations against the Election Commission.Speaking in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Masood told ANI, “When Operation Sindoor was being discussed in the Parliament, we wanted…
A coalition of leading US solar panel manufacturers has filed a formal petition urging the US commerce department to impose tariffs on solar imports from India, Indonesia, and Laos.The group alleges that producers in these countries are flooding the American market with artificially low-priced solar panels, harming the domestic solar manufacturing industry.According to a Reuters…
Cricketer Yash Dayal had moved the Allahabad High Court seeking stay on his arrest and quashing of FIR. The Allahabad High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to cricketer Yash Dayal in a sexual exploitation case. The 27-year-old cricketer was facing allegations of exploiting a woman for five years under the pretext of marriage,…
Harvard University in Cambridge (Pic credit: AP) The Trump administration has turned its gaze once more toward Harvard University, not with dialogue or policy debate, but with subpoenas, threats, and the specter of accreditation loss. What began as a political disagreement over curriculum and campus governance has now escalated into a full-blown assault on institutional…