NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Friday allotted Mamata-led faction “Mamata All India Trinamool Congress” as name and “football player” as party symbol.Meanwhile, the rival group led by Arup roy is allotted the name “Democratic Trinamool Congress” and the symbol of “envelope.”This comes a day after the poll panel, in its interim order, ruled that neither…
Koli and businessman Moninder Singh Pandher were accused in the 2006 Nithari serial killings HARIDWAR: Surinder Koli, acquitted in the Nithari murder case, was found dead after allegedly dying by suicide inside a tea kiosk on Sapt Sarovar Road near Lal Mata Temple in Haridwar on Friday morning.Koli, 50, had been living in Haridwar for…
“Process being carried out in accordance with prescribed rules”: Uttarakhand Govt on proposed procurement of 1320 MW of thermal power UTTARAKHAND: Uttarakhand Principal Secretary (Energy) R Meenakshi Sundaram on Thursday issued a clarification on questions raised by some political parties over the proposed procurement of 1,320 MW of thermal power, saying the process is being…
NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu’s convoy was attacked on Friday while he was on his way to Pathankot to attend a party event.According to Bittu’s office, his security team has reportedly apprehended three individuals allegedly linked to the AAP.“If anything happens to Ravneet Singh Bittu, the chief minister of…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Election Commission for barring TMC from using party name and symbol in the upcoming assembly bypolls in West Bengal, accusing the poll panel and Bharatiya Janata Party of joining forces to split a party.In a social media post on X, Rahul pointed…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee registered her “strongest protest” after the Election Commission barred the rival factions from using party’s name and reserved election symbol in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.“Mamata submitted response to EC’s interim order seeking three preferred names, symbols “under strongest protest”, at…
NEW DELHI: Air India Express suspended eight crew members for three months for failing to complete the mandatory post-flight declaration, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.The incident took place on August 2 after the flight landed in Amritsar from Dubai.According to ANI, the crew was required to undergo the post-flight declaration within two hours of…
People in Chennai should not alienate Delhi and vice versa, the court said NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday told Tamil Nadu govt that it needed to change its mindset towards teaching Hindi in schools and should thrash out issues with Centre on setting up Navodaya Vidyalayas in every district.As Vijay-led TN govt took the same…
The bench directed the state chief secretary to submit what remedial measures would be taken to prevent such incidents NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday took strong exception to 31 unnatural deaths in Manipur’s relief camps – set up after the eruption of Kuki-Meitei ethnic clashes in 2023 to shelter internally displaced persons (IDPs) – including…
EC barred both factions from using party symbol, name in Bengal bypolls NEW DELHI: Election Commission Friday froze All India Trinamool Congress‘s reserved “flowers and grass” poll symbol after acknowledging a split between factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy.Pending final settlement, neither faction can use AITC’s name or symbol. For Oct 6 assembly…