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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Delimitation panel set to get extension

11:28 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission, set up in March last year to redraw the electoral constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, is set to get an extension to complete its work, sources said on Tuesday. An official notification in this regard could be issued on Wednesday, they added. The panel […]

CBI takes over ITBP fake appointment letters case

7:45 pm March 1, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation in ITBP recruitment scam in which 24 unsuccessful candidates from across the country were conned with fake appointment letters to join the force, officials said. These candidates had appeared in the examination for the post of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) constables in 2014-15 and 2016 but could […]

Political parties in Assam welcome three-phase assembly elections

11:58 pm February 26, 2021

Guwahati: Political parties in Assam welcomed the three-phase assembly elections in the state announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday, hoping that polls will be free and fair amid strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. Elections in the northeastern state will be conducted on March 27, April 1 and April 6. ”The ECI has taken the decision […]

EC announces assembly polls: Cong welcomes decision, says people will give ‘befitting’ reply to BJP

11:29 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday welcomed the Election Commission’s announcement of the schedule of assembly elections in four states and a Union territory and said people will give a ”befitting reply” to the BJP for its ”anti-people” policies. The Opposition party also hoped that the Election Commission, fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities, will conduct the elections impartially without any ”fear […]

TMC, other oppn parties question 8-phase polls in Bengal; BJP welcomes EC decision

11:14 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: Several opposition parties, including the TMC, on Friday questioned the need for an eight-phase election in West Bengal even as BJP leaders welcomed the EC’s decision and said anti-social elements need to be controlled for peaceful polls. Voting for the West Bengal Assembly polls will begin on March 27 and continue till April 29, while counting of votes will […]