March 20, 2024 10:32 pm | Updated March 21, 2024 02:20 am IST - NEW DELHI The central election committee (CEC) of the Congress on Wednesday is believed to have cleared the names of 12 candidates from Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, including Praniti Shinde from Solapur, daughter …...Read More
Congress poll panel clears name of Sushil Kumar Shinde’s daughter for Solapur seat
Samajwadi Party names candidates for six U.P. seats, including Pilibhit
March 20, 2024 10:30 pm | Updated 10:30 pm IST - Lucknow The Samajwadi Party (SP) on March 20 named six candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming parliamentary polls. The SP announced the candidatures of Zia Ur Rehman Barq from Sambhal, Manoj Chaudhary from Baghpat, Rahul Awana from Gautam …...Read More
NEET PG rescheduled to June 23 due to Lok Sabha elections
March 20, 2024 10:26 pm | Updated 10:26 pm IST - New Delhi In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Wednesday rescheduled medical entrance exam NEET PG to June 23. The NEET PG 2024 was scheduled to be held on July 7. The decision …...Read More
Budaun double murder: Opposition questions U.P. police encounter, slams government for poor law and order
March 20, 2024 10:25 pm | Updated 10:25 pm IST - NEW DELHI Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district remained tense on Wednesday, a day after a barber slit the throats of two brothers, aged 13 years and six years, before being killed in a police encounter. Opposition political parties blamed the …...Read More
Expenditure observers appointed for Cuddalore
March 20, 2024 10:20 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - CUDDALORE The Election Commission of India has appointed expenditure observers for Cuddalore to monitor and verify the accounts of day-to-day expenses/bank expenditure made by the candidates contesting in the April 19 general elections to the Cuddalore Parliamentary constituency. The …...Read More
Media monitoring committee inaugurated in Cuddalore
March 20, 2024 10:20 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - CUDDALORE The district administration has constituted the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at the Cuddalore Collectorate to keep a tab on news and features appearing in the print and the electronic media ahead of the April 19 Lok …...Read More
Activists complain to EC and police against BJP MPs for ‘hate speech’
March 20, 2024 10:20 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - Bengaluru Alleging that BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s “inflammatory remarks” regarding a recent controversy in Nagarathpete in Bengaluru are exacerbating communal tensions during the Lok Sabha elections, two groups of activists have complained to the Election Commission demanding immediate action …...Read More
'Overwhelmingly' positive results for trial funded by Princess of Wales as part of early years work
A trial funded by the Princess of Wales for health visitors has had "overwhelmingly" positive results. The Centre for Early Childhood - a foundation set up by Kate to explore the importance of a child's early years on development into adulthood - funded the study which tested a new system …...Read More
Single nomination on first day in Kallakurichi
March 20, 2024 10:18 pm | Updated 10:18 pm IST - KALLAKURICHI A candidate of the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NMK) alone filed his nomination papers on the first day of nomination for the Lok Sabha election to Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency in Kallakurichi on Wednesday. A. Jagadeesan, 51, of Pethanaickanpalayam in …...Read More
Remove all unauthorised political advertisements from public spaces, EC tells Centre, States
March 20, 2024 10:14 pm | Updated 10:24 pm IST - New Delhi The Election Commission on March 20 asked both the Union and State governments to remove all unauthorised political advertisements, such as posters, wall writings, hoardings and banners, from public spaces like railway stations, bus stands, airports and …...Read More
