March 17, 2024 02:40 am | Updated 02:40 am IST - BHUBANESWAR Deep inside the dense forest lies an area off-limits to the general public, a landscape traversed by tigers and abundant wildlife. Yet, these natural barriers have failed to deter narcotics traffickers from initiating poppy cultivation in this improbable …...Read More
Odisha police trace illegal poppy farms deep within Similipal Tiger Reserve
Assembly bypoll in Himachal is set to be a critical test for the ruling Congress
March 17, 2024 02:20 am | Updated 02:20 am IST - CHANDIGARH With byelections for the six Assembly constituencies — that fell vacant after six rebel Congress MLAs were disqualified from the Himachal Pradesh Assembly — to be held simultaneously with the parliamentary elections on June 1, the ruling Congress …...Read More
Rajiv Kumar | A bureaucrat for all seasons
March 17, 2024 01:47 am | Updated 01:47 am IST Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been in the spotlight after the abrupt resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was scheduled to succeed Mr. Kumar next year as CEC. After the sudden resignation on March 9, it emerged that …...Read More
All steps will be taken to ensure free and fair polls: Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district collector
March 17, 2024 01:39 am | Updated 01:39 am IST - VIJAYAWADA All measures will be taken to ensure free and fair elections in the district, said Krishna Collector P. Rajababu at a press conference in Machilipatnam following the election schedule announcement on Saturday. Giving the details of voters and …...Read More
Sikkim to vote for Lok Sabha, Assembly in simultaneous polls on April 19
March 17, 2024 01:35 am | Updated 01:36 am IST - Gangtok Sikkim will vote in the Lok Sabha polls and the Assembly elections, being held simultaneously, on April 19, the Election Commission announced on March 17. The Himalayan state has only one Lok Sabha seat and a 32-member assembly. …...Read More
Blast from the past: When stalwarts tumbled in 1952 and 1957 Lok Sabha polls
March 17, 2024 01:16 am | Updated 01:16 am IST - CHENNAI Tamil Nadu has never failed to surprise voters and poll pundits alike. This trend was evident in the first general election to the Lok Sabha. In the first poll held in the then Madras State (which included parts …...Read More
2024 Lok Sabha elections: How the EC is planning to ensure 'zero violence'
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is set to deploy 3.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel, in addition to state police forces, for the upcoming seven-phase Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls in four states starting from April 19, officials revealed.The highest number of CAPFs personnel, totaling 92,000, are …...Read More
CM orders issue of a single certificate to Denotified communities
March 17, 2024 12:45 am | Updated 12:45 am IST - CHENNAI Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has ordered that Denotified Communities and Denotified Tribes be issued a single certificate as against separate certificates. People from the communities who were affected by the Criminal Tribes Act during the British rule in …...Read More
HR&CE Department constitutes panel for global conference on Lord Muruga
March 17, 2024 12:40 am | Updated 12:40 am IST The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has constituted a 20-member coordination committee for the International Conference to propagate the greatness of Lord Muruga. The conference will be held in Palani, one of the six abodes of Muruga. A …...Read More
Katchatheevu ceded to Sri Lanka despite DMK’s objections: Stalin to PM
March 17, 2024 12:38 am | Updated 12:38 am IST - Chennai Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that Tamil fishermen were attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy because of the sins jointly committed by the DMK and the Congress, and said that Katchatheevu …...Read More
