Lok Sabha polls 2024 live updates: Election Commission likely to announce polling dates

March 15, 2024 08:12 am | Updated 08:12 am IST The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the dates for the 2024 General elections, having completed its national survey of poll preparedness in every State. The ECI had ended its survey with a tour of Jammu and …...Read More

As forest fire blazes in Coonoor for 4th day, 150 Forest personnel deployed, IAF assistance requested

March 15, 2024 01:37 pm | Updated 01:37 pm IST - UDHAGAMANDALAM More than 150 Forest Department personnel from Nilgiris, Pollachi, Coimabatore and Udumalpet forest divisions have been deployed in Coonoor to fight the forest fire in Forest Dale near Black Bridge in the Nilgiris forest division, which has been …...Read More

Making sense of the electoral bonds data

March 15, 2024 01:31 pm | Updated 01:37 pm IST The Supreme Court on March 15 sought a response from the State Bank of India (SBI) on the non-disclosure of the unique alphanumeric numbers of individual electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for publication on its official …...Read More

Santiago Martin aka Lottery King | The business tycoon who topped the list of electoral bond donors

March 15, 2024 01:26 pm | Updated 01:54 pm IST - CHENNAI Over five years, Future Gaming and Hotel Services PR donated a whopping ₹1,368 crore in electoral bonds. The Coimbatore-based company founded in 1991 by Santiago Martin, aka Lottery King, emerged on top in the list of donors to …...Read More

TRAI: No porting within one week of SIM swap

March 15, 2024 01:22 pm | Updated 02:07 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on March 15 updated regulations to disallow telecom subscribers to port out of their current network provider if they have “swapped” their SIM card, after loss or damage of a …...Read More

Traffic trouble in Hyderabad as big troika have line-up of events

March 15, 2024 01:15 pm | Updated 01:20 pm IST - HYDERABAD Commuting time in Hyderabad is set to spike on Friday as the city hosts three events of the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Minister with traffic officials imposing restrictions and diversions for vehicular movement. The Prime Minister …...Read More

CAA Act: SC agrees to hear plea for stay of Citizenship Amendment Act, its rules on March 19

March 15, 2024 12:58 pm | Updated 01:18 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court agreed to hear on March 19 pleas to stay the operation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 and its rules, notified on March 11, which fast-track the grant of Indian citizenship to …...Read More

Watch | One Nation One Election: what did the panel recommend?

Watch | One Nation One Election: what did the panel recommend? March 15, 2024 12:49 pm | Updated 01:05 pm IST The high-level committee on “One Nation, One Election”, led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, submitted its report to President Droupadi Murmu on March 14. We look at the …...Read More

15 fishermen from Karaikal and Nagapattinam arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

March 15, 2024 12:45 pm | Updated 01:13 pm IST - Karaikal Fifteen fishermen from Karaikal in Puducherry and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, were arrested early on Friday, March 15, 2024, by the Sri Lankan Navy. Their boat was also seized. Twelve of the arrested fishers are from Karaikal, while …...Read More

Senior Punjab Congress leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal quits party, joins AAP

March 15, 2024 12:40 pm | Updated 01:06 pm IST - Chandigarh In a setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior party MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal on March 15 quit the party and has joined the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. The 54-year-old Mr. Chabbewal, who is …...Read More