Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that the Election Commission is "committed" to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest, adding that the people of J-K will give a befitting response to "disruptive forces."
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia and said that others named in the chargesheet, including K Kavitha and Arvind Kejriwal would also get relief.
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik on Friday expressed his desire to argue his terror funding case in person and has rejected the Delhi High Court's advice to either appoint a lawyer of his choice or designate amicus curiae to assist the case.
The decisive campaign against British rule was launched on this day in 1942 on Mahatma Gandhi's call at the Bombay session of the Congress on August 8 in his resounding clarion call of "Do or die" speech.
Consul General of India in San Francisco, K Srikar Reddy, received Revanth Reddy, Sridhar Babu Duddilla and his team at San Jose Airport in California.
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced on Thursday that the third edition of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" campaign will be celebrated from August 9-15 as part of the Independence Day celebrations.
A delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar reached Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Thursday to review poll preparedness ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the Union Territory.
The Yatra is a pilgrimage to the Budha Amarnath Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Rajpura village in the Poonch district's Loran valley. It began on Wednesday and will end on Sawan Purnima, celebrated as Raksha Bandhan, this month.