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Delhi government halts End-of-Life vehicle impounding after public backlas
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Merely two days after its rollout, the Delhi government has put its End-of-Life (EOL) vehicle impounding on hold, which involved a ban on providing fuel to diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years.
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"Voter list revision in Bihar undermines constitutional rights, electoral
Updated : 1 year ago IST
According to a release, Madani warned that this "hasty and unclear process based on arbitrary and one-sided instructions" could disenfranchise millions of citizens, particularly migrant workers, minorities, and marginalised communities, by depriving them of their fundamental right to vote.
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"Fear of crushing defeat in upcoming polls": BJP slams INDIA bloc over Bih
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A day earlier, delegation of INDIA bloc leaders from 11 political parties met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the national capital to register their opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar, calling it the "worst atta
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First conviction in West Bengal post-poll violence: Malda Court convicts a
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A special court in Malda has convicted an individual accused for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, marking the first conviction in the post-poll violence cases of West Bengal investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said a statement from the agency.
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Exercise done to ensure integrity of electoral process: BJP on Bihar elect
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The ECI has claimed that the SIR is only meant to verify voters and to identify any 'ineligible voters' ahead of the Assembly elections which are expected to be held later this year in Bihar. However, multiple political parties part of the Opposition, including Congress and Bihar's Rashtriya
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CBI names TMC MLA, councillors in murder chargesheet of BJP worker Avijit
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Paresh Pal and two city councillors, among 18 accused in its supplementary chargesheet in a case related to the death of BJP leader Avijit Sarkar, a resident of Sitala Tala Lane, Kolkata, who was killed in post-
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"VOTE-Bandi" in Bihar as reflected in SIR will destroy our democracy: Jair
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Noting that the Election Commission "undermined" the basis of the democratic system in the last six months, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll body will "destroy" the country's democracy.
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"Election Commission behaving like BJP cell...": RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Yadav said that the ECI has totally become "one-sided" and is favouring the BJP, as he claimed that the poll panel has changed its rule regarding meetings with delegations.
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"BJP's 10-year vehicle ban will force 62 lakh to buy new vehicles; profits
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"The BJP government has imposed a 'Tughlaqi Farman' aimed solely at harassing Delhiites. Under this order, vehicles older than 10 years will be denied fuel and will be forced off the roads. This means 62 lakh vehicles will have to be removed overnight--40 lakh two-wheelers and 20 lakh four-w
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EC becoming Modi's Commission, says RJD's Tejashwi Yadav as poll panel pos
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Attacking the poll panel for not clarifying the doubts of political parties, Yadav told ANI, "Two days after the (SIR) notification itself, we have asked the Election Commission that our mahagathbandan, the alliance, wants to meet with you, a delegation wants to meet with you. Though the sad
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Delhi to trial run cloud seeding to combat smog menace
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In a bid to tackle the city's worsening air pollution, Delhi's Environment Minister Majinder Singh Sirsa announced a trial run of artificial rain through cloud seeding, set to commence between late August and early September, with five tests planned to assess its efficacy against smog, pa
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"You are not workers of an ordinary party": Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Bharatiya Janata Party's state executive meeting in Patna, Bihar, and boosted the morale of party workers on Wednesday, ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections.
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