Japan's Ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi, visited the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) and Tata Electronics facility with more than 60 Japanese business representatives and said Tokyo is fully committed to India's journey to manufacture semiconductors.
The CPI leader's remarks come after the Supreme Court allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to continue its exercise while also asking them to consider accepting certain other documents from voters. Earlier, the poll panel had released a non-exhaustive list of 11 documents which wil
"Just before the upcoming assembly elections, the Election Commission's proactive approach demands documentation that cannot be completed in such a short time in a democratic country. No poor person or labourer can complete the formalities. This suggests there must be a conspiracy by the EC
As per the ECI, field-level functionaries, including 38 DEOs, EROs covering all 243 Assembly Constituencies, and 963 AEROs, are regularly supervising the progress of SIR.
Earlier on July 10, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the SIR of electoral rolls being u
"There is a 'chori ki sarkar', 'choron ki sarkar' in Maharashtra. 85 lakh voters were changed and then BJP Govt came to power there. Similarly in Bihar, out of 7 crore voters there, 2 crore voters are being cancelled," the Congress president said.
Japan's Ambassador to India, Keiichi Ono, accompanied by Japan's Minister of Economic and Development Affairs, Koyoko Hokugo, paid a courtesy visit to Gujarat's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Friday.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision asking the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhar, EPIC and Ration cards as Identification proof amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar a
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Election Commission of India of "hatching a conspiracy" for "chunav chori (election theft)" in Bihar, reffering to poll-body's decision to revise electoral rolls in the state ahead of assembly election there.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that the Election Commission of India's (ECI) "spin" on no stay being given has been clearly "exposed" by the Supreme Court.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gaurav Bhatia on Friday hit out at the Opposition INDIA bloc after the Supreme Court allowed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, saying that the order is a "big setback" for opposition parties.