NEW DELHI: The unprecedented clampdown in Delhi in the wake of CJP protest, including cancellation of several trains to the city, saw a “slight increase” in last-minute bookings on flights to and from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) for this weekend. Airfares on some routes saw a surge, too.Travel industry insiders said the shift could…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said there is nothing wrong in deletion of names of the dead, and those who have either shifted out from the ward or duplicate names during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls but said that on the date of notification of elections, the voter list which is final –…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party’s invitation to all opposition parties to join its Oct 10 demonstration against EC’s functioning under CEC Gyanesh Kumar saw only the Left, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool and AAP openly backing its agitation. While the Left and AAP have announced their participation, it was not clear till Friday night whether Mamata’s party…
Musk argued that Starlink could improve access to the internet in underserved parts of the country SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday fired another salvo over the delay in the commercial rollout of Starlink in India, taking swipe at billionaire Mukesh Ambani once again.In a post on X, Musk addressed the Reliance Industries chairman as…
JAMMU: A 37-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable died after suffering a gunshot injury under mysterious circumstances while on duty in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district Friday.The constable, Mohammad Mushtaq, a resident of Mari village in Reasi, was rushed to the district hospital and later shifted to Govt Medical College in Jammu but died…
His remarks came hours after BJP candidate Shankharavh Sarkar defeated Kabir’s son, Golam Nabi Azad, the AJUP nominee, by a margin of 75,816 votes in Rejinagar NEW DELHI: Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir on Friday said he would move to Dubai on a 10-year golden visa after completing the mosque he has…
Rahul Gandhi along with several other opposition MPs met President of India. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s claim suggesting President Droupadi Murmu accepted assertions of ‘vote theft’ is incorrect, sources told news agency PTI.“Unfortunate that President of India is being dragged into controversy raised by opposition,” sources further told PTI.Earlier, terming Gandhi’s claim “unfortunate…
The advisory covers several key roads and junctions across central and New Delhi NEW DELHI: Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory warning of traffic diversions across 30 key locations in the national capital on Saturday, amid heightened security arrangements for a planned protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.The traffic restrictions…
NEW DELHI: For four days in a row, opposition leaders have hit the streets of the national capital, demanding removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls. On September 30, when the INDIA bloc announced its 6-point protest plan against the CEC, it mentioned one street protest in the…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday invoked the iconic “Jo darr gaya” (one who gets scared) dialogue from the 1975 blockbuster “Sholay” to target the government, as opposition parties continued their protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.Kharge was referring to the sweeping restrictions imposed…
