EC orders removal of Home Secretaries in six states to ensure fair elections

In a decisive move towards upholding the principles of free, fair and transparent elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued orders for the removal of Home Secretaries in six states namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Additionally, the Secretary of the General Administrative Department […]

“Some forced, some greedy…” Uttarakhand Congress President Karan Mahara accuses BJP of luring leaders to join them

Amidst recent defections from the Congress party in Uttarakhand ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Karan Mahara, the Uttarakhand Congress President, accused the BJP of using coercive tactics and offering personal incentives to lure leaders away. On Congress MLA Rajendra Bhandari’s defection from the party, Mahara claimed that the leader had to compromise to […]

SC asks SBI to disclose Electoral Bonds’ numbers forthwith; ask chairman to submit affadavit

After the Supreme Court took exception to State Bank of India (SBI) for not furnishing Electoral Bonds data with unique alphanumeric numbers, which help identify the bond, the Apex Court on Monday passed an order saying that the bank must disclose it forthwith. Advocate Prashant Bhushan said that the SBI has said that they misunderstood the Court’s earlier […]

Punjab: BSF recovers 3.3 kg of heroin in Tarn Taran

The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet of suspected heroin, about 3.306 kilograms, in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district on Monday, officials said. During the operation, vigilant troops successfully recovered a suspicious black-coloured bag near the Dargah of Bodal Saha Peer Baba, near Mehdipur village in the Tarn Taran district. Upon inspection, the bag was […]

BRS MLC Kavitha moves Supreme Court challenging her arrest in Delhi excise policy case

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging her arrest in a money-laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy irregularities matter. Kavitha was arrested by the ED team on Friday in Hydrabad and was later brought to Delhi. Kavitha was arrested after a day-long questioning followed by a […]

Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel named in FIR in Mahadev betting app case

The Chhattisgarh Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) has named former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in its first information report (FIR) lodged in connection with the Mahadev Online Book-linked money laundering case, sources said on Sunday. According to sources, the FIR has been filed on basis of a probe report submitted by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). […]