Lok Sabha elections 2024: Election Commission prohibits exit polls between April 19 to June 1

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday (March 29) issued a notification announcing a prohibition on conducting, or publicising exit polls connected to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 and the Assembly polls scheduled in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim. The prohibition period is set to commence from 7 am on April 19, and…

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President confers Bharat Ratna on ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, 2 others posthumously

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan were…

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600 Lawyers write to Chief Justice of India, claim group trying to “Defame Courts”

A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a “vested interest group” is trying to pressure the judiciary and defame courts “on the basis of frivolous logic and stale political agendas”. “Their pressure tactics are…

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‘Satellite-based toll collection system to be introduced soon’, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the Centre will introduce a satellite-based toll collection system in place of the current system of toll collection. Gadkari explained that under this system, money will be deducted directly from one’s bank account based on the distance they have travelled. “Now we are…

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