The time to decriminalise defamation has come: SC | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Agreeing to hear a plea filed by the organisation ‘Foundation for Independent Journalism’ seeking to quash the summons issued to it in a criminal defamation case, Supreme Court on Monday said time has come to decriminalise the defamation law.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the remark […]

‘Online voter deletion not possible’: EC refutes Rahul Gandhi’s claim; cites law and due process | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s charges, claiming that “no deletion of votes can be done online by any member of the public.”The poll body, in a point-wise statement, said that the no name is deleted from the roll without issuing a notice to the affected person.“No Deletion […]

‘Rahul go back’: UP minister sits on dharna on highway; demands apology over insult to PM’s mother | Lucknow News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh staged a protest on Wednesday at a highway in Raebareli to block Congress MP Rahul Gandhi‘s convoy, demanding an apology for alleged abusive remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s mother during Congress’ Vote Adhikar Yatra in Bihar.Singh and his supporters sat on dharna at the […]

‘After Awadh, now Magadh’: Akhilesh Yadav jabs BJP at Rahul Gandhi’s Bihar rally; slams RSS | India News

[ad_1] Mohan Bhagwat and Akhilesh Yadav (R) NEW DELHI: Taking on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s claim that Indians have shared “the same DNA for 40,000 years,” Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday turned the remark into a political weapon. Speaking at a rally in Bihar alongside Rahul Gandhi‘s Voter Adhikar Yatra, Akhilesh mocked the […]

Electoral rolls | Rahul Gandhi ups the ante

[ad_1] On August 7, at the Congress headquarters in new Delhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi stood in a room filled with cameras and anticipation, holding what he described as proof of India’s gravest democratic crisis. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha raised a spiral-bound stack of papers, culled from a seven-foot pile […]

‘1 person 1 vote exists since 1951’: EC slams Rahul Gandhi, oppn’s use of term ‘vote chori’; seeks proof | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday hit back at Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc parties over their repeated use of the term “vote chori,” saying such “dirty phrases” were aimed at creating a false narrative. The poll body called it a direct attack on […]

‘Vote-chori in 48 Lok Sabha seats’: Rahul Gandhi tells Congress leaders – Report | India News

[ad_1] Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged “vote-chori” (vote theft) in 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, including Bengaluru Central, which he had previously flagged, news agency ANI reported. According to Congress sources, Gandhi told a meeting of senior […]

Vote ‘chori’ charge: Rahul Gandhi drops new video on how Congress investigated; reveals what the data shows | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, continued his sharp criticism of the Election Commission (EC). On Friday, he released a new video, once again accusing the EC of serious irregularities in the conduct of elections across the country.In the video, Rahul Gandhi cited multiple state elections to support his […]

‘Vote theft claims’: EC slams Rahul; says threats to officials deplorable | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it prefers to ignore Rahul Gandhi‘s baseless allegations of “vote theft” and has asked all poll officials to continue working in an impartial and transparent manner, unfazed by his repeated threats and “deplorable” statements.In a post on X, the commission said it was unfortunate that […]

‘Were you sleeping in history class?’ Jaishankar’s ‘China guru’ dig at Rahul; slams Gandhi family | India News

[ad_1] S Jaishankar and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: In a fiery address in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, external affairs minister S Jaishankar launched a stinging, thinly veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Jaishankar branded him a “China-guru” and accused him of acquiring his knowledge of Beijing through “Olympic invites and private tuitions from […]