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Train services hit as farmers block tracks to protest Hry police action

At least six trains on Delhi-Amritsar route in Northern Railway were cancelled and 18 others diverted on Thursday after farmers squatted on tracks at many places in Punjab over the Haryana Police's action against \"Delhi Chalo\" protesters earlier this week. Farmers also staged sit-in protests at several toll plazas and forced authorities to not charge the commuters a toll fee.

NC will go solo in LS polls: Farooq; Omar later clarifies remark

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said his party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own, even as his son and party vice president Omar Abdullah later said they will continue to be a part of the 27-party Opposition bloc, which is facing desertions and tough seat-sharing negotiations among its allies.

CM blames BJP. RSS as tension intensifies

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for tensions in Sandeshkhali, and claimed that Sheikh Shahjahan, the absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader at the centre of a host of allegations that range from money laundering to harassment, was being targeted.

Speaker's order sparks row, NCP whip still to be decided

Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar declared on Thursday that Ajit Pawar's faction was the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) but said the question of the whip will be decided separately even as the ruling sparked a political controversy.

Political funding system is relatively transparent but compromised in US

It may be the oldest democracy in the world, but it is also the most expensive democracy in the world.

Since 2018, BJP got 54.8% of bonds encashed: Data

In 25 phases between March 2018 and March 2023, electoral bonds worth ₹11,984.91 crore were encashed with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) receiving 54.8%, or ₹6,566.12 crore, according to data furnished by political parties to the Election Commission of India and phase-wise data collated by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Transparency vital for free, fair polls: SC judge

JUSTICE KHANNA IN SEPARATE ORDER

SC order on poll bonds bolsters power of votes over notes: Oppn

Several leaders of opposition parties on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict striking down the electoral bonds scheme and said it will reinforce the power of votes over notes, while terming the ruling an important step in ensuring transparency in electoral funding.

NEET aspirant raped in Kota, four students held

THE GIRL WHO IS A RESIDENT OF GURUGRAM HAD BEEN STAYING IN KOTA FOR OVER A YEAR TO PREPARE FOR NEET

WHATEVER I AM TODAY, IT'S DUE TO YOU, SONIA TELLS RAE BARELI VOTERS

Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday announced she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, citing age and ill-health, in an emotional letter to the voters of her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.

NDA picks 3 more names, sets stage for RS contests

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday threw in three additional candidates into the ring for the Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as the dramatic final hours of nomination for the February 27 elections set the stage for a keen contest in three states.

Brick by brick: Gole Market on way to reclaim old glory

At least twenty workers on Thursday meticulously removed additions made to the building over the years, and marked out portions of the original structure that needed attention.

26 hospitals asked to provide details of procurements

{MEDICAL SUPPLIES CASE} ANTI-CORRUPTION BRANCH PROBE

27-yr-old dies in Kirti Nagar crash

A 27-year-old businessman was killed after the Hyundai Elantra car he was driving collided with another and his vehicle hit the divider on a road near Mansarovar Garden in Kirti Nagar, west Delhi, on Wednesday evening, the Delhi Police said. The victim was decapitated during the incident in which the vehicle rammed into an iron railing, officers added.

Group of UP farmers reaches Ghazipur for sit-in protest; detained in 30 minutes

After remaining devoid of protests and protesters for three days since February 13, when a clutch of farmer unions had given a call to \"march to Delhi\" to press their numerous demands, the heavily barricaded UP Gate/Ghazipur border saw some action on Thursday as about 30-40 farmers from Uttar Pradesh reached there and staged a brief sit-in protest.

Ggm: Class II student suffers 12 fractures in brutal assault

An argument inside the classroom of a private school in Gurugram's Sushant Lok-1 took an ugly turn after a Class 11 student suffered 12 fractures in his skull, jaws, and face when he was beaten up outside the school gates, allegedly by his classmates, seniors, and their associates from a nearby neighbourhood.

Ggm Metro, AIIMS Rewari in 10 projects to be launched today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the AIIMS Rewari project at Majra Bhalkhi village on Friday, and also digitally lay the foundation stone of the Gurugram Metro project.

LG hails AAP govt for e-buses, stable power tariffs in speech

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena outlined the important policies, programmes, and work done by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government in the fields of education, health, transport, social welfare, and infrastructure on the first day of the Delhi budget session at Vidhan Sabha on Thursday.

Assembly session begins, but Delhi budget delayed by weeks

Delhi's finance minister Atishi informed the assembly on the first day of the budget session on Thursday that the presentation of the annual budget 2024-25 for the Capital will be delayed, and asked for the session to be extended till the first week of March in order to complete all proceedings.

'No free pvt schools for EWS kids in Maha if govt school nearby'

Students from economically backward homes in Maharashtra are set to be deprived of free access to private schools under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE) from the next academic session if there is a government school nearby, according to latest amendments to regulations made by the state's school education department that were published in the gazette on Thursday.

The reasoning and fallout of the electoral bonds verdict

The striking down of the Centre's 2018 electoral bond (EB) scheme by the Constitution bench on Thursday highlights an array of important jurisprudential principles, besides signifying the emphasis the top court places on protection of voters' right to know and the principles of political equality in a democracy.

RS polls to see 3 contests as NDA tests in Himachal, UP and K'taka numbers

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday threw in three additional candidates into the ring for the Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as the dramatic final hours of nomination for the February 27 elections set the stage for a keen contest in three states.

At least 7 killed as fire engulfs a paint factory in north Delhi

At least seven people were killed and three injured after a fire engulfed a paint factory in Alipur in north Delhi on Thursday evening.

Amid deadlock, farm stir talks stretch past midnight

A fresh round negotiations between a panel of senior Union ministers and protesting farmers stretched past midnight on Thursday, as interlocutors tried to hammer out compromises to key sticking points, including the agitators' demands for a law on minimum support prices (MSP) for crops, a day before a planned nationwide strike.

Maha speaker's boost for Ajit Pawar in NCP vs NCP

Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled on Thursday that deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's party was the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and turned down demands to disqualify either faction's lawmakers, marking a victory for the state's ruling coalition just months ahead of general elections.

PM thanks Emir over the release of eight Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his \"deep appreciation\" to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AI Thani, for the release of eight former Indian Navy personnel who were given lengthy prison terms after being detained in 2022.

Top court scraps electoral bonds

5-judge Constitution bench calls scheme unconstitutional, says names of all donors must be made public

Virat Void That Caught India On The Wrong Foot

Transitions don't come with a notice, especially when it's a team sport as layered as cricket.

Shehbaz Set To Become Pakistan PM After Deal For Coalition Struck

A political stalemate in Pakistan, after an inconclusive election, ended with Shehbaz Sharif chosen to lead the country again, while efforts were underway on Wednesday to get the second-largest party to join the government to ensure stability.

Hamas Joins Cairo Truce Talks As Israel, Lebanon Trade Strikes

Negotiations to pause the Israel-Hamas war headed into a second day in Cairo on Wednesday, as Israel launched a series of deadly strikes on Lebanon, stoking fears of a wider conflict.