Month: May 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a move to improve the accuracy of electoral rolls and streamline voter services, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched three major initiatives aimed at strengthening the electoral process. These reforms were announced following the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) held in March, under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and in the presence of Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, as announced through a press release issued Thursday. A key initiative involves the electronic acquisition of death registration data from the Registrar General of India. This reform, aligned with Rule 9 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, and Section 3(5)(b) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (as amended in 2023), will enable Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to receive timely updates on registered deaths. […]

[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk has called the Wall Street Journal report claiming that Tesla’s board of directors had started looking for a new CEO as “an extremely bad breach of ethics”. Reacting sharply to the news, Musk called the report a “deliberately false article” that “failed to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the Tesla board of directors”. The WSJ report claimed that Tesla's board members had reached out about a month ago to multiple executive search firms to find the company's new CEO. Tesla chairman Robyn Denholm denied the report on X. What Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on reports of board looking new CEOPost shared by Tesla says:Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company.This is absolutely false (and this […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused petitions seeking a retired SC judge supervised judicial probe over deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which claimed 26 live.Red Alert In Lahore: Pak Army Beefs Deployment, Declares Emergency | Indian Strike Any Moment?The apex court also pulled up the petitioners for filing PIL and said that judges are not experts in probe of terror cases. "Be responsible before filing such PILs. You have some duty towards country also. Is this the way you want to demoralise forces? Since when we acquired expertise of investigation? Do not file such PILs which demoralise the forces," said a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh."You are asking retired SC judge to investigate. They can only adjudicate. Don't ask us to pass an order. Go wherever you want to go. […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday observed that Yoga guru Ramdev was "living in his own world" while finding him in prima facie contempt of its earlier order regarding his controversial "sharbat jihad" remarks against Hamdard's Rooh Afza.Justice Amit Bansal noted that despite the court's April 22 directive prohibiting statements or videos about Hamdard's products, Ramdev had published a video containing objectionable content. "In view of the last order, his affidavit as well as this video are prima facie in contempt," stated Justice Bansal."He (Ramdev) is not in control of anyone. He lives in his own world," the judge remarked.The case stems from a plea filed by Hamdard National Foundation India against Ramdev and Patanjali Foods Ltd. Hamdard's counsel alleged that while promoting Patanjali's gulab sharbat, Ramdev claimed that profits from Rooh Afza were being used to […]

[ad_1] Lord's cricket ground is set to host the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup final. (Getty) The iconic Lord's cricket ground is set to host the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup final.The tournament will begin on June 12 next year. Apart from Lord's, The Oval, Old Trafford, Headingley, the Hampshire Bowl, Edgbaston, and the Bristol County Ground are also the other venues.New Zealand will go into the 2026 tournament as the defending champions.The expanded 12-team tournament will see 33 games played over 24 days. Eight teams – hosts England, Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies – have already secured their spots for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Four additional teams will join them through the Qualifier scheduled next year.The 12 teams will be split into two groups of six for the group […]