Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday responded to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) statement rejecting his allegations of "match-fixing" in elections. Gandhi, in a post on X, said the "dear EC" should answer the questions raised in his article instead of issuing "unsigned, evasive notes."Responding to election commission of India's (ECI) statement, Gandhi said, "Dear EC, you are a Constitutional body. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries is not the way to respond to serious questions."The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha further noted, "If you have nothing to hide, answer the questions in my article and prove it by: Publishing consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the most recent elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states including Maharashtra. Releasing all post-5pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling booths.""Evasion won’t protect your […]

[ad_1] Former South Africa cricket head coach Mark Boucher believes a victory for the Temba Bavuma-led South African team in the upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's on June 11 could revitalize Test cricket in South Africa. The team secured their first-ever WTC final appearance after winning seven consecutive Tests and topping the 2023-25 cycle points table with a 69.44 percentage.South Africa is currently preparing for the crucial one-off Test with a warm-up match against Zimbabwe at Arundel."A lot of people have criticised South Africa, which is not really fair. You play what's in front of you, and with all due respect, the sides that we've played against, we probably should have beaten, and we've done that. So we find ourselves in a final," Boucher said."But I wouldn't say that it has got the crowds going in […]

[ad_1] YouTuber Jasbir Singh sent to two-day police remand on charges of spying for Pakistan MOHALI: YouTuber Jasbir Singh, accused of spying for Pakistan, was sent to a two-day police remand by a Mohali court on Saturday. A resident of Mehlan village in Ropar district, Jasbir Singh was produced before the court by the Punjab Police’s State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) after completing an earlier three-day remand.The SSOC sought an extension of seven days, citing the need to seize Singh’s laptop and extract further information regarding his alleged links to a spy network. The government prosecutor told the court that further digital evidence was likely to emerge and needed examination to trace the full extent of the alleged espionage.However, Jasbir Singh’s legal counsel contested the police claims, asserting that his client had been falsely implicated. The defence argued that Singh […]

[ad_1] MP CM requests Union home minister Amit Shah to order CBI probe NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday requested home minister Amit Shah for a CBI probe into the matter of the Indore couple, who went missing in Meghalaya's Shillong, last month. Raja Rajuvanshi (29) was later found dead, but his wife, Sonam Rajbanshi (27), is still missing. Taking to X, Yadav said that the state "stands with the family of Sonam Raghuvanshi in this hour of crisis." Yadav added that he discussed the matter with the CM of Meghalaya. The senior officials of MP are in constant touch with the officials of Meghalaya, he said in the post. "I have requested Union home minister Amit Shah to order a CBI inquiry in this case. Every possible effort is being made for the safe return […]

[ad_1] This is a representative AI image NEW DELHI: In a deeply disturbing incident, a stray dog was seen carrying the body of a newborn in its jaws near the toilet of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow, early Saturday morning. The shocking scene was discovered by a security guard who managed to shoo the animal away and retrieve the body.The incident occurred at the civil hospital in Mhow, located around 25 kilometres from the Indore district headquarters. Hospital authorities and police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances that led to the tragedy.17-year-old girl suspected to have given birth in hospital toiletDr HR Verma, who is in charge of the hospital, said CCTV footage captured between 1.30 am and 2 am showed a young girl entering the hospital toilet. "The 17-year-old girl had been admitted around 9 […]

[ad_1] Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, warns a recent report. The report titled 'Kabul’s Water Crisis: An Inflection Point for Action', released recently by the NGO Mercy Corps, outlines in detail the city’s worsening water emergency and urges immediate international and domestic attention.The report says that Kabul’s groundwater extraction exceeds natural recharge by 44 million cubic meters each year, with the water table having dropped between 25 to 30 meters over the past decade. According to projections by Unicef, cited in the report, the city’s aquifers could run dry by 2030, potentially displacing up to 3 million people. The situation is already critical—nearly half of the boreholes, Kabul residents’ primary source of drinking water, are dry.An aquifer is an underground layer of rock, sand, or soil that holds water. It […]

[ad_1] This is a representative image NEW DELHI: In a gruesome act, a 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife on the outskirts of Bengaluru over suspicions of infidelity and rode to the police station with her severed head to surrender, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred late Friday night in Heelalige village near Chandapura in Anekal taluk. The accused, identified as Shankar, was arrested soon after he confessed to killing his wife, 25-year-old Manasa, at the police station.According to police, the couple had been married for over five years and shared a four-year-old daughter. Both were employed with private firms; Shankar worked in Koramangala and Manasa in Bommasandra.Argument turns fatalPolice said Shankar suspected his wife of having an extramarital affair, which had been the cause of frequent disputes between them. Following a recent argument, Manasa had moved in with her […]

[ad_1] Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (left) and Rahul Gandhi. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The election commission of India (ECI) on Saturday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim of "match-fixing" in elections, calling the allegations "completely absurd."While putting a point wise rebuttal of Congress MP's claims, the ECI said, "The entire nation is aware that each election process including the preparation of electoral rolls, polling and counting etc. are all held by Government staff and that too in the presence of authorised representatives formally appointed by Political Parties/ Candidates from polling station upto constituency level."The top poll body added in its statement, "Any misinformation being spread, by anyone, is not only a sign of disrespect towards Law, but also brings disrepute to the thousands of representatives appointed by their own political party and demotivates lakhs of election staff who work untiringly […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India's stance against terrorism and said that the nation would never equate the perpetrators of Pahalgam terror attack with their victims. He also thanked United Kingdom government for condemning the April 22 attack that killed 26."We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and expect our partners to understand it," he said, speaking at his meeting with UK foreign secretary David Lammy. "We will never countenance perpetrators of evil being put at par with its victims.""I thank the Government of the United Kingdom for the strong condemnation of the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for your solidarity and support to India in the fight against terrorism. We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and expect our partners […]

[ad_1] China has issued temporary export permits to rare-earth suppliers serving the three largest US automobile manufacturers. (AI image) Are the US and China finally moving towards some trade agreement? Chinese President Xi Jinping has consented to permit the export of rare earth minerals and magnets to the United States, according to US President Donald Trump's statement on Friday. This decision could potentially ease tensions between the two largest global economies.When questioned by a reporter on Air Force One about Xi's agreement, Trump confirmed: "Yes, he did."Russia DECIMATES Ukraine’s Bridge Over Oskol River In Revenge; Kyiv’s Military Movement HitAccording to a Reuters report, this development follows a rare telephone conversation between Trump and Xi the previous day, which addressed ongoing trade disagreements regarding this subject. Trump indicated the discussion had reached "a very positive conclusion" and stated that "there should […]