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Jammu, April 10 – Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday ordered the formation of a high-level committee to draft comprehensive standard operating procedures (SOPs) for regulating the transport of bovine animals across the union territory.According to an order issued by...

In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has established a high-level committee to draft comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for regulating the transport of bovine animals across the Union Territory. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the committee...

New Delhi, April 5 – Election flying squads and enforcement agencies in West Bengal have seized a total of ₹319 crore worth of cash, liquor, and other freebies until Sunday, an official said.Among the five states/UTs going to polls, West Bengal tops the list in terms of recovery of freebies...

New Delhi, April 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday that the process of installing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with candidate settings for the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections has been successfully completed across all 126 assembly constituencies in the...

New Delhi, April 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Sunday that enforcement agencies have seized illegal cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies worth more than ₹650 crore so far to ensure inducement-free elections in the ongoing state Assembly polls and bypolls...

New Delhi, March 26 The Election Commission said on Thursday that over ₹408 crore worth of illicit inducements intended to influence voters in four states and a Union territory have been seized in the past month.While assembly elections and by-elections were announced on March 15, the...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) held a high-level review meeting on Tuesday with top officials from states going to the polls and their neighboring regions to strengthen coordination and ensure free, fair, and peaceful elections.According to an official statement...

New Delhi, March 22 Hours after criticizing her own BJP-ruled municipal corporation (MCD) over the seizure of illegal liquor during a surprise inspection in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area on Sunday, Satya Sharma, the chairperson of the MCD's Standing Committee, stated that the matter was one of...

New Delhi, March 22 Illegal liquor was seized in the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi during a surprise inspection led by MCD Standing Committee Chairperson Satya Sharma on Sunday, officials said.In a statement and video shared on her official X handle, Sharma alleged lapses on the part of...

Patna, March 20 – A surprising incident at Katihar Railway Station has exposed serious coordination gaps between enforcement agencies in Bihar, where prohibition laws are strictly enforced.A team from the Excise Department, acting on a tip-off about liquor being transported via the Haate...

New Delhi, March 17 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah extended greetings to the personnel of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on the occasion of the agency's Raising Day on Monday.In a post on X, HM Shah said, “Warm greetings to NCB personnel on their Raising Day. A premier agency dedicated to...

Jammu, March 17 As part of a sustained crackdown on illegal mining across Jammu and Kashmir, over 13,600 vehicles have been seized and 446 FIRs registered over the past two years, official data showed.According to official figures, a total of 6,219 vehicles were seized in 2024-25, while the...

Chennai, March 16 The Election Commission is closely monitoring the financial transactions of political parties with the help of 23 enforcement agencies and will also track large volumes of online transactions, Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik said on Monday.Stating that the model code of...

The Jammu District Administration has imposed a ban on the transportation of bovine animals from Jammu to other districts.According to an order issued by District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas, the transportation of bovine animals, including cows, buffaloes, oxen, bulls, and calves, has been...

Puducherry, March 10 The Election Commission's Special Observer, Pratap Singh, held a meeting on Tuesday with officials from enforcement agencies to assess Puducherry's preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections.A release from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Puducherry, P Jawhar...

Kolkata, March 9 Several political parties in West Bengal on Monday suggested that the upcoming assembly polls be held in one or two phases, as the Election Commission warned of strict action against any lapse in law and order and asserted zero tolerance towards poll-related violence.The...

The full bench of the Election Commission of India held a meeting with recognized national and state political parties in Kolkata today, in connection with the upcoming general election to the West Bengal Assembly.The meeting was followed by representatives from enforcement agencies, and...

Kolkata, March 9 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar warned on Monday that any lapse in maintaining law and order ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections would not be tolerated, officials said.Kumar also questioned the absence of a Narcotics Advisory Committee in the state.The...

Kochi, March 6 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called on all political parties on Friday to ensure that the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala remain a model, not only for the country but also for the world.Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr...

Chennai, February 28 Tamil Nadu has approximately 1.18 crore young voters, and 3,060 assistant electoral registration officers were deployed to register young people, the ECI said.The Election Commission stated this in a report it shared with the media, following a comprehensive review of...