NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations across four states as part of a money laundering investigation into the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said.According to officials, the probe is focused on a purported syndicate that operated through public charitable trusts registered under…

NEW DELHI: Among 4,666 MPs/MLAs across the country, only 464 or 10% are women, highlights a report on ‘Women’s political participation and representation in India” released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday.The analysis by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW) shows that among the 543 MPs in the…

NDA, NA II and CDS II registration deadline extended by UPSC till June 11 evening NDA, NA and CDS application deadline extended: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has extended the last date for submission of applications for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination-II, 2026 and the Combined Defence Services Examination-II, 2026. According…

NEW DELHI: Election Commission Friday sought a report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer on the recent statement by chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Naxalbari, Darjeeling, allegedly instigating local women to be at polling booths and use household kitchen items to deal with “necessary situations”.With her statement seen as a…

Flu kills 1.2 lakh/year in India, senior citizens bear the brunt NEW DELHI: Influenza claims an estimated 1.2 lakh lives in India every year, with nearly two-thirds of the deaths occurring among people aged 65 years and above.Yet less than 2% of elderly Indians have received influenza vaccine, according to an expert consensus published in…

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva shakes welcomes former Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rajesh Gupta to the BJP, in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Former two-time Wazirpur MLA Rajesh Gupta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, quitting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the eve of bypolls in the AAP-run Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)….