The High Court on April 22 had also ordered the appointed teachers and non-teaching staff to return their salaries with interest.

The hearing will resume on Thursday.

Polling in a section of polling stations in Banka on Friday, Madhepura and Khagaria on May 7 and Munger on May 13 was extended from 7am to 4pm to 7am to 6pm, according to a gazette notification.

Not building resilience in infrastructure systems, Mishra said, will divert more and more funding to recovery and reconstruction after disasters. “This is akin to pouring water into a bamboo basket,” said Mishra.

It’s rare for an Election Commissioner to have conducted one cycle of elections for the assemblies of all states in the country as well as for Parliament during one's term.

Responding to Sharma’s accusations, Congress spokesperson Swarnim Chaturvedi said, “He is not a member of the organisation and he is in touch with BJP leaders. Hence, he’s acting on their instructions.”

While equity investors have been enthused by the rise in markets and have seen a significant jump in their portfolio return & value, there is also a sense of anxiety among a large number of investors.

Around 3,000 people from UAE alone have flown down so far to cast their votes in Kerala which is set to go to the polls on April 26.

The BJP leader is facing a first-time Lok Sabha contender in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava, who is INDIA bloc's candidate. Chaitar has been projected as a 'youth icon', especially among the tribals.

The community flagged off dharma raths, which will traverse all the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and appeal to people to vote for Congress, the organisers said.

Kharge also attacked Modi for saying the Congress manifesto bore “an imprint of Muslim league”.

Affidavits by proposers disowning signatures led to rejection of Nilesh Kumbhani’s papers, win for BJP

After Priyanka, on April 29, Rahul Gandhi will address an election rally at Patan in north Gujarat where the party has fielded its former MLA Chandanji Thakor.

Widening his attack on the Congress, days after accusing it of working to give Muslims the first right to the nation’s resources and wealth redistribution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that the party now had its eyes on the wealth of all Indians.

Addressing a Samajik Nyay Sammelan, Gandhi targeted the Prime Minister, saying he has panicked after seeing the “revolutionary manifesto” of the Congress which talks about the “X-ray” and the prevailing income inequality.

Of the six mills not managed by leaders of the ruling alliance, a couple are affiliated to NCP (Sharad Pawar), one with the Congress, two with Independents and one is politically neutral.

As Raiganj braces for a triangular contest, there’s a bit of confusion over who is who – the BJP nominee was once with TMC, and the TMC candidate just resigned as a BJP MLA

The Indian Express has learned that the poll watchdog, in its deliberations, found no violation of the MCC, as it concluded that the PM was merely listing the achievements of his government at the Pilibhit rally

In an ‘X’ post on Wednesday, the NCW condemned Banerjee's remarks and asked the DGP to send a report on the action taken over the incident within four days from receiving its letter.

The poll panel's guidelines come after the Met office has issued a red alert in multiple districts of the state.