India02 Oct 2026 | 11:35 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) An independent five-member commission comprising former Supreme Court and High Court judges has been constituted to examine the constitutional and statutory validity, methodology and impact of the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, amid growing concerns over the exercise and its consequences for eligible voters.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 10:36 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) The Congress on Friday announced its candidates for three seats in the upcoming biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies, signalling its intent to strengthen its organisational and political presence among educated professionals and the teaching community in the state.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 10:12 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) The Congress today carried out a major organisational reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, appointing senior leaders Aradhana Misra alias Mona and Pargat Singh as presidents of the party’s state units with immediate effect, as the organisation moves to strengthen its state-level machinery ahead of the political contests.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 9:18 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Dr. Bimal N. Patel, an eminent international law jurist, scholar, and institution-builder of global standing, has taken oath as a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) at the Tribunal’s headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 9:15 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Stepping up its efforts against traffic violations and to ensure safety on roads, the Delhi Traffic Police conducted a special enforcement drive across the national capital on Thursday, and as a result a total of 154 buses had been fined for different violations. .
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 8:29 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday invoked Mahatma Gandhi’s message of truth and non-violence while backing youth-led protests against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 7:04 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led Gen Z returned to the streets on Friday—Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary—demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, greater transparency in the appointment of election commissioners and a freeze on the 2025 voter list.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 6:24 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra on Friday said that the people of Delhi and the country are watching everything closely today, and the drama staged near Jantar Mantar and Mumbai on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, in the name of “Protecting the Right to Vote” was not about safeguarding democracy, but a cowardly attempt to conceal the Aam Aadmi Party’s potential defeat in Punjab, he added.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 6:16 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Protesters, including opposition party leaders and members of student wings, took to the streets on Friday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Around 600 protesters were detained by police near Jantar Mantar and other nearby locations in New Delhi.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 5:02 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described his conversation with Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar as an "unforgettable conversation" marked by "pride and emotions", as he spoke to the Indian pilot recovering in a UAE hospital after being seriously injured while helping avert a potentially catastrophic mid-air incident.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 4:49 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI): Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over rising inflation, saying the pain of soaring prices was no longer confined to economic statistics but was being felt directly in the kitchens of poor and middle-class families.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 4:44 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday condemned the detention of hundreds of youth and student protesters in Delhi who gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the authorities were curbing the constitutional right to protest.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 3:59 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday formally resigned as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president, handing over his resignation to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a meeting at 10 Janpath in New Delhi and bringing to an end his nearly four-and-a-half-year tenure at the helm of the state unit.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 3:41 PMRavi Saraf
New Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Hundreds of National Students’ union of India (NSUI) workers were detained by Delhi Police on Friday while marching towards Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, amid heightened security in the national capital.
see more.. 02 Oct 2026 | 2:55 PMNew Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to help bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying the Indian leader has consistently raised the issue in his meetings with Moscow and offered "very good ideas" for finding a mutually acceptable solution.
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