EC's statement came in response to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegation that over 1,00,250 "fake votes" were created in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment in the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka to ensure a win for the BJP.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi further said that one should "now join the dots" on how the "heroic women" who were the face of Operation Sindoor are being used as entertainment.
The new Income Tax Bill was passed without debate amid opposition protests over their demand for debate on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have witnessed continuous disruptions since the beginning of the monsoon session of the Parliament.
Earlier, in another counterterror operation, two jawans died in the line of duty on the ninth day of operations being carried out by security forces in the Akhal Devsar area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a decisive military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists.
Jairam Ramesh recalled the 2020-21 farmers' protests against the three farm laws, alleging that the Prime Minister mocked the agitators by calling them "protest enthusiasts" in Parliament. He claimed that over 700 farmers lost their lives during the protests, yet the PM expressed no regret.
In a post on X, Asaduddin Owaisi wrote, "Trump just slapped another 25% tariff on India, taking it to 50%, because we bought oil from Russia. This isn't diplomacy, it's bullying by the buffoon-in-chief who clearly doesn't understand how global trade works."
What did the US say about additional tariffs on India? A senior United States Administration Official told ANI that there is simply "no comparison" between the hundreds of billions of dollars of growing Indian imports of Russian oil and the modest US imports of Russian goods.
Ministry of Railways announces the completion of 17th bridge on the Vishwamitri River, Vadodara district, Gujarat, for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project.
Highlighting that India was being "threatened" with additional tariff imposition and was being asked not to buy oil from Russia, Jairam Ramesh took a jibe, saying that this was a result of a "special bond" between the two leaders, asking PM Modi to respond to these decisions.
Who are India's longest-serving Home Ministers? Before Amit Shah, the leaders who served the longest tenures as Home Minister include Congress leader Govind Ballabh Pant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani.
The Prime Minister also appealed to "brothers and sisters in the business community" that when the world is "going through such an atmosphere of instability, we too should sell only swadeshi goods."
