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Notices to voters during SIR are BJP’s ‘votebandi’ after ‘notebandi’: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow, Feb 25 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that notices to voters were being issued on a large scale during the SIR and described the exercise as the BJP’s “votebandi” (depriving one of voting right) after “notebandi” (demonetisation), alleging the ruling party’s intent “was wrong then and remains wrong now”. Yadav, according to a party statement, alleged that earlier only Muslims were harassed for documents, but now Hindus too were receiving repeated notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Election Commission has extended the claims and objections period to March 6 for

Stock markets end marginally higher after volatile day of trading

Mumbai, Feb 25 (PTI) Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher on Wednesday, trimming most of their sharp intra-day gains, amid profit-taking. After a volatile day of trading, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 50.15 points or 0.06 per cent higher at 82,276.07. During the day, it jumped 731.99 points or 0.89 per cent to 82,957.91. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 57.85 points or 0.23 per cent to settle at 25,482.50. From the Sensex pack, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, InterGlobe Aviation, Sun Pharma, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki and Tech Mahindra were among the

Bill Gates apologises to Foundation staff over Epstein ties: report

New York, Feb 25 (PTI) American tech entrepreneur Bill Gates has apologised to the staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that he did “nothing illicit,” according to a media report. The Microsoft co-founder also admitted that he had two affairs with Russian women and that he made mistakes that had cast a cloud over the philanthropic group while insisting he didn’t participate in Epstein’s crimes, The Wall Street Journal said in an exclusive report on Tuesday. Gates was among the scores of celebrities, politicians, leaders and tech entrepreneurs shown having

Public figures holding high constitutional offices cannot target any particular community: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI) Observing that fraternity serves as a critical element for national unity and social cohesion, the Supreme Court has said public figures holding high constitutional offices cannot target any particular community on the basis of religion, language, caste or region. The top court said that nobody, including State and non-State actors, can vilify or denigrate any community through speeches, memes, cartoons or visual art. The observations were made by Justice Ujjal Bhuyan in a separate judgment on a plea challenging release of upcoming Netflix crime thriller ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’. “It is constitutionally impermissible for anybody, be it

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