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Opposition protests against SIR in Parliament complex

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Several opposition MPs of INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Monday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar. Led by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the MPs of INDIA bloc raised “vote chor, gaddi chhor” and “vote chori band karo” slogans. They also held a big banner that read “vote chori” and held posters demanding “stop SIR”. Leaders of Congress, TMC, DMK, Left parties and RJD and Samajwadi Party were seen holding posters and banners right outside the Makar Dwar of

SIR is ‘new weapon’ of ‘vote chori’, will protect ‘one person, one vote’: Rahul Gandhi

Aurangabad (Bihar), Aug 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is a “new weapon” of “vote chori” and vowed to protect the ‘one person, one vote’ principle. He made the remarks in a post on his WhatsApp channel while talking about his meeting with a group of people who had cast their vote in the previous Lok Sabha election but their name had been deleted in the SIR exercise in Bihar. Gandhi met the group at the launch of his Vote Adhikar Yatra in Sasaram on Sunday. In his post in

US adviser Navarro says India’s Russian crude buying has to stop

Aug 18 (Reuters) – White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and had to stop, adding that New Delhi was “now cozying up to both Russia and China.” “If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the U.S., it needs to start acting like one,” Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times. India’s Foreign Ministry has previously said the country is being unfairly singled out for buying Russian oil while the United States and European Union continue to purchase goods from Russia.

Indian auto shares at 10-month high after media report on small car tax cut proposal

Aug 18 (Reuters) – Indian auto stocks jumped 4% to their highest level in 10 months on Monday, after Reuters reported that the government has proposed lowering the goods and services tax on small cars as part of sweeping consumption tax cuts. Auto shares were the top sectoral gainers on the benchmark Nifty 50, which rose 1.3%. The government has proposed lowering the goods and services tax on small petrol and diesel cars to 18% from 28%, Reuters reported citing a government source. India’s finance ministry did not reply to an e-mail seeking comment. All 15 stocks on the auto

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