Meghalaya Electoral Roll Revision: 2,641 Electors Found Ineligible, Over 95% of Hearings Completed
Meghalaya’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has detected two foreigners in Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district, whose names have been removed from the electoral roll, while 406 duplicate voter entries have also been identified across the state. Chief Electoral Officer B.D.R. Tiwari on Monday said 2,641 electors had been found ineligible…
NPCI Pushes Back UPI MDR Rollout for Transactions Above Rs 2,000 to Post-Diwali Period
Traders and merchants can breathe a sigh of relief this festive season as the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced on Tuesday, October 13, that the implementation of the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 has been postponed. Originally slated to roll out on October 15, the measure affecting certain…
TCS Dismisses US Green Card Restrictions Impact, Pivots Workforce Toward AI Capabilities
India’s largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), expects minimal operational impact from recent US government restrictions on key green card application programs. Chief Executive Officer K Krithivasan indicated that immigration actions are driven primarily by domestic employment considerations rather than targeted discrimination against companies based on their domicile. Highlighted by its low dependence…
VPP Suspends Adelbert Nongrum from Party Activities
Voice of the People Party (VPP) President Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit has clarified that North Shillong MLA Adelbert Nongrum remains a legislator, despite being suspended from the party for three years. Nongrum’s suspension—effective retroactively from February 24, 2025—was announced on March 28 and stems from actions and statements deemed contrary to VPP discipline and regulations. The…
‘Not Merely Books, But Celebration of Identity’: Khandu on New Trilogy on Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu participated in the release of the three-volume series, “Arunachal: The Sap Runs Perennial, The Wild Green Earth and Ladders to Heaven” during a programme in New Delhi on Friday.The release programme, organised by NITI Aayog, was also graced by Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik and Union Ministers,…
Meghalaya High Court Says Years-Long Detention of Foreign Nationals After Completing Sentences May Amount to Dereliction of Duty
The Meghalaya High Court has observed that keeping foreign nationals in custody for years after they have completed their prison sentences may amount to dereliction of duty by the authorities. The court stressed that the constitutional right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 extends to foreign nationals as well. A division bench comprising…
Mukul Sangma Rules Out Joining BJP, Says He Remains with ‘Original TMC’
Breaking his silence on his political strategy five months after the split in the Meghalaya Trinamool Congress (TMC), Leader of Opposition Mukul M. Sangma on Thursday firmly ruled out joining the BJP or any other national party. He asserted that he continues to belong to the “original TMC” led by Mamata Banerjee. Responding to questions…
Attempt to Stop Delhi Chalo: Railways Suspends Key Mail and Express Services
The government is alarmed over the proposed protest by the CJP at Jantar Mantar on October 10. Thousands of security personnel have already been deployed in the capital. Even after that, the government has taken an unprecedented measure to ensure that protesters from different parts of the country cannot reach the protest site. Indian Railways…
Sibling Rivalry Emerges in TVS Family as Lakshmi Venu Seeks Fair Settlement
Internal ownership tensions have surfaced within the Venu Srinivasan branch of the historic 115-year-old TVS industrial group, as a family dispute emerges between siblings Lakshmi Venu and Venu Sudarshan over asset division and financial rights following the broader 2020 family partition. Venu Srinivasan, the grandson of founder T.V. Sundaram Iyengar, chairs TVS Motor Company and…
All Three Satcom Players at Same Regulatory Stage, Telecom Ministry Clarifies
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has firmly dismissed allegations made by billionaire Elon Musk claiming that his satellite communication venture, Starlink, is being deliberately blocked in India by domestic oligarchs attempting to preserve market monopolies, pointing out that even his own backed satcom enterprise, Eutelsat OneWeb, alongside Jio Satcom, remains similarly positioned and is…
