India News Live Today February 17, 2025: Who is Gyanesh Kumar, the new chief election commissioner?
Feb 17, 2025 11:41 PM IST
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Feb 17, 2025 11:41 PM IST
India News Live: Who is Gyanesh Kumar, the new chief election commissioner?
- Gyanesh Kumar's name was proposed by a committee headed by PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
Feb 17, 2025 11:24 PM IST
India News Live: Gyanesh Kumar appointed next chief election commissioner
- A selection committee headed by PM Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi picked his name.
Feb 17, 2025 11:12 PM IST
India News Live: Maha Kumbh: Prayagraj river water fails bathing quality standards, CPCB finds high faecal coliform levels
- According to the Mahakumbh mela administration, the number of devotees who have bathed in the Mahakumbh since January 13 has surpassed 54.31 crore.
Feb 17, 2025 11:02 PM IST
India News Live: BPSC exam row: Khan Sir joins protest rally in Patna
- The protesters took out a rally from Mullsllahpur to Gardani Bagh in the state capital.
Feb 17, 2025 10:51 PM IST
India News Live: SC seeks data from high courts on persons yet to get bail in pending appeals
- The top court directed high court registrar generals to submit data on the number of pending appeals against conviction and appeals against acquittal
Feb 17, 2025 10:41 PM IST
India News Live: ‘ECI made scapegoat’: What outgoing CEC Rajiv Kumar said on poll losers in farewell remarks
- Rajiv Kumar, the outgoing chief election commissioner, gave his farewell address on Monday.
Feb 17, 2025 10:14 PM IST
India News Live: 40-year-old labourer, wife die in MP’s Shahdol after illegal coal mine caves in
- Shahdol SP Ramji Shrivastava said the incident took place in an illegal coal mine in Chunha Garhai area of Dhangawan.
Feb 17, 2025 9:59 PM IST
India News Live: Kerala: BJP accuses Kerala govt of supporting terror over Hamas, Hezbollah posters at local event
- The festival, called ‘Thrithala’, is organised by the people of Thrithala panchayat every year and attracts widespread participation by the locals
Feb 17, 2025 9:39 PM IST
India News Live: India's Got Latent: Fresh summon, Allahbadia's SC hearing on Tuesday | Latest in row
- A group of comedians and content creators, including Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia, are facing cases over their alleged crass remarks on the show.
Feb 17, 2025 8:24 PM IST
India News Live: Special holding area, new manual: Railways' crowd-control plan post NDLS stampede
- The initiatives are being taken in the wake of a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station Saturday evening which killed 18 passengers.
Feb 17, 2025 8:17 PM IST
India News Live: Indian woman in UAE not set to be executed; review petition filed
- Reports in a section of the media had claimed that Shehzadi, a 33-year-old woman from Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, was set to be executed soon
Feb 17, 2025 8:01 PM IST
India News Live: 2024 YR4: Does India fall in path of ‘city destroyer’ asteroid, which could hit Earth in Dec 2032?
- According to NASA, 2024 YR4 has an average 2 per cent chance of hitting Earth, on December 22, 2032.
Feb 17, 2025 8:00 PM IST
India News Live: PM Modi goes to IGI to receive Qatar Amir in special gesture
- Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Delhi for a state visit
Feb 17, 2025 7:53 PM IST
India News Live: Nepal girl's death in Odisha's KIIT college sparks stir, PM Oli reacts | Key updates
- A third-year B.Tech student from Nepal was found dead at the hostel of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar on Sunday
Feb 17, 2025 7:52 PM IST
India News Live: Nepal PM Oli sends officials to Odisha campus as students protest woman’s death
- There was tension on the campus on Sunday after a third-year BTech student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room
Feb 17, 2025 7:23 PM IST
India News Live: Andhra Pradesh: woman kills son over his ‘perverted’ behavior, chops body into pieces
- The 57-year-old mother allegedly killed her 35-year-old son, K Shyam Prasad, a cleaner, on 13 February, according to Prakasam Superintendent of Police.
Feb 17, 2025 7:20 PM IST
India News Live: Kerala Congress mouthpiece targets Shashi Tharoor for praising PM Modi, state govt
- Shashi Tharoor has been receiving criticism from the Kerala Congress unit for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit.
Feb 17, 2025 7:07 PM IST
India News Live: Congress on key meet to select next Chief Election Commissioner: 'Should've postponed'
- Congress suggested that the government adjourns the meeting to select the CEC until hearing by the Supreme Court.
Feb 17, 2025 6:49 PM IST
India News Live: Opposition to NEP politically motivated, not imposing Hindi in TN: Edu minister
- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that he respects all languages and there is no imposition of Hindi English or any other language in Tamil Nadu
Feb 17, 2025 6:44 PM IST
India News Live: SC orders retrial of UP man on death row for 2014 murders, flags unfair trial
- Senior counsel and ex-Delhi HC judge Rajiv Shakdher, appearing for the accused, flagged lapses in the conduct of the trial and justifiability of the punishment
Feb 17, 2025 6:28 PM IST
India News Live: ‘Belittled whole industry’: Drone body slams Rahul Gandhi for using ‘Chinese device’ to criticise India's policy
- Drone Federation chief Smit Shah criticised Rahul Gandhi for saying that ‘no one understands the drone technology in India.’
Feb 17, 2025 6:21 PM IST
India News Live: ‘Tahawwur Rana joined 26/11 terror attack conspiracy in 2005’: Officials
- US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration has approved Rana's extradition to India.
Feb 17, 2025 6:11 PM IST
India News Live: BJP targets Sam Pitroda over China remark; Congress says not party’s view
- Overseas Congress leader Sam Pitroda had suggested that the threat from China is an issue that is often blown out of proportion
Feb 17, 2025 6:08 PM IST
India News Live: Police stn didn’t get complaint, says Odisha CM on Raj Bhavan official’s assault
- The Odisha government earlier had announced an inquiry by the Puri district magistrate into allegations that ex-guv Raghubar Das’s son assaulted an official
Feb 17, 2025 5:50 PM IST
India News Live: UP: 1965 war hero Abdul Hamid's name removed from Ghazipur school gate, family upset
- The school in Dhamupur village in the district has been renamed ‘PM Shri Composite School’ after recent painting work.
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