U.S. team may defer August 25 India visit for trade pact talks: Official
A U.S. team, which was scheduled to visit India from August 25, for the next round of negotiations for the bilateral trade agreement is likely to defer the meeting to a later date, an official said. So far, five rounds of talks have been completed for the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) and a U.S. team is scheduled to visit India for the sixth round of talks.
Utmost transparency in preparing electoral rolls: Election Commission of India
The Election Commission (EC) has said in a statement in New Delhi on Saturday (August 16, 2025) that utmost transparency is the hallmark of electoral roll preparation as per law, rules and guidelines. Apparently countering the Congress’s charges on major anomalies in the preparation of voters’ lists across the country prior to the Lok Sabha elections, the ECI said it seemed to the panel that some political parties and their booth-level agents (BLAs) did not examine the electoral rolls at the appropriate time and did not point out errors, if any, to Sub-Divisional Magistrates/ Electoral Registration Officers, District Election Officers or Chief Election Officers.
PM to inaugurate projects worth ₹11,000 crore to boost Delhi’s connectivity today
