India
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Vishakapatnam braces for Cyclone Montha, emergency teams on standby
Amravati: Ahead of Cyclone Montha, Visakhapatnam authorities in Andhra Pradesh are on high alert and have set up rehabilitation centres, quick response teams with heavy machinery, and activated 24×7 control rooms across…
- India
EC to roll out Phase 2 of SIR from Nov 4; Aadhaar now valid ID document
New Delhi: New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories between November and…
- India
Stray dogs: SC slams states for not filing affidavits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the states and Union territories, which have not filed their compliance affidavits in the stray dogs case, and said continuous incidents were happening and…
- India
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Bengal ahead of SIR, 17 IAS officers transferred
Kolkata: Ahead of the forthcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) proposed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the West Bengal government, on Monday, announced a major bureaucratic reshuffle in the state by…
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Pan-India SIR: ECI likely to declare dates on October 27
Kolkata: The dates for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for states where Assembly polls are scheduled next year, including West Bengal, are expected to be announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI)…
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Haryana ACP shares reel using bulldozer to remove vendors, faces heat
Chandigarh: Amid outrage over an ACP deploying a JCB machine to remove vendors from a road, a senior official of Haryana Police said the incident was an “individual lapse of judgement” and…
- India
Live-in partner among 3 held for killing UPSC aspirant
New Delhi: Days after the charred body of a 32-year-old UPSC aspirant was found in his flat in Gandhi Vihar area, the Delhi Police has arrested three persons including his live-in partner…
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Pan-India SIR: EC to hold presser on Monday evening
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list on Monday evening, officials said. While the invite only mentions that the EC would hold…
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Bihar polls: Sitting MLA among 16 leaders expelled from JD(U)
Patna: Cracking down on rebellion in the party ahead of the assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former ministers, most of…
- Sports
Two Australian women cricketers stalked in Indore, cricket associations respond
Indore: Two Australian women cricketers, taking part in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, were allegedly stalked, and one of them was molested by a motorcycle-borne man in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, police…
- India
Aurangabad railway station renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar station
Mumbai: Three years after the renaming of the Aurangabad city in Maharashtra, the Central Railway on Saturday said the Aurangabad railway station has been officially renamed as “Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station.” Its…
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PM Modi expresses grief over demise of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, and said her lifelong dedication to public service will continue to inspire generations. “I…
- India
Watch: Passenger from Dubai held at Delhi airport with gold hidden in bottle cap
New Delhi: Delhi Customs officials have arrested a passenger arriving from Dubai after seizing 170 grams of gold worth over Rs 21 lakh concealed inside a beverage bottle cap at Indira Gandhi…
- India
Maha doctor suicide: Sub-inspector accused of rape arrested
Pune/Satara: Police have arrested sub-inspector Gopal Badane in connection with the alleged suicide of a woman government doctor in Maharashtra’s Satara district, officials said. Badane surrendered at the Phaltan Rural Police Station…
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Rights groups hold protest rally in Kolkata against SIR
Kolkata: Rights groups including Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) on Saturday held a protest rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls planned in West Bengal by the…