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ECI orders special drive for left-out voters in post-SIR states
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed states and union territories where the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed to conduct a special drive…
- India
Uttarakhand: ‘Mohammad’ Deepak held for ‘assaulting’ businessman
Dehradun: A gym owner from Pauri Garhwal’s Kotdwar, Deepak Kumar, who shot into the limelight for confronting members of Bajrang Dal harassing a Muslim shopkeeper early this year, was arrested on Thursday,…
- Delhi
Oppn, students hit Delhi streets demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s exit
New Delhi: Opposition parties and student groups took to the streets at several places in Delhi on Friday, October 2, with the AAP, the AISA and other student organisations trying to reach…
- Bangalore
KPSC recruitment case: SC puts stay on SIT headed by Alok Kumar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the Karnataka High Court’s order constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by IPS officer Alok Kumar to investigate alleged irregularities in the KPSC…
- India
Loud DJ: HC takes suo motu cognisance of Class 2 student’s death
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of a Class 2 student after she collapsed inside her classroom while a procession carrying a loud DJ system…
- India
Rahul Gandhi meets tribals in MP after 32 die of diseases
Balaghat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, October 1, met the families of tribal children who have died of suspected infectious diseases in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district in the last few months…
- India
This is hospital: Cop asks students to keep burqa protest objective
Doda: Students and interns turned out in large numbers at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda to protest on Wednesday, September 30, against a professor who allegedly denied…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM stages sit-in against CEO, claims ‘electoral fraud’
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, along with his Cabinet colleagues and MLAs, staged a sit-in outside Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V Anbukkumar’s office on Thursday, October 1, demanding a first information…
- Middle East
Gujarat, Israel to honour Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
Gujarat and Israel will honour Indian flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar following the cockpit attack on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday, September 30. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced on Thursday, October…
- India
Telangana Governor, CM laud flydubai pilot Machchar’s bravery
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, October 1, lauded flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar for his courage and presence of mind in preventing an alleged attempt by his co-pilot to…
- India
HP govt CBSE schools implement new dress code for teachers
Shimla: A prescribed dress code for teachers was implemented in 148 government Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools across Himachal Pradesh from Thursday, October 1, with a top school education official…
- Bangalore
Mass Form 7 filings target hundreds in Belagavi amid SIR row
Bengaluru: Several Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) in Karnataka’s Belagavi North Assembly constituency have claimed they were pressured into signing bulk Form 7 applications, The Hindu reported. According to the report, BLOs were receiving…
- India
Minaret falls on mosque’s roof during demolition work in Ujjain
Ujjain: A portion of a mosque suffered significant damage during the partial demolition of a minaret at Shahi Masjid in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Thursday, October 1. The development comes days…
- India
Bihar Dalits block funeral procession, say path meant for temple
Patna: Dalits in Bihar allegedly blocked the funeral procession of a Muslim man, claiming the path was reserved for building a temple. The incident occurred in the Meknabeda village of Darbhanga district.…
- Sports
Indian tennis contingent to return without medal from Asiad
Nagoya: Indian tennis touched a new low on Thursday, October 1, as the country’s contingent returns empty-handed from the Asian Games for the first time since 1986, following the quarterfinal exit of…