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Polling begins in Maharashtra assembly elections
Mumbai: Polling began Wednesday morning in the Maharashtra assembly elections, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine is hoping for a…
- India
Polling underway for Punjab bypoll on four Assembly seats
Chandigarh: Polling began on Wednesday morning for bypoll to Punjab’s four Assembly seats, which are witnessing a triangular contest that saw high-pitched and aggressive campaigning among the state’s ruling AAP, the main…
- India
Polling begins for second phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections
Ranchi: Voting for the 38 constituencies across 12 districts of Jharkhand in the second and final phase of Assembly elections began on Wednesday morning amid tight security. A total of 14,218 polling…
- India
Home minister Shah responsible for Manipur crisis, must resign: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party demanded the resignation of the country’s home minister Amit Shah, asking him to claim responsibility for the deepening crisis in Manipur, on Tuesday, November 19. “The double-engine…
- India
AI-Vistara merger pivotal moment for Indian aviation, says Singapore Airlines
New Delhi: Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong on Monday said the airline group will support the ongoing transformation of the enlarged Air India Group by offering “our stewardship and expertise where…
- Hyderabad
No drone zone across Madhapur ahead of President’s visit to Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Hyderabad, the Cyberabad police commissioner issued a notice prohibiting the flying of drones inside Madhapur police station limits on Friday, November 22. The notice…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi flags ‘fertilizer shortage’
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday claimed that there is a “crisis of fertilizers” in the country and wondered how the BJP government has not been able to estimate…
- India
HC disposes plea of student who allegedly submitted AI-generated assignment
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a plea filed by a law student from OP Jindal Global University who had challenged the varsity’s decision to “fail” him…
- India
Calcutta HC stays suspension of 7 BBMCH medical students
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, stayed the decision of the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) at Siliguri in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district to suspend…
- India
Govt brought down violence in J&K, North-East and Naxal-hit areas: Shah
Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the BJP-led government at the Centre succeeded in bringing down violence in Jammu and Kashmir, North-East and Naxal-hit areas by 70 percent in…
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Letter to EC seeks ‘ban’ on removing burqas of women voters
New Delhi: A missive by Samajwadi Party (SP) Uttar Pradesh chief Shyam Lal Pal to the Election Commission (EC) regarding Muslim women voters has sparked off a major controversy with the Bharatiya…
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BJP spent Rs 500 cr on campaign against me: Jharkhand CM
Ranchi: A day after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren charged the BJP with “launching a whisper campaign to influence voters”, he hit out at the saffron camp again on Tuesday, alleging that…
- India
Nitish Kumar to chair key cabinet meeting today
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is scheduled to chair a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. This meeting is expected to address and approve several…
- India
RG Kar case: Court to record statements of cops initially involved in probe
Kolkata: Recording of statements of the Kolkata Police personnel, who were engaged in the process of initial investigation in the ghastly rape and murder of a female junior doctor of R.G. Kar…
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SC grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique in rape case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC), on Tuesday, November 19 granted anticipatory bail to senior Malayalam film actor Siddique after hearing his plea in an alleged rape case filed against him by…