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EC to meet officials to assess security along borders ahead of LS polls
New Delhi: Election Commission will hold a meeting with top state and Union territory officials and central agencies guarding the borders on Wednesday to assess the security along the borders ahead of…
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SC to hear next week plea for cross-verification of votes with VVPAT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear next week a plea by an NGO seeking cross-verification of the votes cast in EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail…
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FIR against SP leader in Kannauj for his objectionable comment against BJP MP
Kannauj: An FIR has been registered against a local Samajwadi Party leader for violating the model code of conduct for elections by making objectionable comments against incumbent BJP MP Subrat Pathak, police…
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Elderly, disabled voters weigh up EC’s ‘Vote from Home’ scheme
New Delhi: Gul Shivadasani of Delhi thinks the Election Commission’s ‘Vote From Home’ scheme for people aged 85 and above and those with more than 40 percent disabilities is a welcome step…
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Three ex-convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination return to Sri Lanka
Chennai: Three ex-convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, all of them Sri Lankans, returned to their home country on Wednesday. Murugan alias Sriharan, Jayakumar and Robert Payas left by a Sri…
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Mass resignations hit AAP in Gujarat’s Jamnagar ahead of LS elections
Jamnagar: Over a dozen Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including the party’s city Chief Kar Karmur, Deputy Chief Ashi Sojitra, and Ashish Katariya, tendered their resignations in Gujarat’s Jamnagar on Wednesday. The…
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World Bank raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.5 pc for 2023-24
New Delhi: The Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.5 percent in 2024, the World Bank has said, revising its earlier projections for the same period by 1.2 percent. The World…
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Arvind Kejriwal begins day in Tihar Jail by sweeping his cell
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been remanded to judicial custody in the liquor policy case, started Wednesday morning by sweeping his prison cell with a broom at Delhi’s…
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Dubai: India’s Consulate General organises labour awareness programme
Dubai: The Consulate General of India in Dubai organised a Labour Awareness Programme on Health and Financial Management coinciding with iftar for Indian blue-collar workers on Tuesday. According to an official press…
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Stalin slams BJP for ‘somersault’ on Katchatheevu
Vellore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said that the BJP has done a “somersault” on the Katchatheevu issue since the Lok Sabha polls are round the corner. Stalin claimed…
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Samsung to release new products globally at same time
Seoul: Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of home appliance innovations with the global launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products in a bid to offer synchronising consumer experiences worldwide. At…
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Amit Shah to campaign in five TN LS constituencies on Thursday
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Tamil Nadu on Thursday to campaign for five NDA candidates. He will reach Tamil Nadu in the afternoon and attend four roadshows in…
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3 bodies of Naxalites found after encounter in Chhattisgarh; toll rises to 13
Raipur: Three more bodies of Naxalites were recovered on Wednesday morning in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district where a fierce encounter took place between security personnel and Naxalites the previous day, police said. With…
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J-K: Gangster shot dead in encounter, injured officer dies during treatment
Jammu: A gangster has been shot dead in an exchange of fire with police near Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, officials said on Wednesday. Probationary Sub-Inspector Deepak…
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Goa Police file chargesheet against Bengaluru CEO accused of son’s murder
Panaji: The Goa Police have filed a chargesheet in a court here against Suchana Seth, the CEO of an AI start-up, accused of killing her four-year-old son at an apartment in the…