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Voting begins for assembly bypoll in Suar, Chhanbey seats in UP
Rampur: Voting got underway in the by-polls to the Suar and Chhanbey Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning. There is a direct contest between the ruling coalition and the opposition Samajwadi…
- India
India tops list of countries with high maternal, newborn deaths: UN Study
Cape Town: Owing to its large birth cohort, India leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 percent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths, and 51 percent…
- Politics
India needs oppn that is not afraid of ruling party; Mamata should be PM: Swamy
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Subramanian Swamy said on Tuesday that the country needs a genuine opposition which is not afraid of the ruling party. Describing West Bengal Chief…
- India
Sexual Harassment Case: DCW issues summons to DCP over failure to arrest accused
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has summoned the Deputy Commissioner of Police of New Delhi district over failure to arrest the accused in the cases of alleged sexual harassment of…
- Delhi
Kejriwal House Row: LG seeks chief secy’s report on Delhi CM’s house renovation
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has sought a detailed report from the chief secretary within a week into allegations levelled by Congress leader Ajay Maken about “extravagant” expenditure and…
- India
Foxconn buys large tract of land near Bengaluru, BJP cheerful
Bengaluru: Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer and assembler of iPhones, has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The key Apple supplier has stated this in…
- India
All Cong candidates in Karnataka sign ‘pledge’ to deliver on party’s ‘5 guarantees’
New Delhi: A day before Karnataka goes to the polls, all Congress candidates signed a “solemn pledge” on Tuesday to deliver on the “five guarantees” promised by the party to the people…
- Middle East
Israel conveys willingness to partner with India in advanced technologies
New Delhi: Israel has conveyed its willingness to partner with India in advanced technologies. India has also expressed its interest for Indo-Israel bilateral corporation, and sought increased investments by Israeli companies in…
- India
Manipur in flames due to failure of ‘double engine’ BJP govts of state, Centre: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday blamed the “double engine government” of the BJP at the Centre as well as in Manipur for allegedly failing to prevent the ethnic violence in the…
- India
‘We felt scared, but college campus was safe’: BTech students on return from Manipur
New Delhi: Haryana native Sewak Ram, pursuing BTech at a leading engineering college in Imphal, heaved a sigh of relief after landing in Delhi from violence-hit Manipur on Tuesday. “We felt scared,…
- India
Heavy rains continue to lash Karnataka, one killed by lightning
Bengaluru: Heavy rains continued to lash poll-bound Karnataka on Tuesday, leaving one man dead in Belagavi district. The rains came as the state is all set to go for polls on Wednesday…
- India
Siddaramaiah hails SC observation over Amit Shah’s remarks on Muslim quota
Bengaluru: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday lauded the Supreme Court for objecting to the statements of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over Muslim quota during the election campaign in Karnataka. “The Supreme…
- India
Whether anyone has a fundamental right to marry? SC queries while hearing pleas for same-sex marriages
New Delhi: While hearing a bath of pleas for same-sex marriages, Supreme Court on Tuesday queried whether anyone has a fundamental right to marry, or is there no fundamental right to marry…
- India
Government bans apple imports if its price is less than Rs 50 per Kg
New Delhi: The government on Monday banned the import of apples if its imported price is less than Rs 50 per Kg. The directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) said in a…
- India
EC asks BJP to provide evidence of allegations made against Congress
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday issued a notice to the Karnataka BJP to provide “verifiable and traceable” facts by Tuesday evening regarding its newspaper advertisement that described the Congress as…
