Patna: A controversy over the absence of CCTV cameras in the ballot-opening and vote-counting area has erupted at the Patna counting centre during the counting of votes for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats Tuesday. Congress candidate Dr Sanjay Yadav staged a sit-in protest, alleging a...
New Delhi: A day after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi reiterated call for 'Chalo Delhi' march slated for November 1, the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) wrote to him again Tuesday, pleading that the mega-rally be rescheduled after Diwali festivities. A...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Tuesday called on Liechtenstein Prince Alois and discussed bilateral ties and emerging opportunities under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA). Taking to X, EAM Jaishankar said, "A pleasure to call on H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Alois...
Kolkata: As many as 12 workers who got trapped in a coal mine at Pandaveswar in West Bengal's West Burdwan district were finally rescued on early Tuesday morning after a nightlong operation. The conditions of all the 12 rescued miners are stable, confirmed the Bharatiya...
Guwahati: Five people were allegedly shot dead at a hotel in Guwahati Monday night in a dispute between the owner of the property and its leaseholder, police said. The incident happened around 9 pm at Hotel Bilas Inn, opposite Bora Service on the arterial GS...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday left New Delhi for Cebu in the Philippines to attend the 13th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), scheduled to be held from October 28 to 29, with a focus on regional and international...
Washington: The White House said that the Trump administration was engaged in “productive talks” with India on a “historic trade deal”, hours after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the two sides had concluded most of the discussions and were fine-tuning the agreement. “Representatives...
New Delhi: The Election Commission Monday told the Supreme Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was undertaken in accordance with the law with the three orders on its roll-out approved unanimously by the Commission's three members, and rejected the contention that...
Washington: Meta Platforms Monday launched offerings worth approximately $35 billion and outlined a further $60 billion share-sale programme to support its Artificial Intelligence expansion. The combined USD 95 billion figure represents planned financing, rather than money already raised. The larger, future programme remains conditional. The...
Visakhapatnam: South Coastal Railway has cancelled 61 trains in view of cyclone ‘Arnab’, which is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast October 28. South Coast Railway announced cancellation/short termination/short origination of several trains in the interest of passenger safety. Visakhapatnam-Kirandul and Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Night Express...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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