New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to hear Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. As per the causelist published on the website of...
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has directed the immediate replacement of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) for 79 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal as their selections have violated the ECI-mandated criteria. A communication on this count has already been sent to the West Bengal government...
Guwahati: Assam Police Wednesday resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse an agitated mob that hurled stones at vehicles carrying five accused arrested in the cultural icon Zubeen Garg's death case as they were being brought to Baksa Central Jail, police said. A few people, including...
Beijing: China has filed a complaint against India in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over New Delhi's subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries. The Chinese Commerce Ministry has alleged that the measures by India violate several WTO obligations, including the principle of national treatment,...
New Delhi: Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal will join the Indian delegation in the US tomorrow for trade talks, with India indicating its readiness to step up energy imports from America. In the past 7-8 years, energy purchases from the US, largely crude oil, have come...
Ranchi: ISRO chairman V Narayanan Wednesday, said the space agency has set a target of landing Indians on the Moon by 2040, while its maiden human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan' is on track for launch in 2027. Narayanan said a slew of ambitious space projects and...
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army alleged Wednesday that India is attempting to "mould" history by what it described as inventing ‘outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts.’ The statement comes a day after Indian Army's Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai Tuesday said that Pakistan is understood...
New Delhi: India's exports grew by 6.74 per cent to $36.38 billion in September despite global headwinds. Imports jumped 16.6 per cent to $68.53 billion. The country's trade deficit stood at $32.1 billion during the month. Imports surged due to the increase in imports of...
Kabul: At least 12 people were killed and over 100 others were injured in a Pakistani military strike on Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan Wednesday, local media reported, quoting the Taliban. In a statement shared on X, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid...
Mumbai: Actor Pankaj Dheer, who is best known for his portrayal as Karn in BR Chopra's popular mythological serial Mahabharat, passed away at the age of 68. His co-star Arjun Feroz Khan, who was seen as Arjuna on the show, took to the Stories section...
On yet another 6 December, one feels obliged to write about the most seminal movement in modern India and one...
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Andhra Pradesh seems to have decided that the safest way to navigate the future is to stop time itself, at...
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Tensions between the US and Venezuela have reached a seemingly critical level over what the US administration ostensibly calls its...
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Despite the newfound bonhomie between China and India in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, China is...
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