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New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 starting Wednesday. The three-day conference is set to become the largest global gathering of its kind ever hosted by India in the field of...

New Delhi: Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking...

Bhubaneswar: The governments of Odisha and Meghalaya signed an agreement Tuesday to strengthen early childhood care, education and development. The agreement will facilitate mutual learning, capacity building, and exchange of best practices, a statement said. It was signed by Meghalaya's Community & Rural Development Department...

New Delhi: India Tuesday decided to withdraw the families of Indian officials posted in Bangladesh in view of the security scenario in that country. New Delhi's move comes weeks before parliamentary elections are to be held in Bangladesh. Given the security situation, as a precautionary...

New Delhi: Nitin Nabin Tuesday took charge as the BJP's 12th national president and wasted no time setting the tone for the upcoming key state Assembly elections targeting opposition parties on a range of issues including demographic changes as well as the Karthigai Deepam and...

Noida: The probe into the tragic death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who died after his car fell into a water-filled ditch in Noida’s Sector-150, began Tuesday as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) commenced its inquiry. The SIT was constituted on the directions of...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday told the Supreme Court that its order on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various states is legislative in character, lays down guiding principles, and prescribes documents needed. The submissions were made by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi,...

Lucknow: Lok Sabha is set to introduce a new attendance system for its members from the upcoming Budget session of Parliament that will require them to punch in their presence at the seat allotted to them instead of doing so in the lobby. Interacting with...

Kolkata: Roads were blocked, tyres burnt as protests erupted across several districts of West Bengal Tuesday over alleged harassment of people in the ongoing SIR exercise in the state, the police said. The demonstrations were held in South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Jhargram and...

New Delhi: India and the European Union are on the cusp of a "historic trade agreement" that would create a market comprising two billion people accounting for almost a quarter of the global GDP, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday. President of...