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Chennai: With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer KA Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in...

New Delhi: Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for enhancing road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy vehicles on such roads. A bench...

New Delhi: The government Sunday came out with a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the reservation for women in legislatures following the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota for women...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas. The ED officials reached the DCP's house on Fern Road in Ballygungat at 7 am It is reported that a search is underway at the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday warned the Congress and its allies that the women of India will severely punish them for "the sin of foeticide" after they killed a bill on women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies. In an address to the...

New Delhi: Undeterred by the rejection of their earlier notices, opposition parties are planning a fresh move to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said Saturday. According to highly placed sources, leaders from several opposition parties are in talks, and at...

New Delhi: The government Saturday said it expects any damage to agriculture from a potential El Nino weather pattern this year to be limited, citing improved irrigation infrastructure, higher reservoir levels and better-prepared farmers than during previous such episodes. The assurance came as Agriculture Minister...

Imphal: Two persons belonging to the Naga community were shot dead along the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2) in Manipur Saturday after unidentified armed assailants opened fire on vehicles heading towards Ukhrul district.​ A senior police official in Imphal confirmed that the deceased have been identified...

New Delhi: A convoy of 14 India-bound ships carrying crude oil and gas were stopped by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by firing at two of them while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz, leading to 13 of the vessels returning to different...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the Congress and other parties will have to pay a price for not supporting the bill for the early implementation of the women's reservation and asked Union ministers to expose the Opposition's "anti-women" mindset before the people,...