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New Delhi: The combined voters' list of nine states and three Union territories has been pruned by 10.2 per cent following the SIR exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh dead voters removed, data shared by the poll authority and its...

New Delhi: In a far-reaching move, the Delhi government on Saturday proposed a hugely reformist electric vehicle policy, which includes zero registration fee and road tax on EVs priced up to 30 lakh, massive proliferation of charging stations and a Rs 1 lakh incentive on...

New Delhi: All user fee payments at National Highway toll plazas across the country are being processed exclusively through digital modes with FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from Saturday, according to an official statement. The move is a significant step towards strengthening efficiency and...

New Delhi: The government Saturday hiked export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to Rs 55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to Rs 42 a litre. The duty hikes would be applicable with immediate effect, the finance ministry said in a notification. The...

Lucknow: More than 2.04 crore voters have been removed from Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with deletions largely concentrated in urban centres and a higher proportion involving women voters. Over 84 lakh new voters were added, taking the final...

New Delhi: An India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Jag Vikram, has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such transit by an Indian vessel since a temporary two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker...

Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old unemployed youth from Odisha's Bhubaneswar has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with alleged online radicalisation activities linked to social media platforms, officials said Saturday. According to a joint press statement issued by Suresh Dev Datta Singh, Deputy...

Mirzapur: A 45-year-old lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur Saturday, with the attackers briefly struggling to flee after their motorcycle failed to start, police said. The incident created panic in the area, not only among residents but also for the...

Mathura (UP): The boat that capsized in the Yamuna river Friday, leaving 10 tourists dead, 22 injured and five missing, has been retrieved, and no bodies have been found trapped underneath it, said a senior police officer involved in the search and rescue operation. The...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday conducted a raid again at the residence of former West Bengal education minister and former Trinamool Congress secretary general, Partha Chatterjee, in south Kolkata. On Saturday morning, the ED reached Partha's house in Naktala with a large contingent of...