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New Delhi: The number of voters across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur came down by up to 13.24 per cent after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, data shows. The five states will go for assembly polls...

New Delhi: Days ahead of Diwali, the Supreme Court has allowed the bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) from 6 and 7 am and from 8 to 10 pm November 7 and 8. Diwali falls November 8 this year. A bench of...

New Delhi: Don't travel by air, the Supreme Court told a petitioner Monday while refusing urgent listing of a plea alleging nearly 700 per cent increase in airfares. An advocate mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta...

Mumbai: Filmmaker and social activist Ashoke Pandit has lashed out at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over its awareness campaign urging citizens to avoid bursting firecrackers during Diwali. The filmmaker questioned why the civic body does not issue similar appeals during other religious festivals such...

Hanoi/New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Monday met Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang and reviewed ongoing bilateral defence cooperation and agreed to further deepen engagement in the sector. Doval arrived in Vietnam Sunday on an official...

Mumbai: A civic campaign on eco-friendly Diwali has sparked a controversy after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) selectively pulled down a video message by actor Dia Mirza from its social media handles following objections from BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam. While Mirza's clip urging people...

Jaipur: Eight labourers were electrocuted when a machine being used during road construction work came into contact with an electricity line in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district Monday, police said, adding that five others sustained burn injuries in the accident. The accident occurred in Chhapoli village under...

New Delhi: In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, three of its leaders from the state, including Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh and two other legislators, joined the BJP Monday. Earlier in the day, suspended AAP MLA and former...

Chandigarh: In a major development in Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Amritsar North MLA, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, resigned Monday, following in the footsteps of two other MLAs who resigned the previous day. Singh, a former IPS officer, also sent his resignation letter to...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against media baron Subhash Chandra in connection with an alleged loan fraud that caused a Rs 1,322 crore loss to Life Insurance Corporation Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL), officials said Monday. Chandra is alleged to...