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New Delhi:  The Supreme Court Wednesday left to the Election Commission to take a decision on a plea seeking a direction to the poll panel to modify VVPAT guidelines so that each slip displays the precise time at which a vote was cast. A bench...

Thiruvananthapuram: Tension flared outside the rented residence of veteran CPI-M leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the wake of the Enforcement Department raids Wednesday, as angry party workers allegedly attacked vehicles carrying agency officials soon after the searches ended. Three vehicles accompanying...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the ongoing trial in the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence needs to be expedited and sought a status report from authorities. Ethnic violence in Manipur broke out May 3, 2025, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to examine a plea challenging a CBSE policy mandating the study of three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, for Class-IX students beginning July 1. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...

New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Red Balloon Aerospace Wednesday launched the country's first indigenous super-pressure balloon (SPB) carrying commercial payloads from seven national and international partners. SPBs are high-altitude balloons designed to maintain internal pressure higher than the surrounding atmospheric pressure, enabling them to carry payloads for...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the CBSE examination results have been marred by "massive irregularities" and demanded an independent judicial inquiry and constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth the truth behind the "entire scam". Gandhi posed questions to the...

New Delhi: Air India will reduce up to 22 per cent of its domestic flights amid rising operational costs due to high fuel prices, according to sources. The loss-making airline, which is facing financial headwinds, has reduced international flights by around 27 per cent, the...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Police Wednesday detained absconding Trinamool Congress MLA Dilip Mondal from Odisha's Puri. Dilip Mondal is an MLA from Bishnupur constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police detained him from a hotel in Puri....

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the power of the Election Commission to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the exercise "advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections". "The process that may initially appear exclusionary can, through appropriate safeguards,...

Pune: Two more accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officials said Wednesday. This brings the total number of people arrested to 13. The two accused have been identified as Dr Manoj Shirure, a...