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Lucknow: The draft electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh, which will be published December 31, is likely to have the names of about 12.55 crore voters, with almost 2.89 crore names deleted from the pre-SIR voter list. Those excluded will have a chance to contest the...

New Delhi: The national capital recorded air quality in the "very poor" category Sunday with an overall Air Quality Index reading of 390, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The meteorological department has issued an orange alert of very dense fog for Monday,...

New Delhi: The victim of the 2017 Unnao rape case, along with her family, and activists, held a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar Sunday against the suspension of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger's life sentence by the Delhi High Court in the case. Demanding...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday embarked on the Indian Navy’s indigenous Kalvari-class submarine INS Vaghsheer at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka and undertook a dived sortie, an official said. "The President is undertaking a sortie on the Western Seaboard. Chief of Naval Staff...

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Centre has provided an armed security cover to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal in the wake of a potential threat to him due to the ongoing SIR exercise in the state, officials said Sunday. A Y-plus category cover of...

New Delhi: At the 140th Foundation Day event at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi Sunday, Shashi Tharoor supported the views of his party colleague Digvijaya Singh, saying the organisation should be strengthened. Tharoor was seated next to Digivijaya Singh during the function at the...

Dhaka: Two primary suspects in the murder of Inquilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Hadi have fled Bangladesh and are believed to be currently in India, a top Dhaka Metropolitan Police officer said Sunday. Hadi, 32, was shot in the head December 12 during an election...

New Delhi: Supreme Court is slated to hear Monday a plea by the CBI challenging the Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. According to the cause list, a three-judge vacation bench...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that 2025 was a year of proud milestones for India, highlighting Operation Sindoor, which has become a symbol of pride for every Indian and demonstrated to the world that the country does not compromise on its security....

New York/Washington: The US and India ties in 2025 have been a rollercoaster ride as punitive and reciprocal tariffs, a conflict with Pakistan and stringent immigration policies strained and tested the bilateral relationship in a manner not seen in decades. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...