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Chennai: Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, will hold protests across Tamil Nadu Sunday to oppose the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. The party alleges that the ongoing revision has created widespread confusion among voters and raised concerns about the...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, one of South India’s most revered pilgrimage centres, will open Sunday at 5 p.m. for the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival season, marking the beginning of the Kartika month. With lakhs of devotees preparing for the annual pilgrimage, authorities have put in place...

New Delhi: The driver of the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near Delhi's Red Fort metro station on November 10 received Rs 20 lakh through illegal financial channels, sources revealed Sunday. A white Hyundai i20 exploded near a traffic signal on Netaji Subhash Marg, close...

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Sunday described the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee’s allegation that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata as “inflammatory, explosive and irresponsible”. Speaking to the media in the morning, the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal directed all district election officials Saturday to complete the collection of filled Special Intensive Revision enumeration forms by the end of this month. The instructions were issued during a video conference with district authorities, he said. "The...

Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated Saturday that Bihar voters had rejected what he termed the "Muslim League-Maoist Congress" combination and opposition parties promoting what he described as the "poison of casteism." Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, he said even the Congress' nationalist leaders who...

Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed Saturday that Indonesia has formally expressed interest in purchasing the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. "Indonesia has requested to purchase the BrahMos missile being manufactured in Lucknow," Singh said, addressing the BJP workers here. Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief...

Jaipur: The Ranbankura Division of Indian Army's Sapta Shakti Command conducted an extensive validation exercise at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan's Thar Desert Saturday to assess its battle readiness and operational efficiency. Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh, Sapta Shakti Command Army Commander, reviewed the proceedings of...

Patna: A day after the RJD was drubbed in the Bihar Assembly polls, party president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya Saturday announced that she was "quitting politics" and severed ties with the family. Acharya, a doctor by qualification, who chose to become a homemaker and...

Patna: Former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh, who has been in the news for his outbursts against the ruling NDA in Bihar, was Saturday suspended from the BJP for "anti-party" activities, a party leader said. Singh, who has been served with a suspension order by...