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New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday issued the official notification for the by-elections to three Assembly constituencies in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, setting the stage for polling later this month. According to the poll schedule announced by the Commission, voting for...

Kolkata: The deadline for submission of documents to the Election Commission of India (ECI) office regarding the right to the Trinamool Congress name and election symbol by the two rival factions in the party -- one led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Srinagar: Over 56,000 devotees had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave in the last three days since the Amarnath Yatra (SANJY-2026) started July 3 in Jammu and Kashmir. Over 24,000 pilgrims from different parts of the country paid obeisance at the holy cave Sunday, the third...

Mumbai: Six people -- five children and a woman -- were killed, and one person was injured after two to three houses in a three-storey kutcha chawl collapsed in Janta Nagar, Mankhurd, Mumbai. The incident occurred at around 8:30 pm Sunday. The injured person is...

New Delhi: A total of 58 engineering and technical colleges across the country were shut down during the 2025- 26 academic year for various reasons, although existing students will be allowed to complete their degrees, according to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)....

Kolkata: The Opposition TMC Sunday night alleged that barricades were placed with heavy police deployment outside the residence of former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to prevent her from visiting the family of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Baruipur, South...

Chandigarh/New Delhi: Two alleged shooters linked with the Lawrence Bishnoi-Harry Boxer gang, suspected to be involved in the murder of a gym owner in Haryana's Hansi, were killed in a police encounter in Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district, an official said Sunday. The operation was carried...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed the CISF Sunday to enforce a zero coal leakage plan to plug illegal mining in Jharkhand's Dhanbad area by forming quick response teams and setting up a multi-layered security arrangement in vulnerable areas, besides ensuring prompt action...

New Delhi: India's fertilizer supply chain has remained largely unaffected by the recent conflict in West Asia, with 15 of 20 vessels carrying fertilizers and raw materials for the country having safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said Sunday....

ChampawatPithoragarh: Flagging off the first batch of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Lipulekh Pass from Tanakpur in Champawat Sunday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the pilgrimage is a symbol of spiritual consciousness and national harmony. Amidst chants of Har-Har Mahadev, welcoming them...