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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to implement a finger and iris biometric identification system at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party on their decisive victory in Hungary’s parliamentary elections, marking a significant political shift in the European nation. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Peter Magyar...

Thiruvananthapuram: Dismissing allegations of undue delay, Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Khelkar Monday asserted that there is nothing abnormal in the time taken to release Kerala’s final polling figures, stressing that the data is not being deliberately withheld. He said the figures would be published...

New Delhi: In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy. A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been...

Kolkata: A popular Hindi film industry number featuring superstars Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit has become the tool of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to spread the message of the Commission’s determination to ensure free and fair and violence-free elections in the forthcoming two-phase...

Surendranagar: Seven members of a pilgrim group from the Bharwad community were killed and several others injured after a speeding truck ran over them on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway in Gujarat's Surendranagar district in the early hours of Monday. The accident took place between Chharad and...

Raipur/Nuapada: In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing fight against Left-Wing Extremism, security forces have recovered a large cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from the dense Dhekunpani forest along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, successfully thwarting a potential major terror strike in the region. A team...

Noida: A protest by workers in Phase 2 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar escalated into violence Monday, as demonstrators demanding a salary hike clashed with authorities and vandalised property outside a private company. The agitation, which had been ongoing for the past...

Mathura: The death toll in the Mathura boat accident has risen to 15 after rescue teams recovered two more bodies of missing persons from the Yamuna River, officials said Monday. One of the deceased has been identified as Yash Bhalla, also known as Yuvraj, a...

Guwahati: Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) leader and candidate Kunki Chowdhury appeared before Panbazar Police Station in Guwahati Sunday in connection with a case related to alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during the ongoing Assembly elections in Assam. According to police sources,...