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Why JMM pulled out of Bihar election, which parties it blamed

NEW DELHI: Aday after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Monday announced that it is withdrawing from the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar after earlier...

Congress announces seven more candidates for Bihar polls

PATNA: The Congress on Monday released names of seven more candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls, taking the total number of candidates announced by...

NDA’s balancing act: Can Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan coexist? BJP walks tightrope in Bihar

NEW DELHI: The seat-sharing deal for the upcoming 2025 Bihar assembly election revealed a subtle but significant shift in internal power dynamics within the...

EC deploys observers to ensure free & fair elections in Bihar, eight by-polls

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Central observers to oversee the conduct of the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections and the...

Raj Thackeray claims 96 lakh fake voters in Maharashtra

Challenges EC to clean up rolls MUMBAI: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday alleged that 96 lakh fake voters have been added to Maharashtra's electoral...

Celebrate Diwali safely, in environment-friendly manner: Prez

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday greeted fellow citizens on the eve of Diwali and urged everyone to celebrate the festival safely, responsibly...

Shah approves Rs 1950.80 crore to K’taka, Maha for flood relief

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has approved advance release of Rs 1,950.80 crore, as 2nd installment of the...

Pragya Thakur says break legs of daughters who want to marry Muslims

NEW DELHI: Former BJP Lok Sabha Member from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, courted controversy on Sunday, as she was seen speaking in a video,...

BJP accuses Karnataka govt of ‘diverting attention’ by curbing RSS activities

BENGALURU: The opposition BJP on Sunday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of trying to 'divert public attention' from its alleged failures, by restricting...

SC terms pendency of over 8.82 lakh execution petitions ‘alarming’

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has described as “highly disappointing” and “alarming” the pendency of more than 8.82 lakh execution petitions before various courts...

Chandrayaan-2 detects first-ever impact of solar eruption on Moon

NEW DELHI: India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has achieved a groundbreaking scientific milestone by making the first-ever observation of how a solar storm, specifically a...

‘GST reforms not in response to tariff war, this had to happen’: FM Sitharaman

NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday denied that GST reforms were introduced in the wake of punitive tariffs imposed by the...

Mamata writes to PM, expresses surprise over appointment of interlocutor on Gorkha issues

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed surprise over the Centre’s approval to appoint retired IPS officer Pankaj Kumar Singh as an...

Avoid company of ‘sanatanis’; remain cautious of RSS, Sangh Parivar: K’taka CM

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday urged people to avoid the company of 'sanatanis' and remain cautious of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and...

India must produce rare materials: Rajnath

NEW DELHI: With China tightening export rules for crucial rare earths, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said, “India must produce rare materials used...

EC orders collectors to fix voters’ lists, plans to hold maha local polls from Dec

MUMBAI: In the wake of the Congress-led MVA opposition alliance’s request to the state Election Commission to not hold local body elections with defective...

PM’s GST cuts ignite record-breaking festive sales, set stage for Diwali boom

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s timely GST rate cuts have sparked an unprecedented surge in consumer spending, turning Navratri into one of the...

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel reshuffles Council of Ministers, 25 MLAs take oath

Harsh Sanghavi to be Dy CM NEW DELHI: In a significant rejig of the Gujarat Council of Ministers, 25 MLAs were sworn in as ministers...

ECI strengthens crackdown on cash, drugs, inducements ahead of Bihar elections

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India held a high-level meeting on Friday at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi, with heads of various enforcement agencies...

Tejashwi Yadav is CM face, says Congress MP

Mahagathbandhan stalemate over seat-sharing continues NEW DELHI: Even as stalemate continues in Bihar Mahagathbandhan over seat-sharing for the upcoming Assembly Election in the state, two...

Kapil Sharma in Lawrence Bishnoi’s crosshairs

Gunfire rocks Kap’s Cafe in Canada for third time NEW DELHI: Trouble seems to follow comedian-actor Kapil Sharma even across continents. Chaos erupted on Thrusday...

Gold prices likely to shoot up to Rs 1.50 lakh by next Diwali: Axis Securities

NEW DELHI: In its Dhanteras 2025 Gold Report, Axis Securities highlighted that the gold investors may want to keep their shopping lists ready this...

TVK ‘not recognized’ political party: EC tells Madras HC

CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India on Friday informed the Madras High Court that top actor Vijay's TVK is not a recognised political party. Niranjan...

‘Dalit oppression at its peak’: Rahul Gandhi visits Hariom Valmiki’s family in Rae Bareli

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met the family of Hariom Valmiki, a Dalit villager lynched by villagers in Raebareli, and said...

Bihar SIR ‘accurate’, political parties, NGOs want to ‘discredit’ exercise: ECI to SC

NEW DELHI: Contending that the Bihar SIR exercise as "accurate", the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the...

India will have its own space station by 2035; work underway on Chandrayaan-4&5: ISRO chief

VARANASI: Dr V Narayanan, the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), announced here on Thursday that ISRO’s future plans include work on...

SC to hear PIL seeking nationwide ban on online gambling masquerading as esports, social games

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a PIL filed by the Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) seeking directions...

India elected to UN Human Rights Council for seventh time

New York: India has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2026-28 term, marking the country's seventh stint on...

Govt issues clarification over EPF withdrawal confusion

Says 75% of PF balance can be withdrawn immediately after job loss NEW DELHI: In the wake of ongoing debates and confusion over EPF withdrawal,...

Tejashwi Yadav files nomination, claims Nitish no longer running JD(U)

PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav filed his nomination from the Raghopur Assembly constituency on Wednesday amid a large gathering of supporters. He was accompanied...

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