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New Delhi: Underscoring the importance of voter satisfaction and trust in the electoral system, the Supreme Court Thursday told petitioners who sought its direction to go back to using ballot papers not to suspect the efficacy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and appreciate if the Election Commission does good work. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the CPI (M) Thursday announced its candidates for one Lok Sabha seat and seven assembly constituencies in the state. The party named senior leader Suresh Panigrahy for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency. It re-nominated sitting MLA Laxman Munda for Bonai assembly seat in Sundargarh district. The party fielded Joganand Das from Nilagiri...

Mullanpur: Left-handed batter Rilee Rossouw replaces an out-of-form Jonny Bairstow as Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first against Mumbai Indians in match 33 of IPL 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium Thursday evening. Niharika Ians: Both teams have four points from six matches, but due to net run rate, PBKS are...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Thursday forecast that day temperature is very likely to be 40 degrees Celsius or above at most places over the districts of Odisha and likely to be above normal by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius over many districts of the state for next four days. No large change in...

Mumbai: Actress Janhvi Kapoor Thursday treated her fans to her picture of a ‘good hair day.’ Janhvi, who made her acting debut in 2018 with the Shashank Khaitan-directional 'Dhadak', co-starring Ishaan Khatter, has 24.1 million followers on Instagram. Taking to the photo-sharing application, Janhvi shared a casual selfie, wearing a white T-shirt and kept her long tresses...

Mumbai: Actress Athiya Shetty, who was last seen in the 2019 film 'Motichoor Chaknachoor', celebrated her husband and ace India cricketer KL Rahul’s birthday Thursday. Athiya, who is the daughter of film star Suniel Shetty, took to her Instagram and shared two pictures with Rahul, wishing him the best on his special day. The first picture is...

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Sydney: A 16-year-old boy was charged with a terrorism offence Thursday in connection with a stabbing incident in a Sydney church earlier this week. At around 7:10pm local time Monday, emergency services were called to a church on the corner of Box Road and Welcome Street in Wakeley, following reports of a stabbing. Officers found a 53-year-old...

Pune: Three-term Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule and her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar Thursday filed their nominations for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra's Pune district on the NCP (SP) and NCP tickets, respectively. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, husband of Sunetra Pawar, also filed a set nomination papers for the seat, which an NCP functionary...