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New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's vote manipulation charge is unfounded as no appeals were filed against the electoral rolls in Haryana, nor was any multiple voting flagged when it happened, Election Commission officials said Wednesday. The poll body officials were reacting to Gandhi's claim that 25...

New Delhi: NASA and ISRO are all set to declare their first-ever jointly developed NISAR satellite operational on Friday, ISRO chairman V Narayanan said there Wednesday. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), said to be the most expensive Earth observation satellite ever built, has the...

Kolkata: The Border Security Force and West Bengal Police have reached a mutual settlement following Tuesday night's clash between their personnel in Nadia district's Chapra area over custody of seized Phensedyl, a banned cough syrup. On one hand, the ​​Krishnanagar Police District, under whose jurisdiction the...

Mirzapur: Six women passengers were killed by an approaching train at Chunar Railway Station Wednesday while alighting from the wrong side of the train, according to railway officials. The incident took place at about 9.30 am when the passengers got off the Chopan Express on...

Washington: In a landmark evening for the South Asian diaspora, three prominent candidates of Indian and broader South Asian heritage claimed resounding victories in high-stakes US elections, underscoring the community's growing political clout. From New York to Virginia and Ohio, three Indian-origin politicians, Zohran Mamdani,...

New York: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani declared that his victory toppled a “political dynasty”, as he quoted the words of former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru that with his win, the city has “stepped out from the old into the new”. Mamdani scripted...

New Delhi: India became the world's second-largest gold consumer with 802.8 tonnes of demand in 2024, accounting for 26% of global consumption, while the Reserve Bank of India's gold reserves increased to 880 tonnes, according to an SBI Research report released Wednesday. Domestic supply of gold...

Kolkata: A three-member Election Commission of India team arrived in Kolkata Wednesday to review the progress of the ongoing first phase of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The members -- Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, Deputy Secretary Abhinav Agarwal, and Principal Secretary...

Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): The death toll in the collision of a passenger train with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh has gone up to 11, officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred around 4 pm Tuesday when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger...

Jammu: A gunfight began Wednesday between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, according to official reports. "In an intelligence-based operation, launched in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police early this morning, alert troops of the White Knight Corps established contact with...