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New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, launched a pointed criticism of the Election Commission of India, accusing the ECI of undermining public confidence in democracy by 'facilitating' vote theft -- a claim that the Congress party has persistently made...

New Delhi: The BJP-led alliance has taken an early lead in the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, according to initial trends, as counting of votes began Friday for civic body polls across Maharashtra. The results are being closely watched, with elections held for 29...

Mumbai: Counting of votes for the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the high-stakes BMC, started at 10 a.m Friday. The process is being carried out across designated counting centres in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and other major cities under tight security. Early postal ballot trends...

Mumbai: Pilots' body FIP has served a legal notice to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) regarding the summoning of a nephew of Sumeet Sabharwal, one of the pilots who died in an Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad in June last year. In connection...

New Delhi: India is making preparations to evacuate Indians from Iran in view of the precarious situation there as the US has not ruled out any military action against Tehran over its crackdown on nationwide protests. India Wednesday asked all its nationals residing in Iran...

New Delhi: India and the European Union may sign the proposed free trade agreement as early as this month during the official visit of the top EU leaders to New Delhi, who will also be the chief guests at the prestigious Republic Day parade January...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: An interstate drug trafficking syndicate has been busted with the arrest of three people, including the kingpin who used his toy-packing business in Delhi to smuggle the contraband, an official said Thursday. The syndicate had trafficked more than 5,000 kg of ganja from...

New Delhi: India Thursday expressed its condolences to the people and the government of Thailand on the tragic loss of lives and injuries in the train accident that took place in the northeastern part of the country Wednesday. According to the local authorities, the death...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday spoke with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar regarding the safety of students from the union territory currently studying in Iran. The CM said on X, “Just spoke to EAM about the evolving situation in Iran. He...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday termed very serious the Enforcement Directorate's allegation that it faced obstruction from the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during their raids at the I-PAC office and the premises of its director in connection with an alleged...