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New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday said it has initiated preparations for forthcoming Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with updation of electoral rolls in these states along with that in Jammu and Kashmir. July 1, 2024 will be the qualifying date for roll...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister, G Parameshwara stated Friday that arrested Kannada superstar Darshan would not be given any extra facilities in prison when he is sent to judicial custody. Answering a related question from the media in Bengaluru, HM Parameshwara said there are general allegations...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others on a plea seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 counselling cum seat allotment process which is likely to commence from July 6. However, a vacation bench presided over by...

Hyderabad: In a huge setback to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), its senior leader and former Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the ruling Congress party Friday. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy personally visited Srinivas Reddy’s house to invite him to join the party. Srinivas Reddy,...

Amaravati: Senior YSRCP leader Mudragada Padmanabham has officially changed his name to 'Padmanabha Reddy', fulfilling his pledge made during the election campaign, after he failed to ensure the defeat of Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan in the recently concluded Assembly polls. The septuagenarian changed his name...

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defer the implementation of the three "hurriedly passed" criminal laws that are set to be rolled out July 1. Banerjee stressed having a fresh review of the laws by Parliament....

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday put on hold the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till it hears the ED's plea challenging the relief granted to him in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday said yoga is India's unique gift to humanity, and it has become far more important because of rising lifestyle-related problems. She, along with other officials of the President's Secretariat, also performed yoga at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. "Greetings to...

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the world sees yoga as a powerful agent for global good as it helps people live in the present without carrying the baggage of the past. Addressing a gathering at the 10th International Yoga Day event at the...

New Delhi: The Congress Thursday accused the government of "destroying parliamentary norms" by choosing seven-term BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker instead of eight-term Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh who, it said, should have got it as per the convention of naming the senior-most...