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After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a selfie of him and Sonia Gandhi having voted during the sixth phase of polling for the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the photo was widely shared on social media. The claim: Those sharing the photograph took a dig at Gandhi calling himself a 'janeudhari brahmin', (thread-wearing...

Bengaluru: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has proposed to develop a "QUAD satellite" involving the partnership of India and the US. During his official trip to Bengaluru Friday, he visited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters and met with Chairman S Somanath and...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Saturday came out with Lok Sabha constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in the first five phases of the elections and asserted that there is a pattern in creating false narratives and mischievous design to vitiate the electoral...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday chastised former Pakistan minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain after he called for the defeat of "forces of hate and extremism" in the Lok Sabha elections, saying the polls are India's internal matter and it will not tolerate interference...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu cast her vote in the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency Saturday, officials said. Murmu reached the polling booth at Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, inside the President's Estate, around 9am, they said. After voting, Murmu held up her inked finger...

Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a cyclonic storm by Saturday evening and make landfall May 26 night along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, the Met office said. The cyclone is likely to...

New Delhi: Voting commenced for 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi, in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections Saturday. Besides the national capital, polling is underway in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, all...

Pune: The Pune Police have arrested Surendra Kumar Agarwal, the grandfather of the minor accused in the Porsche car crash that killed two persons in the early hours of May 19, an official said here Saturday. Agarwal is accused of allegedly threatening and confining the...

Ranchi: Nearly 11.74 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am in four Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand that went to polls in the sixth phase Saturday, officials said. Voting began at 7 am in Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi and Jamshedpur seats, and will continue...

Anantnag: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mehbooba Mufti sat on a dharna Saturday alleging that her party workers had been arrested to prevent their participation in the voting process. Mehbooba Mufti blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway...