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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...

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday claimed that outgoing calls on her mobile number have been suspended without any explanation. "I am not able to make any calls since morning. There is no explanation for this sudden suspension of services on the day of polling...

New Delhi: Polling began for the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi Saturday, with people queuing up outside booths across the city from early morning to escape the summer heat. The early morning voters included Union ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Minister...

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...

New Delhi: A court in Delhi Friday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal, to four-day judicial custody. Produced before the court on the expiry of his five-day...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday convicted Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena. This marks an important development in a prolonged legal battle that has spanned over two decades between the two...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Friday urged the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission to keep the logs of EVMs safe for at least two to three years and declare the records of every phase of voting before counting so that no...

New Delhi: Over 11 crore voters will decide the fate of 889 candidates contesting in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections across 58 seats. Polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir will also be held Saturday. The election there was postponed...