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New Delhi: India and Iran Monday signed a long-term contract for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port terminal at Chabahar in Iran. The contract was signed by India Ports Global Ltd and Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in the presence Ports, Shipping and...

New Delhi: A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray in 96 Lok Sabha seats spread over 10 states and Union Territories and more than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for over 17.70 crore eligible voters, including...

Gadchiroli: Three Naxalites, including two females, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district Monday, police said. An intelligence input was received that some members of the Perimili Dalam of Naxalites were camping in a forest near Katrangatta village in Bhamragad...

New Delhi: AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal Monday went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal staff ‘assaulted' her at the chief minister's official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received...

New Delhi: Students scoring above 90 per cent and 95 per cent marks in the CBSE Class-XII exams, the results of which were declared Monday, rose by more than 1,400 and 4,000, respectively, compared to last year. The pass percentage also witnessed a marginal increase,...

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police Monday booked BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K Madhavi Latha after she asked some burqa-clad Muslim women voters to show their faces at a polling station to verify their identity. A case was registered against her at Malakpet Police Station...

New Delhi: A voter turnout of over 40 per cent was recorded till 1pm Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories amid incidents of violence in Andhra Pradesh and reports of poll boycott...

New Delhi: Girls continued to outshine boys in CBSE board exams for classes X and XII while pass percentage and the number of students scoring above 90 and 95 per cent witnessed marginal increases from last year. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board...

Chaibasa: Security forces Monday thwarted an attempt by Maoists to obstruct voter access to polling booths by felling a tree and blocking a road leading to remote Sonapi and Morangponga areas of West Singhbhum district, officials said. "We received reports of Maoists blocking a road...

Kolkata: Polling percentage in eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the first two hours Monday was 15.24 amid reports of tension and violence in different pockets, especially from the two constituencies in Birbhum district. As per the records from the office of the...