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New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that seizures in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have crossed the Rs 1,000 crore mark, underscoring the unprecedented scale and intensity of enforcement operations aimed at ensuring free, fair, and transparent polls in both states....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday orally remarked that the alleged interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation had the effect of putting democracy "in peril", observing that such actions cannot be brushed aside as a mere...

Kolkata: West Bengal goes to the polls Thursday, in the first of the two-phase high-stakes, tightly-policed Assembly election, where about 3.6 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in roughly 44,000 polling booths across 152 constituencies in 16 districts. Though there has been a...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Wednesday said the results of the Common University Entrance Test Postgraduate (CUET PG) 2026 will be announced April 24. The NTA shared the update in a post on X, informing candidates about the result declaration date. "CUET PG...

Imphal: Shutdowns called by different ethnic organisations severely affected normal life in 12 of 16 districts of Manipur Wednesday, officials said. All five valley districts remained impacted on the fourth day of a five-day shutdown called by a Joint Action Committee (JAC) protesting the April...

New Delhi: On the first anniversary of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Army Wednesday reaffirmed its steely resolve to fight against terrorism, and said, for acts against India, "the response is assured". On April 22 last year, terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists,...

London: The European Union (EU) Wednesday expressed solidarity with the people of India in commemoration of the first anniversary of the "heinous terrorist attack" in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 people April 22 last year. In a statement on behalf of the 27-member...

Kedarnath: Doors of Kedarnath Dham were opened Wednesday amid Vedic chants and resounding cheers of "Har Har Mahadev", marking a significant moment in the annual pilgrimage calendar and allowing devotees to offer prayers at one of Hinduism's most revered shrines. The temple was adorned with...

New Delhi: On the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday asserted that India will never bow to any form of terror and the heinous designs of terrorists will never succeed. The Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out an attack...

Chennai: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, initially referring to him as a “terrorist,” but later softening his stance and accusing him of “terrorising” political parties and the public by allegedly misusing government machinery and central agencies...