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New Delhi: Bihar has registered an overall voter turnout of 66.91 per cent, its highest since the first state polls in 1951, the Election Commission said Tuesday, adding that the state also recorded the highest female voter turnout in its history. In a statement issued...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has accorded permission to the CBI to probe the multi-crore sub-inspector recruitment scam in Odisha, a statement said Tuesday. The state government had recommended a CBI probe into the scam, in which the Odisha Police's Crime Branch has arrested 125 people. "...it...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Tuesday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the families of each of those killed in the blast near the Red Fort Monday that claimed 12 lives. The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs...

New Delhi: Surendra Koli, the only convict in the sensational 2006 Nithari mass killings, is now a free man as the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted him of charges in the last such case and ordered his forthwith release if not required in any other...

New Delhi: As polling came to a close in high-stakes Bihar, Exit Polls Tuesday predicted a big victory for the NDA, with the Mahagathbandhan coming in a distant second. They also predicted a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj in its debut outing, forcasting...

New Delhi: The UK, France, Italy, and other countries have expressed solidarity with India and mourned the loss of lives after the blast near the Red Fort here a day ago. The US and France have also advised their nationals to be vigilant and avoid...

Raipur/Bijapur: Six Maoists were neutralised in a gun battle with security forces in the dense forests of Bijapur district's National Park area Tuesday, marking a significant blow to the dwindling insurgency in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police officials said. The encounter, which erupted around 10 a.m.,...

Lucknow: The father of Lucknow-based woman doctor, Dr Shaheen, who was arrested in connection with a massive explosives haul in Faridabad near Delhi, said Tuesday that he didn’t know that she could be involved in such activities. Dr Shaheen, who was arrested Monday, hails from...

New Delhi: In a major operation, two people were arrested and around 50-60 kilograms of explosives were seized after raids in Sector 56 of Haryana's Faridabad, officials said Tuesday. This development comes a day after a blast took place Monday evening near Delhi's Red Fort...

New Delhi/Muzaffarnagar:  Nauman Ansari, aged 18 from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, was in the city to buy cosmetics for his shop when the powerful blast near Delhi's Red Fort claimed his life. Ansari, who hailed from Jhinjhana town in Shamli, was the sole breadwinner of...