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New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote-chori’ presser has put the spotlight on a Brazilian woman whose photo the Congress leader claimed appeared multiple times on Haryana’s voter list, with the Internet abuzz about her identity and a video reaction of hers expressing shock at the development....

New Delhi: The Left Unity coalition secured a comprehensive victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections Thursday, winning all four central panel positions and maintaining its dominance over the RSS-backed ABVP. Just a year after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) broke a decade-long...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court delivered a landmark verdict Thursday mandating that all arrested individuals must receive written grounds of their arrest in an understandable language, regardless of the offence or statute involved. In the verdict that strengthens constitutional protection for personal liberty, the top court...

New Delhi: Bihar recorded its highest-ever voter turnout during Thursday's first phase of Assembly elections, with 64.66 per cent of the 3.75 crore electorate casting their ballots at polling stations across the state. In a statement issued here, the Election Commission (EC) said the first...

Kolkata: A total of 1.73 crore enumeration forms have been distributed among the voters in the first three days of the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, which started Tuesday. However, confirmed...

New Delhi: A high-level delegation from the government of Ethiopia has concluded a week-long learning and exposure visit to India, which focused on understanding the implementation strategies of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), India’s flagship initiative for poverty alleviation and...

New Delhi: The first phase of Bihar Assembly elections concluded Thursday amid reports of isolated clashes, while the Election Commission refuted allegations of power cuts and bogus voting during the polling process. A turnout of 60.13 per cent was recorded till 5pm Thursday during the first...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its decision on Dabur India's plea seeking an interim injunction against Patanjali Ayurved's latest advertisement, which allegedly has portrayed all other Chyawanprash products as "dhoka". During the hearing, a single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia questioned...

Bangkok: The Indian Embassy in Bangkok announced Thursday that 270 Indian nationals, including 26 women, were repatriated from Thailand's Mae Sot city to India through a coordinated effort involving two special Indian Air Force flights. The Embassy of India in Bangkok and the Consulate of India...

Purnea: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that the BJP will try to “steal votes” in the Bihar assembly polls with all its might, and it is the responsibility of the youth to act against it. Addressing a poll rally here, Gandhi claimed that the...