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Patna: A total of 42.31 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections Thursday, an official said. Gopalganj district recorded the highest polling percentage so far at 46.73, followed by Lakhisarai (46.37)...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Thursday directed the Bihar DGP to take immediate action after state Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha alleged an attack on his convoy by RJD supporters. No one will be allowed to take the law into their own...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu met the Women's ODI World Cup-winning Indian team at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital Thursday, and congratulated the squad for their historic victory. “Members of the Indian Women Cricket team, winner of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Information Commissioner Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has resigned from his post after a series of Right to Information (RTI) applications were reportedly filed seeking details linked to his brother. Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of the key organisers of the music event where singer Zubeen...

Fatehpur: A group of women carrying diyas and other material tried to perform puja at a disputed mausoleum site on Kartik Purnima, clambering over barricades and clashing with police when they were stopped, officials said Thursday. Police registered an FIR against 20 women after the...

New Delhi: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has once again busted Pakistani propaganda circulating on social media, which falsely claimed that an Indian Mi-17 helicopter was recently shot down in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir. In a fact check issued Thursday, PIB clarified that the viral...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Reliance ADAG Group Chairman, Anil Ambani, again November 14 for questioning in the money laundering case against the conglomerate, according to sources. The development comes close on the heels of ED provisionally attaching over 132 acres of...

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections covering 121 seats across 18 districts, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alleged a ‘deliberate and malicious’ attempt to harm the electoral prospects of the Mahagathbandhan (RJD-Cong-Left alliance). The ‘baseless’ charge received...

Chennai: In a major infrastructure upgrade aimed at eliminating traffic snarls at toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to introduce a camera-based automatic toll collection system on key stretches of the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway and GST Road. The initiative will...

Patna: A total of 27.65 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections Thursday, an official said. Begusarai district recorded the highest polling percentage so far at 30.37, followed by Lakhisarai (30.32)...