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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)...

New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the words of wisdom he shared with them after their 2017 World Cup final loss to England, saying that his motivation helped them work even harder and finally lift their maiden trophy....

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deal strictly with instances of third parties distributing enumeration forms on behalf of booth-level officers (BLOs) during the ongoing first stage of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which has started from November...

Patna: Voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections was underway in 121 constituencies across 18 districts Thursday, amid tight security arrangements at all polling stations. While the polling started on a moderate note at 7 a.m., Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was...

New Delhi: Intelligence agencies have been flagging concerns about the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate trying to explore routes through South India to further their drug business. The agencies have now learnt that the D-syndicate is tapping into the LTTE's network to take the trade forward. Intercepts...

New Delhi: A high-level global wildlife committee under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has recommended that India temporarily pause the import of wild animals until the country strengthens its permit and compliance processes governing such transfers....

Imphal: Security forces have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur while also arresting two inter-state drug peddlers and seizing 2 kg brown sugar from their possession during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. An official said that the security...

New Delhi: Dismissing Rahul Gandhi's claims of vote theft in the Haryana Assembly polls as "false and baseless", the ruling BJP Wednesday accused the Congress leader of raising questions on the Election Commission (EC) to hide his failures and defame India's democracy. Union minister Kiren...

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's vote manipulation charge is unfounded as no appeals were filed against the electoral rolls in Haryana, nor was any multiple voting flagged when it happened, Election Commission officials said Wednesday. The poll body officials were reacting to Gandhi's claim that 25...

Deoghar: Panic gripped the Belabagan Kalibari area of Deoghar Wednesday afternoon after a young couple was found dead inside their rented accommodation under mysterious circumstances. The deceased have been identified as Ravi Sharma, 30, and his wife Lovely Sharma, 24, who had been married for...