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New Delhi: The Election Commission has rolled out an e-verification procedure to ensure that the provision to seek deletion of names from the voters' list is not misused. Those seeking the removal of names or claiming objection to the inclusion of names in the electoral...

Leh: Four protesters were killed and over 70 were injured in violent clashes between the security forces and unruly protesters in Leh town Wednesday as the District Magistrate (DM) imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS) Act, 2023. Chering Dorjay,...

Bengaluru: In a major development, the Karnataka High Court Wednesday delivered its verdict in the case of Elon Musk-led social media platform X Corp, formerly known as Twitter Inc, versus the Union of India, concerning freedom of speech and alleged unchecked censorship. The Bench emphasised...

New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election (ONOE), chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, Thursday heard detailed presentations from economists Arvind Panagariya and Surjit Bhalla, both of whom strongly argued in favour of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and...

Chandrapur: A 19-year-old student who scored in the 99.99 percentile in this year’s NEET exam died by su*cide in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on the day he was scheduled to leave for admission to a medical college, police said Monday. The victim, identified as Anurag Anil...

New Delhi: India, US talks are happening at different levels covering both trade and non-trade issues, an official said. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US for trade talks. He is accompanied by senior officials of the ministry, including special secretary and...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the construction of the 4-lane Sahebganj-Areraj-Bettiah section of National Highway (NH) 139W in Bihar across a total project length of 78.942 km with an investment of Rs 3,822.31 crore....

Leh: Clashes erupted Wednesday between protesting youths and the police here as protestors called for hastening of talks between the Centre and the representatives of the Ladakh region, pertaining to the demand for inclusion in the 6th Schedule, statehood and protecting the fragile ecosystem of...

New Delhi: In a major festive season push, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) worth Rs 1,866 crore for railway employees, benefiting over 10.90 lakh staff across the country. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the bonus, equivalent to 78 days...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the doubling of the Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya single railway line section, stretching across a distance of 104 km in Bihar with a total investment of Rs 2,192 crore. The project...