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New Delhi: The Election Commission's SIR exercise is a Method Of Disenfranchising Indians, the Congress said  Monday amid outrage over 33.13 lakh notices being issued in the national capital over discrepancies in details furnished by people in their enumeration forms. Most notices were issued for...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the Election Commission's decision to freeze the Trinamool Congress' name and party symbol amid a dispute between two rival factions of the TMC....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea of the National Highways Authority of India challenging a direction asking it to construct shelters for stray cattle across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Monday said his party will announce its alliance decision for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections by October 2, while asserting that the party is fully prepared to contest the polls and is working to strengthen the political representation...

New Delhi: In yet another horrifying case of crimes against women and children in the national Capital, a sixth-grade student was sexually assaulted inside a shop in Delhi's Sadar Bazaar area after she was restrained and her hands and legs were tied, police said on...

Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is set to witness a significant administrative change at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, with newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (Retd), scheduled to assume full charge of temple operations Monday. Jeetendra Mishra will...

New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Punjab Monday for a one-day trip, where he will participate in the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ (Drug-Free Punjab Campaign). During his visit, Chouhan will pay obeisance at Takht Sri Damdama Sahib...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President, Nitin Nabin, will undertake a two-day visit to Meerut and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh starting Monday, as the party steps up its organisational preparations and reviews its poll strategy in Western Uttar Pradesh. During the visit, Nabin...

New Delhi: Former deputy prime minister LK Advani, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Election Commissioner SS Sandhu are among the many prominent figures in the list of voters who have been issued notices for "discrepancies" in their details furnished under...

New Delhi: Semiconductor equipment maker ASML has started operations in India and plans to hire 20-30 young engineering graduates initially to meet its requirement, a senior official of the company said. Speaking on the sidelines of SEMICON India 2026, ASML Executive Vice President and Head...