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New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to roll out the first of pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list next week beginning with "10 to 15 states", including those going to polls next year, officials said Saturday. Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and...

United Nations: Concepts of democracy and constitution are alien to Pakistan, which operates under the shadow of the military, and it can't understand how the ideals are integral to Kashmir, India has said, demanding that Islamabad end repression in areas it illegally occupies. "The people...

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: A fresh low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal Friday is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 27 and may cause heavy rainfall across Odisha and some parts of West Bengal for three days starting Monday, officials said. Bhubaneswar...

Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): A Bengaluru-bound private bus from Hyderabad caught fire in this district Friday after colliding with a two-wheeler, leaving 20 people dead, most of them charred to death, a senior police official said. Among the deceased was the biker. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime...

Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): A Bengaluru-bound private bus from Hyderabad caught fire in this district on Friday after colliding with a two-wheeler, leaving 20 people dead, most of them charred to death, a senior police official said. Among the deceased was the biker. President Droupadi Murmu,...

Patna: The opposition INDIA bloc Thursday declared RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar assembly elections. Making the announcement at a press conference attended by all coalition partners, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot asserted that...

Patna: As the Mahagathbandhan prepares to hold a crucial press conference Thursday, speculation is rife that the long wait for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's wish to be declared the alliance's Chief Ministerial face may finally come to an end. The development comes...

Berhampur: Odisha Police Wednesday arrested 12 people, including former MLA and BJD's Ganjam district president Bikram Panda, for the murder of BJP leader and advocate Pitabas Panda, officials said. Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M told reporters that the murder was the result of "political rivalry,...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump extended Diwali greetings in a phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said he expected that both India and the US continue to "illuminate" the world with hope and stand united against terrorism. The phone conversation, initiated by...

New Delhi: Delhi recorded its worst post-Diwali air quality in the last four years Tuesday, with pollution levels spiking sharply the previous night as PM2.5 concentrations peaked at 675, while the BJP government attributed it to stubble burning in the AAP-ruled Punjab rather than firecrackers....