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Islamabad: Political parties in Pakistan Sunday intensified their efforts for the formation of a coalition government after it became clear that the cash-strapped country faced a hung Parliament after general elections. The general elections were held Thursday, but the unusual delay in the announcement of...

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be holding a peaceful protest Sunday to protest alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has ordered repolling at certain polling booths amid allegations of rigging. February 15, repolling will be held at...

Chandigarh: Elaborate arrangements are being made to seal the Punjab-Haryana borders in Ambala, Jind and Fatehabad districts ahead of farmers' proposed 'Delhi Chalo' march February 13 to press the Centre to accept their various demands. The Haryana Police Saturday issued a traffic advisory and urged...

Islamabad: No clear victor has emerged from the divisive elections in Pakistan as the tardy vote-counting process neared completion Saturday, indicating that the elusive political stability for the cash-strapped country may still be a distant dream. The general elections were held Thursday and the counting...

New Delhi: Former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh as well as Green Revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday. The government had earlier named former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, a champion...

Bhubaneswar: Noting that Odisha has now become more than a 100 billion dollar economy, Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha Thursday presented an interim budget of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the first four months of the 2024-25 fiscal in the assembly. The state government...

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Assembly Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, which may serve as template for other BJP-run states to enact similar legislation. The Bill, which was passed by voice vote, was introduced in the BJP-majority assembly a day earlier and the opposition had...

Rourkela: Rahul Gandhi Wednesday alleged that the BJP and BJD have a ‘partnership’ in Odisha and the Congress has been opposing them to protect the interest of the people of the state. Gandhi resumed his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Odisha's Rourkela. In a brief...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in government recruitment examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore. Piloting The Public Examinations (Prevention...

Ranchi: The JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand Monday won a vote of confidence in the Assembly. While 47 MLAs voted in favour of the motion, 29 legislators opposed it in the 81-member assembly. Independent legislator Saryu Roy didn't participate in the voting process. Seventy-seven MLAs...