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NEW DELHI: Indicating good progress of Phase 2 of special intensive revision (SIR), the Election Commission on Wednesday shared that enumeration forms have been distributed to more than 42 crore electors across 12 states and Union territories (UTs), constituting nearly 82.7% of their combined 51 crore electorate.Also, over 99.9% enumeration forms have been printed, EC…

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday firmly denied Congress’ allegations that it has engaged “one of Pakistan’s official lobbying arms” to espouse its interests in the United States.Rejecting the charge, RSS national media and publicity department head Sunil Ambekar said, “The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh works in Bharat and has not engaged any…

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand government plans to open a medical college in every district, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Thursday. The move is aimed at increasing the state’s medical education capacity and improving healthcare access.Chief minister Dhami said the government is working to make Uttarakhand self-reliant in medical…

Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Seeking to ensure farmers’ access to high-quality seeds at affordable rates and curb the sale of spurious and poor-quality seeds, the Centre has proposed a new legislation and circulated a draft bill to this effect to replace the existing laws.The proposed legislation, Seeds Bill, 2025, is expected to be introduced…

Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Leaders across party lines in Bihar went into overdrive on Thursday as the state prepared for the vote counting of the high-stakes assembly election on Friday that will decide whether chief minister Nitish Kumar secures a record fifth term in office.RJD leader and INDIA bloc’s CM…

The investigation into the deadly Red Fort blast that killed 13 people on November 10 has unveiled a chilling web of terror networks spanning Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Kashmir. As agencies sift through CCTV footage, encrypted chats, and forensic trails, a clearer picture is emerging of how a group of educated professionals allegedly plotted…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that the growing culture of loyalty to political leaders over commitment to ideas and principles is weakening India’s democracy. Without naming any individual or party, his remarks appeared to question the trend of leader-centric politics – including within his own party.“Each party’s insistence on loyalty to…

Giriraj Singh (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday hit out at Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram over his “homegrown terrorists” remarks, accusing him of speaking in favour of extremists.Union minister Giriraj Singh said that Chidambaram’s comments amounted to “supporting terrorists”. “He is supporting terrorists. Chhi, chhi (disgusting),”…

NEW DELHI: A Turkiye-based handler, codenamed Ukasa, allegedly directed a terror module led by Al-Falah University professor Umar Un Nabi in a plot hatched in 2022.Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus announced that Dhaka will hold a national referendum on implementing the landmark “July Charter” for state reform on the same day as its parliamentary…

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (PTI photo/File) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that “not every resident of Jammu and Kashmir is a terrorist,” as the probe into the Red Fort car blast widened to Kashmir.“Not every resident of Jammu and Kashmir is a terrorist. It is…