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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has urged political parties to appoint more booth level agents (BLAs) for the poll panel’s ongoing special intensive process for electoral roll revision in Bihar, according to sources.The parties should not complain later, they said.“They should appoint more BLAs now rather than complaining later,” the sources told…

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with Ridhhaan Jaiin and Anvi Vishesh Agrawal at the #Unstoppable21 function in New Delhi on Monday. Next to him are Chetan Bhagat and Sudha Ragunathan, two members of this year’s jury What do you get when you put a group of prodigies together on stage, including a badminton sensation making headlines,…

NEW DELHI: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that the 600-year-old institution will continue after his death, a move likely to deeply influence his global Buddhist followers.Speaking during prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama reaffirmed that the institution he leads will endure beyond his lifetime. In a…

Representative image credits: ANI NEW DELHI: Studies conducted by the Indian council of medical research (ICMR) and the national centre for disease control (NCDC) have found no direct connection between covid-19 vaccination and sudden unexplained deaths in the country.According to a press release from the Union ministry of health and family Welfare, various national agencies…

NEW DELHI: Stating that the new criminal laws shall be regarded as the biggest reform since Independence, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said they will shift the people’s mindset from “what will happen if I file an FIR’ to a strong belief that ‘filing an FIR will lead to prompt justice”.Addressing the programme ‘A…

Setting aside key green provisions in view of national interest, an environment ministry panel has given “in-principle” approval to divert more than 847 hectares of reserved forest and ‘jungle-jhari’ land for construction of the 1,856MW Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project in Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir. Final approval will be subject to grant of environment clearance…

NEW DELHI: Boosting his chances of securing premature release, Delhi high court Tuesday noted “demonstrable indicators of reformation” in Santosh Kumar Singh, convicted in the 1996 rape and murder case of DU law student Priyadarshini Mattoo.Deciding a batch of petitions by murder convicts, including Singh, challenging the rejection of their plea for remission, HC asked…

NEW DELHI: Rail passengers can now avail all services through one superapp – RailOne – and won’t need to download several apps for their different needs. RailOne, a one-stop solution through which passengers can book reserved, unreserved and platform tickets, and track PNR and train status and coach position, was launched by railway minister Ashwini…

NEW DELHI: More than 30 years after it mandated a 200-point-roster system for earmarking posts for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in direct recruitments, the Supreme Court has now identified staff posts reserved for SC and ST candidates but provided no quota for OBC candidates.The judgment in R K Sabharwal case was delivered by…

NEW DELHI: In a double booster shot for country’s blue-water combat capabilities Tuesday, the last Indian warship to be constructed abroad was commissioned as INS Tamal in Russia, while an indigenous stealth frigate was delivered to the Navy by Mazagon Dock (MDSL). Both the 3,900-tonne frigate INS Tamal and the 6,670-tonne frigate built by MDSL,…