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GUWAHATI: Assam’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Anurag Goel has issued a high-priority directive to all district election officers (DEOs) to prepare for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls before Election Commission (EC) releases its schedule in 15 to 20 days.The CEO’s order mandates that all electoral registration officers (EROs), assistant EROs, and booth-level…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Saturday set up an 11-member interim high-powered committee headed by former Allahabad high court judge Justice Ashok Kumar to “oversee and supervise the day-to-day functioning inside and outside of the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan and plan “holistic development” of the temple and its surroundings.A bench of Justices Surya Kant…

ISLAMABAD: Stung by the IAF chief’s assertion, backed with photographs and video images, Pakistan swung into damage control, with its defence minister Khwaja Asif rejecting the statement that India had downed multiple Pakistani fighter jets and one large aircraft in Operation Sindoor. Asif called the statement “implausible, ill-timed and a dangerous distortion of the May…

A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died after falling into an open sewer in outer north Delhi’s Khera Khurd village during heavy rain on Saturday morning, police said. The tragedy occurred around 10:30 am on Furni Road, while the child was playing outside his home. When his parents could no longer see him, they raised an alarm and…

Former vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Former vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that India will not compromise on its strategic or national interests and will continue to protect its energy security despite external pressures. The statement comes amid growing trade tensions with the United States.Speaking at the valedictory session of…

NEW DELHI: Air India on Saturday said that a data network outage at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport would cause delays in flight operations, including its own services, from the country’s second-busiest airport.The airline noted that the outage, which had disrupted check-in systems at the airport and delayed departures, has since been resolved. However,…

File photo: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar (PTI) NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday called for backing the Central government in the face of US President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hikes, describing them as “pressure tactics” aimed at coercing India.“The imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods is a…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a delighted moment with school kids on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan at his residence. He also celebrated the festival with the members of the spiritual organisation Brahma Kumari. Several pictures of PM Modi went viral, where school kids were seen tying rakhis to him. PM…

NEW DELHI: ED on Friday opposed in Delhi HC a plea by UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari against a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender”. The agency said when the order was passed in July, the trial court was aware of an assessment order showing property worth Rs 655 crore being surreptitiously…