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NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi‘s disclosure to back his allegations of rigging in Maharashtra polls is akin to “someone cutting the branch he is sitting on” as Congress and its allies won most seats where the number of voters had increased, BJP said on Friday.“This false (Maharashtra) narrative has already been rejected by people thrice and…

NEW DELHI: As EC stuck to its insistence on Congress’ Rahul Gandhi furnishing a signed declaration to the chief electoral officers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana, affirming his ‘massive voter fraud’ allegations, a commission official said the only other option for him, if he fails to do so, is to “apologise to the nation for…

KOLKATA: Arun Chakraborty, professor at Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at IIT-Kharagpur, Friday became the institute’s first dean of student well-being.TOI had earlier reported that IIT-Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty announced the appointment during the induction programme for the new BTech batch on July 26. The post was created to ensure students’ mental…

There was suspense over the fate of the India-US trade negotiations after American President Donald Trump said that there would be no talks till the tariff issue is resolved. “No, not until we get it resolved,” Trump said on Thursday while responding to a query on whether he expected more trade negotiations with India.A team…

NEW DELHI: A day after the Supreme Court found it worth examining whether ‘NOTA’ could be deemed a rival in a constituency where a single candidate is in the fray, the Centre strongly opposed the reasoning on Friday and said NOTA, being a mere option or expression, cannot be given the status of a candidate…

Primary site for E-Roll download for all states working without any issues: ECI NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday clarified that its primary site for E-Roll download for all states has been working without any issues.“The primary site/link for E-Roll download for all states is https://voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll?statecode=S25. The above site has been working…

Following NSA Ajit Doval’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, PM Narendra Modi spoke to Putin Friday, reiterating his invitation to the president for the annual India-Russia summit and underlining India’s consistent position for peaceful resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Doval had said on Thursday that the date for Putin’s visit, which has been on the…

NEW DELHI: “Siyawar Ram Chandra Ki Jai” and not the usual “Jai Shree Ram”, that’s how Union home minister Amit Shah began his speech in poll-bound Bihar on Friday. Shah invoked Sita while laying the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Janki Mandir, revered as her birthplace, a familiar strategy for the Bharatiya Janata Party,…

Rahul Gandhi; Election Commission NEW DELHI: A day after unveiling his “atom bomb” of evidence against the Election Commission of India (ECI), Rahul Gandhi on Friday posed five questions to the poll body, repeating his charge that it carried out “voter theft” in collusion with the ruling BJP during the 2024 Lok Sabha and later…

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia (File photo) NEW DELHI: At his farewell function on the eve of retirement, Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Friday described the top court as his “Hindustan” — a place where cases and lawyers from across the country converge.“Over breakfast, my wife asked me, ‘What will you miss the most after…