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The Election Commission (EC) released the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on Friday, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted over a month, in preparation for the forthcoming assembly elections.Whilst the consolidated list was not provided, voters can verify their details on the EC’s official website.Prior to the SIR commencement in…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that the criminal defamation case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor regarding his “scorpion sitting on a Shivling” comment about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 should be closed, Live Law reported.A bench, comprising Justices MM Sundresh and NK Singh, heard the matter and, commenting on the case,…

NEW DELHI: A former police officer has claimed that he was given the order to arrest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat to establish “Bhagwa terror” angle in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.Retired officer inspector Mehiboob Mujawar, who was a part of Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad that probed the case, claimed that the acquittal seven accused…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked citizens to share their ideas and suggestions for his Independence Day speech. Posting on social media platform X, the Prime Minister said, “As we approach this year’s Independence Day, I look forward to hearing from my fellow Indians! What themes or ideas would you like to…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has slammed the West Bengal govt’s decision to deny teachers who had joined universities in West Bengal from other states the benefit of extension of retirement age from 60 to 65 years on the parochial ground that they had not taught in state-domiciled institutions for a continuous period of 10…

NEW DELHI: The completion of the strategic Zojila Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir has been pushed back to Feb 2028 due to multiple factors, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, a terrorist attack at the Sonamarg Tunnel project, and extreme adverse weather conditions, the road transport and highways ministry informed the Lok Sabha on…

NEW DELHI: In its first-ever enforcement action in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the ED on Thursday conducted searches at nine locations in Port Blair and two in Kolkata in a money laundering case against a former Congress MP from the island and officials of the Andaman Nicobar State Cooperative (ANSC) Bank for alleged fraud of…

NEW DELHIl Parliament proceedings were disrupted on Thursday as opposition parties protested the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, while in RS, leader of the House JP Nadda accused them of displaying “double standards” by walking out when home minister Amit Shah started replying to the debate on Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, insisting that a reply…

NEW DELHI: On the eve of publication of the draft electoral roll in Bihar, based on enumeration phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said physical and digital copies of the draft roll will be given to all recognised political parties by the 38 district election officers (DEOs), to…