SIR in Bengal: ECI team to review complaints on BLO selection anomalies

IANS | October 5, 2025 10:09 AM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) A team of the Election Commission of India, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will review next week the complaints regarding widespread irregularities in the selection of West Bengal government employees as booth-level officers (BLOs), despite them not meeting the selection criteria mandated by the ECI.

Karur stampede: TN Police constitute two teams to arrest TVK leader

IANS | October 5, 2025 8:37 AM

Chennai, Oct 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Police have intensified their crackdown on TVK leaders following violence during party chief Vijay’s September 27 campaign in Namakkal and the deadly Karur rally stampede the same day that killed 41 people and injured more than 60.

MA Yoga course to commence at BHU’s Department of Vedic Philosophy

IANS | October 4, 2025 8:43 PM

Varanasi, Oct 4 (IANS) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is set to introduce a two-year postgraduate course in Yoga (M.A. Yoga) under the Department of Vedic Philosophy, within the Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan. The course will span four semesters and aims to provide an in-depth study and teaching of the theoretical, practical, and experimental aspects of the Indian Patanjali Yoga system.