New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday that over 50.11 crore (98.32 per cent) elector-specific Enumeration Forms have been distributed in 12 States and Union Territories as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase II of electoral rolls.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Continuing with its probe in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key associate who provided technical support to the terrorists involved in the blast, an official said.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New Delhi-based human rights body, on Monday, termed the conviction of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides as a "farce" and a "miscarriage of justice", alleging that the real perpetrators have not been punished.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday, highlighted a series of new initiatives and milestones achieved during the Bihar Assembly elections, marking what it described as one of the most efficient and transparent electoral exercises conducted in the state.
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, has once again written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the decision of the Union government to appoint former Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) and former Director General of the Border Security Force, Pankaj Kumar Singh, as an interlocutor for the tripartite talks over a permanent political solution to the longstanding demand for a separate Gorkhaland statehood, forking out the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong, and the parts of the plans in the Terai and Dooars regions in north Bengal.
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (ANS) The Telangana government has decided to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of 45 Umrah pilgrims from the state who died in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 17 (IANS) In fresh trouble for Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan, an Uttar Pradesh court on Monday sentenced both of them to seven years of imprisonment for the offence of possessing two PAN cards with different Dates of Birth (DOB), a lawyer said.
Guwahati, Nov 17 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Assam on Monday for a two-day tour, marking an important leg of the organisation’s nationwide programmes commemorating its 100th year.
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena received a major setback ahead of the Mumbai civic body polls after the state government re-appointed Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as the chairman of the Balasaheb Thackeray National Memorial Trust.
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Activists from the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) political party and its women wing Sindhiyani Tehreek (ST) continue to protest against the 27th Constitutional Amendment, corporate farming, new canals on the Indus River, honour killings and the exploitation of the resources of Sindh province, local media reported on Monday.
