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In this video, we cover the major shake-up as Raghav Chadha joins the BJP, protests by Telangana RTC employees, a new Opposition move targeting the Chief Election Commissioner, Iran war and more.

In a dramatic development, Aam Aadmi Party has suffered a major setback in the Rajya Sabha. Senior leader Raghav Chadha, along with six other MPs, has announced a move to join the Bharatiya Janata Party, claiming it as a formal merger under constitutional provisions. The shift reduces AAPs strength in the Upper House from 10 MPs to just 3, a 70% drop overnight. Will the Arvind Kejriwal-led party survive this defection? We explain.

Dharmapuri district administration reimagines sustainability and aesthetics, with decorations made of local produce, seed pens, sapling distribution and more at green polling stations

Data show the record turnout in the southern State was a consequence of the SIR exercise; while the State also registered an increase in the absolute number of voters who turned out, the provisional addition of roughly 24.8 lakh voters appears lower than the gains registered in recent cycles

The application sought a modification of an apex court order of May 2, 2012 and a direction to the Registrar General of the Kerala High Court to release or return the bond of 3 crore

Death toll stands at six; Indonesia has urged UN to launch a thorough investigation

The first flights to resume will be to Istanbul and Muscat

The stringent Public Safety Act allows detention without trial for up to two years. Police say the six miscreants were involved acts of vandalism during the student protest in Sopore after girl students accused a lecturer of inappropriate behaviour.

The defection in AAP has exposed the partys infighting and the crises its plagued with, which opposition parties immediately took advantage of following the defection

The bill had proposed allowing adults with fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death subject to the approval of two doctors and an expert panel

Nine people have been arrested in connection with the cases so far; of the six babies who were sold away, three have been rescued, says SP

They prohibit exports of dual-use items to the seven named entities or transfers of such items that originated in China by foreign organisations and individuals, the statement said

A case has been filed under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act

Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly placed those bets between December 30 and January 2, with the vast majority occurring the night of January 2 just hours before the first missiles would fall on Caracas

Key issues on the agenda include terrorism, extremism, and regional security concerns amid shifting global alignments

In the year-ago quarter, the bank had reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss due to years of misaccounting of internal derivative trades

Trinamool government has institutionalised corruption and Mamata Banerjee has worked only for the interest of her family and a select few people of south Kolkata

Opposition parties submitted a fresh notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, marking their second such attempt. The motion, backed by 73 Rajya Sabha members, was later rejected by the presiding officers for failing to meet the constitutional standard required for removal under Article 324.

Indian Union Muslim League, the second-largest constituent in UDF, seems particularly miffed that Congress workers are already lining up behind their preferred candidates on social media and in the physical world

The court tells Mukerjea, an accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, to approach the trial court where the case is pending.

India is now part of a small group of countries where content takedown notices are complied with immediately, giving police and the governmentwide powers of immediate and lasting censorship

According to the ED, its investigation revealed that there has been suspicious cash withdrawals using these foreign debit cards in Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected regions, including Dhamtari and Bastar region of Chhattisgarh

Despite 92.88% voting, historical trends show high participation has not consistently translated into anti- or pro-incumbency outcomes

This comes even as Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Lucknow on Friday that the Union government will bring an amended Seeds and Pesticide Management Bill in the upcoming session of Parliament

Warangal and Nizamabad in Telangana to get 151, while Tirupati in AP to get 300

The organisations of the two communities accuse each other of attacking first