JAIPUR: Accusing the Election Commission of colluding with the ruling party in Bihar, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday claimed that cash and benefits -- including Rs 10,000 to women -- were distributed to voters despite the model code of conduct being in force in the then poll-bound state. The former chief minister of Rajasthan termed the trends of the Bihar assembly election results disappointing and said pension payments and cash transfers continued unabated during the campaign pe

RANCHI: Security forces in Jharkhand have paid a heavy price in the 25-year-long fight against Maoists, with 555 personnel, 147 from central forces and 408 from state forces, killed during this period. Civilian casualties were even higher, with 1,925 deaths, peaking at 175 in 2007. Despite these losses, the state is now nearing the final phase of its anti-Maoist operations. A total of 999 Maoists have been killed so far, including 235 eliminated in 1,343 gunbattles with security forces. The rema

NEW DELHI: Emerging trends in Bihars assembly election results point to a landslide for the NDA, with Nitish Kumar the states longest-serving chief minister set to return for another record term. For Nitishs JD(U), this represents a clear rebound from its 2020 performance, aided in part by a record turnout of women voters, while alliance partner BJP is on track to emerge as the single largest party, consolidating its position in the state. The NDAs united front before the electorate, along wit

NEW DELHI: The emerging trends in the Bihar Assembly election results indicate a landslide victory for NDA, with BJP emerging as the largest party. The JD(U) initially led but later slipped to the second position. The election campaigns led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar managed to garner votes, from women voters in particular, and the wider electorate in general. The NDA alleged that incidents of crime and extortion would rise if the RJD comes back to power. The

NEW DELHI: Emerging trends in the Bihar Assembly election results suggest no significant traction for Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj party (JSP). The JD(U) workers in Bihar are targeting Kishor who failed to garner enough votes, if the initial trends are anything to go by. Prashant Kishor had declared that the JDU would never cross the mark of 25 seats in fact, that it would remain below 25 and that if it crossed this mark, he would resign. These claims energised JDU supporters, making them vo

GANGTOK: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital following nose bleeding and high blood pressure, was stable on Friday morning, a bulletin issued by the health facility said. Tamang was brought to the Central Referral Hospital on Thursday, following a minor episode of nose bleeding and elevated blood pressure, the bulletin said. He received immediate medical attention and his condition was promptly stabilised, it said. The chief minister is currently u

SRINAGAR: As the Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with teams from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and central intelligence agencies, intensify their probe into an inter-state white-collar militant network allegedly involving medical professionals and linked to the recent Delhi blast , Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has urged the public to take a firm stand against terror sympathisers in the Union Territory. Addressing a special convocation ceremony at the University of Jammu on Thursday, Lt Governor Sin

Early trends from bypolls across seven states on Friday pointed to tight contests, heavy security deployment and brisk counting across multiple Assembly seats. Jubilee Hills bypoll Over in Telanganas Jubilee Hills, after completion of four rounds of counting, Congress candidate Naveen Kumar Yadav is leading by 9,147 votes over BRS Maganti Sunitha. With 48.49% turnout, counting is spread across 10 rounds, while BJPs Lankala Deepak Reddy trails far behind. Nuapada bypoll In Nuapada, counting began

Early trends from bypolls across seven states on Friday pointed to tight contests, heavy security deployment and brisk counting across multiple Assembly seats. Jubilee Hills bypoll Over in Telanganas Jubilee Hills, after completion of four rounds of counting, Congress candidate Naveen Kumar Yadav is leading by 9,147 votes over BRS Maganti Sunitha. With 48.49% turnout, counting is spread across 10 rounds, while BJPs Lankala Deepak Reddy trails far behind. Nuapada bypoll In Nuapada, counting began

NEW DELHI: The initial rounds of counting in Bihars high-stakes assembly election shows the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) taking an early lead, moving towards a potential landslide victory. The alliance is gaining leads in around 166167 seats. As projected by the exit polls, Bihar seems poised to return the NDA to power. One of the key factors tilting the election in favour of the NDA has been the massive turnout of women voters. More than 2.5 crore women cast their votes outnumberin

BENGALURU: A total of 373 students were accommodated, against the sanctioned strength of 275, which made their stay miserable. In each room, 6 to 7 students have been allowed, as against the prescribed limit of 4 students. Therefore, four students are sleeping on the cots, and the remaining are on the floor, leading to health complications. Many cots have no beds. These are the findings of Lokayukta Justice B S Patil when he paid a surprise visit to the Government Science College Boys' Hostel on

RANCHI: The Jharkhand government is set to celebrate the states silver jubilee foundation day on November 15 with a massive development push, launching and laying foundation stones for 166 projects worth Rs 5,992 crore. Chief Minister Hemant Soren will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for major infrastructure works, including degree colleges, hospitals, sports complexes, hostels, and roads, during a grand event at Morhabadi Ground in Ranchi. According to official sources, the highest num

MUMBAI: An accused in a mephedrone seizure case has told Mumbai Police that he used to organise rave parties in the country and abroad for film and fashion celebrities as well as gangsters, officials have said. Mohammed Salim Mohammed Suhail Shaikh, deported from Dubai last month, is currently in the custody of the Ghatkopar unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC). The officials claimed that during interrogation, Shaikh alleged that he used to organise drug parties in the country and abroad, which

PUNE: The Inspector General Registration (IGR) has suspended an official and ordered a high-level probe after a 15-acre government plot in Pune district belonging to the Animal Husbandry Department was allegedly sold in violation of state rules. The land located in Tathawade in Pimpri Chinchwad was sold for Rs 33 crore despite it being classified as non-transferable, officials said on Thursday. The property cannot be sold without prior approval from the state government, they said. The IGR suspe

As the counting of votes for bypolls to two Assembly seats in J&K begins, it would be interesting to see if the ruling National Conference overcomes the strong anti-incumbency factor and retains its traditional stronghold of Budgam or loses it for the first time. The bypolls to Budgam Assembly seat (in Kashmir) and Nagrota (in Jammu) were held on November 11 with 50.01% polling recorded in Budgam and 74.82% in Nagrota. The bypolls were necessitated after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah vacated the

BENGALURU: Researchers from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday shared the latest update on the Chandrayaan-3 mission. The ISRO team said the Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has entered the Moon Sphere of Influence (MSI), the region around the moon where gravity is at the optimum, which affects all objects around it. ISRO said the PM entered the MSI on November 4, and at 7.23 UT on November 6, the first lunar flyby event was reported. This is outside Indian Deep Space N

UNITED NATIONS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief's assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India's growth. Good to meet with UNSG @antonioguterres in New York today. Valued his assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism. Also appreciated his perspectives on various regional hotspots, Jaish

SRINAGAR: In an early morning operation, security forces demolished the house of Dr Umar Nabi, who was behind the wheel of the car that exploded near Delhis Red Fort on Monday evening. The house of Dr Umar Nabi at Quil village in Pulwama in south Kashmir was demolished by security forces in the early hours today. An IED was used to demolish the house to send a strong message against militants and militancy, police sources said. Before demolishing the house, the family members were taken out of t

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately chair an all-party meeting in the aftermath of the Delhi blast and asked whether the new normal doctrine defined by the government following the Pahalgam attack of treating any future terror strike as an act of war stands. The opposition party also demanded that the winter session of Parliament, scheduled to start on December 1, be advanced so that there could be a debate on the ghastly incident. Co

NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has said that Covid-19 testing will no longer be mandatory for asymptomatic donors and recipients in organ transplants, except for lung transplants. The move is aimed at improving Indias organ donation rate, which remains low. Officials said organs of donors without symptoms were being discarded earlier because of positive Covid-19 reports, leading to the loss of organs that could have saved many lives. The revised national transplant guidelines for Covid-19

Mirzapur, Agra clinch water awards UP won two honours in the sixth edition of the National Water Awards 2024. Mirzapur was declared the Best District in the northern zone for effective implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission and Atal Bhujal Yojana. The district revived reservoirs, built drains and expanded irrigation in rural areas with strong support from panchayats and local residents. Community-driven efforts in rainwater harvesting and pond rejuvenation helped villages increase groundwater

NEW DELHI: Fridaythe day of vote counting for the Bihar Assembly electionwill decide whether it turns out to be a good Friday or a bad one for leaders across both alliances, the ruling NDA and the Opposition Mahagathbandhan. By Friday afternoon, the results will make it clear who is coming to power. For the JD(U)-led NDA, this election is crucial. If the NDA wins, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will continue for a tenth term, becoming Bihars longest-serving leader. A victory will also reaffirm his

NEW DELHI: As the countdown begins, its a battle of nerves for the Mahagathbandhan, the Opposition bloc led by the RJD, Congress, and Left parties struggling to stage a comeback against the NDA. While all exit polls have painted a gloomy picture for the alliance, its CM face Tejashwi Yadav has exuded confidence that the people of Bihar have voted for change. Yadavs optimism perhaps stems from the alliances manifesto promise of job creation, increased social spending, and other welfare measures t

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) Thursday hit out at the Election Commission (EC) and threatened to organise protests after UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) disclosed that Aadhaar numbers of around 34 lakh dead people in West Bengal have been deactivated. Assembly elections in the state are scheduled for April-May next year. It is learnt that the UIDAI has recently held a meeting with officials of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwals office and informed the

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain two applications filed by Tamil Nadu against Karnatakas move to construct a new reservoir at Mekedatu across the inter-state river Cauvery calling them premature. While the first application challenged the permission granted by the Central Water Commission (CWC) to Karnataka for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR), the second application was against the execution of the Mekedatu project, seeking a direction to the CWC to return

BENGALURU: Dr Umar Un Nabi , who blew up a white Hyundai i20 car with him behind the wheel near Red Fort on November 10, was probably recruited and later trained as a fidayeen (suicide bomber) by the Masood Azhar-led Jaish-e-Mohammed much before the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, said well placed sources on condition of anonymity. Born on February 24, 1989, Umar completed his MD in Medicine at the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, and later served as a senior resident at GMC, Anan

Counting of votes in Bihars high-stakes assembly election begins at 8 a.m., as the state decides whether Nitish Kumar wins a record fifth term or Tejashwi Yadav leads the opposition back to power. Bihar recorded a historic 67.13% turnout in the two-phase election to its 243-member assembly on November 6 and 11, as women outnumbered men at the polls, voting 71.78% to 62.98%. The Election Commission has set up 46 counting centres across 38 districts, where ballots will decide the fate of 2,616 can

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the RSS has engaged one of Pakistan's official lobbying arms to espouse its interests in the US, and said this is hardly the first time that the Sangh has etrayed national interest. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) categorically rejected the Congress's charge. RSS national media and publicity department head Sunil Ambekar said, The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh works in Bharat and has not engaged any lobbying firm in the United States of Ameri

PATNA: The opposition INDIA bloc in Bihar, led by its Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, on Thursday voiced apprehension of a conspiracy during the counting of votes for the state assembly polls, allegedly at the behest of the ruling NDA. At a press conference here hours before the commencement of counting, Yadav, who was accompanied by CPI-ML Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and AICC in charge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru, among others, appealed to the Election Commissi

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh will hold a national referendum early next year to decide on the implementation of the July Charter, a sweeping state reform agenda drafted following last years deadly student-led uprising. The vote will take place on the same day as the national parliamentary election in the first half of February, interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus announced on Thursday. In a televised address, Nobel laureate Yunus said the decision aimed to make the electoral process more in

PATNA: RJD leader Sunil Kumar was on Thursday booked for making 'inflammatory remarks', a day ahead of the counting of votes polled in the Bihar assembly elections, police said. Counting will begin at 8 am on Friday at 46 centres across 38 districts of the state. Speaking to reporters here earlier in the day, Kumar had said, People have voted for a change. Tejashwi Yadav's government will be formed in 2025. In 2020, the counting was halted for four hours, and if something like that happens this

JAIPUR: Assam Congress in-charge and former Minister of State for Home Affairs Bhanwar Jitendra Singh is set to face trial in Delhis Rouse Avenue Court for allegedly failing to return a painting by renowned artist Maqbool Fida Husain (M.F. Husain). According to the complaint, Singh, a member of Alwars erstwhile royal family, had borrowed the artwork from then Congress MP Prabha Thakur in 2014. Despite repeated requests from Thakur and her family, the painting was allegedly never returned. Prabha

NEW DELHI: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) revokedthe membership of Al Falah University, which is under the scanner in connection with the Red Fort blast case , on Thursday, officials confirmed. It is intimated that, as per the Bye-laws of the Association of Indian Universities(AIU), all universities shall be treated as members as long as they remain in good standing, said AIU Secretary General, Pankaj Mittal, to PTI. However, it has come to notice that Al Falah University, Faridaba

BHOPAL: The ongoing investigation into the November 10 Delhi blastFaridabad terror module case has now extended to the Mhow town in Madhya Pradeshs Indore district. Investigators from Delhi are reportedly in constant touch with the local police to gather information about the past of Al-Falah Universitys founder and chairman, Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, who originally hails from Mhows Kayastha Mohalla. A senior officer of the Madhya Pradesh Police confirmed to TNIE on Thursday that Delhi investigators

At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a container truck lost control and rammed into several vehicles near Navale bridge on the Pune-Bengaluru highway on Thursday evening. Following the collision a few vehicles went up in flames, reports said. News agency PTI reported that a car got crushed between two large container trucks that caught fire on a bridge along the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway on the outskirts of Pune city. Eight to ten others were injured in the accident o

NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the car explosion near Red Fort is 'clearly a terrorist attack' as he commended India for being 'very measured' and 'very professional' in the way it is investigating the deadly incident. A high-intensity blast outside the Red Fort in Delhi on Monday claimed at least 13 lives. India on Wednesday termed the car explosion a heinous terror incident. Rubio said Wednesday in remarks to the press in Hamilton, Canada: Yeah, we're aware of the potenti

CHANDIGARH: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday examined a Maruti Brezza car parked inside Al-Falah University in Faridabad. A suspicious (Maruti) Brezza car at Al Falah University in Dhauj is being inspected by Jammu and Kashmir Police, Faridabad police said in an official statement. A Haryana police officer on condition of anonymity said, The Haryana-registered vehicle was found in the university parking lot, as part of the ongoing investigations as many cars parked in the medical college

NEW DELHI: Indias battle against diabetes is entering a new phase as diagnostic data warn of a marked rise in the disease among younger adults, experts said on Thursday on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. Type 2 diabetes, which was reported among older adults, is now increasingly being detected in people in their twenties and early thirties, a shift experts describe as both alarming and preventable. Dr. Ambrish Mithal, Chair and Head, Endocrinology and Diabetes at Max Healthcare and former Ho

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police have recovered a hand grenade and several weapons in two separate operations. In one case, the force dismantled a Pakistan-based ISI-backed grenade attack module with the arrest of ten key operatives. In another, police recovered two foreign-made pistols. Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, stated that Ludhiana Commissionerate Police had successfully neutralised a Pakistan-based ISI-backed module with the arrest of ten operatives linked to foreign

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Indias fight against TB is achieving remarkable momentum. Citing the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global tuberculosis report 2025, he said, it highlights that India has recorded a commendable reduction in TB incidence since 2015, and it is nearly twice the global rate of decline. This is one of the sharpest drops seen anywhere in the world. Equally heartening is the expansion of treatment coverage, the fall in missing cases and the sust

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the pilot is not being blamed for the Ahmedabad plane crash that claimed 260 lives. During the hearing on Thursday, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Central government, saidthat no blame was being attributed to pilot or anyone for the plane crash. Any interference in the matter may be counterproductive to the ongoing investigation by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviatio

LUCKNOW: The probe agencies investigating the Delhi blast and its suspected roots in UP have uncovered a plot in which the Jaish-e-Mohammad-linked terror module, allegedly comprising Dr Shaheen Ansari, Dr Parvez Ansari and others, was planning coordinated explosions in six cities on December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. According to top intelligence sources, the disclosure was made by Dr Shaheen Saeed, her brother Dr Parvez, and Dr Muzzamil, during their interrogati

PATNA: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Friday's counting of votes polled in the Bihar assembly elections , across 46 centres in 38 districts of the state, officials said. Schools in Patna will remain closed on Friday in view of the counting exercise, they said. Bihar had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent in the elections to the 243-member assembly in two phases on November 6 and November 11. A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral

PATNA: A political storm has erupted in Bihar a day before the counting of votes after controversial RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh allegedly courted controversy by threatening Nepal-Bangladesh-style Gen Z protests in the state if any attempt was made to commit irregularities during the counting of votes of the recently concluded state assembly elections. The counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly elections will be held on Friday (November 14). The election for 243 assembly seats was conducte

PATNA: As Bihar braces for the counting of votes tomorrow, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Sunil Singh on Thursday issued a strong warning to election officials, cautioning against any attempt to manipulate the people's mandate, otherwise he same scenes witnessed on the roads in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will be seen on the roads of Bihar as well. Singh claimed that in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, many RJD candidates were forcibly defeated, and urged vigilance to ensure such inci

NEW DELHI: With the exit polls predicting an NDA victory in the Bihar polls, JDU MP Sanjay Jha said that the opposition has already accepted defeat and is projecting a huge win for his party in the upcoming vote count. Speaking to reporters, Jha said, They know what the result will be. They have accepted defeat and started instigating their people. What kind of language are these people (RJD leader Sunil Singh) using...As per our assessment, we will register a huge win... Earlier today, Bharatiy

GUWAHATI: Nine more people were arrested overnight in Assam over alleged offensive social media posts regarding the Delhi blast, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. The Assam Police remain uncompromising against those who glorify violence, the chief minister said. After the first five arrests , Sarma stated that 34 others had been identified across Assam for posting offensive posts on social media in connection with the Delhi blast. He stated that the police would continue to ac

GUWAHATI: Speculation is rife in ethnic violence-hit Manipur over the possible formation of a new government, with the state remaining under Presidents Rule since 13 February this year. The buzz was triggered by the sudden visit of BJP national general secretary (organisation) B.L. Santhosh and the partys Northeast coordinator Sambit Patra to the state. The two leaders arrived in Imphal on Wednesday for a two-day visit, following demands from BJP legislators for the formation of a popular govern

JAIPUR: The Jodhpur District and Sessions (Revision) Court on Thursday overturned the ACJM (CBI Cases) court's order that had initiated murder charges against seven police officers, including Churu SP Rahul Barhat in the infamous Anandpal Singh encounter case. The court observed that the officers were performing their duty and that the encounter took place in self-defence. It further noted that deceased gangster Anandpal Singh fired first using an automatic weapon, seriously injuring a member of

LUCKNOW: Intensifying its crackdown on a suspected terror network across Uttar Pradesh, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the state police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained Dr Mohammad Arif, 32, in Kanpur. Dr Arif is a senior resident doctor in the cardiology department of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, a government institution. The special cell of the Delhi police also detained Dr Farooq, an assistant professor at the GS Medical College in the s