PATNA: Bihar set a new record on Tuesday with a polling percentage of 68.8 in the second and final phase, leaving political parties in a state of nervous excitement. The overall voting for both phases stood at 66.9%, the highest overall turnout since 1951. In the 2020 assembly polls, the turnout was 57.3% over three…
KOLAR: Recounting of votes polled on EVMs in Malur assembly constituency of Karnataka during the 2023 assembly elections continued till close to midnight in Kolar on Tuesday. This is the first time in the country that votes cast through EVMs in an assembly election are being re-tabulated, with the outcome set to be placed before…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP of ‘misusing’ the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to selectively remove Samajwadi Party supporters from the electoral rolls, former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday called upon party MPs, MLAs and MLCs to keep a close watch on the entire drill being conducted by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs).“The BJP is…
NEW DELHI: In one of the most dramatic reversals in legal history, 2006 Nithari serial killings accused Surinder Koli, who was sentenced to death by various courts in 13 murder cases and nearly executed twice, is set to walk out of prison a free man after 19 long years. After being convicted and awarded death…
Dharmendra is undergoing treatment at Breach Candy Hospital for age-related health issues. Before hospitalisation, his emotional Instagram post went viral, touching fans deeply. Family, including wife Hema Malini, and Bollywood stars like Salman Khan visited him. Daughter Esha Deol updated fans, thanking them and requesting privacy during his recovery. Dharmendra is currently undergoing treatment at…
Exit polls released Tuesday were unanimous that NDA will win Bihar and do so with a much more comfortable majority than five years ago. Some even projected that it could get close to a two-thirds majority in the 243-member assembly. The polls also concurred that Prashant Kishor’s fledgling outfit, Jan Suraaj, will have at best…
NEW DELHI: High to moderate voting was recorded in the bypolls to eight assembly constituencies spread across six states and the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with Dampa in Mizoram and Anta in Rajasthan clocking a percentage of over 80. Besides Dampa and Anta, the other seats that went to polls are…
NEW DELHI: As investigations into the recovery of explosives and assault rifles, and the Red For blast pointed to links of the accused to chat groups ‘Farzandan-e-Darul Uloom Deoband’ and ‘Kafila-e-Ghurba’ active on Telegram, senior functionaries in influential Muslim organisations, such as All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, claimed the outfits under…
Lucknow: Eminent human rights activist, poet, and educationist Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra, who passed away at 83 in Lahore on Monday, shared a unique bond with Lucknow.A communicator par excellence herself, she was in awe with Lucknow’s ‘zubaan’ and ‘zaika’ — a confession she proudly made at various platforms across the globe. As she once…
GURGAON: Al-Falah University, which started as an engineering college in 1997 in Faridabad’s Dhauj, is run by Al-Falah Charitable Trust registered in Delhi’s Okhla. It became a university in 2014 after UGC recognition. The trust is headed by Jawahar Ahmed Siddiqui, who is also chancellor of the varsity. The first medicine batch began in 2019,…
