NEW DELHI: Upping the ante in its political battle with TMC over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in West Bengal, BJP on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to strengthen the ongoing process in the state as it flagged a host of concerns, including the presence of alleged infiltrators on voters’ rolls, and…
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated over two crore Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals as part of a nationwide clean-up drive to strengthen the accuracy and reliability of the Aadhaar database.Officials said the exercise is aimed at preventing identity fraud and ensuring that govt benefits linked to Aadhaar are…
Rishabh Pant, and Dinesh Karthik South Africa, the current ICC World Test Championship holders, completed a 2-0 series win to whitewash India at home. The Temba Bavuma-led side defeated India by 408 runs in the second Test in Guwahati on Wednesday.The result gave South Africa the biggest win over India in terms of runs in…
16-year-old national-level basketball player Hardik Rathi died in a freak accident at a sports complex in Haryana’s Rohtak on Tuesday after an iron basketball pole collapsed on him during practice. The victim, Hardik, had represented Haryana in multiple sub-junior and youth national championships.The incident took place at the Lakhan Majra village sports ground and was…
Speculations over former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s whereabouts are rife across Pakistan after his three sisters were “brutally” assaulted by the police for seeking a meeting with their brother last week.This comes as several social media handles originating from Afghanistan and Pakistan claimed that Imran has been mysteriously killed inside Adiala Jail. Untold Bravery in…
The Bihar win is the triumph of NDA’s unity and resolve, he said at a dinner meeting at BJP chief J P Nadda’s residence to felicitate party members from different states who were deployed in the Bihar campaign.Sources said Shah also heartily praised JDU members and emphasised that people have supported the “Modi-Nitish jodi” wholeheartedly….
Lucknow: While the municipal corporation started towing of illegally parked vehicles in Hazratganj and Lalbagh on Wednesday, there was no improvement in traffic congestion in the two prime commercial areas. Reason: shortage of usable parking spaces and poor conditions inside the existing facilities.According to the Hazratganj traders, the combined capacity of parking lots in Hazratganj…
Lucknow: Top Indian shuttlers K Srikanth and HS Prannoy, along with Kiran George, Tharun Mannepalli and Priyanshu Rajawat, advanced to the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi India International HSBC World Tour Super 300 Badminton Championship 2025 at the UP Badminton Academy on Wednesday. In women’s singles, top seed Unnati Hooda, Anupama Upadhyaya, Rakshitha Santhosh,…
NEW DELHI: Claiming RSS had opposed the newly adopted Constitution by burning the effigy of B R Ambedkar at a rally in Ramlila Maidan in 1949, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said PM Narendra Modi and RSS offering flowers to Ambedkar and reading the Preamble mark the biggest victory for the founding fathers of the republic.“Today…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru resident Saswat Biswas, who goes by the X handle Takezo (@TakezoInTheWind), has highlighted the plight of his 70-plus grandmother, who has been stranded at Doha’s Hamad International Airport for more than 24 hours following widespread flight disruptions caused by a volcanic eruption in Ethiopia.“Hi @airindia, my grandmother was scheduled to take AI2284 but…
