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VARANASI: A man accused of killing his lover’s minor son, who had allegedly seen them in a compromising position, suffered a bullet injury on his leg after he snatched the pistol of a policeman and tried to escape custody in Varanasi late Tuesday night.DCP, Kashi zone, Gaurav Banswal said a woman lodged a complaint about…

Sonia Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday sought to turn the tables on Congress over the latter’s campaign against alleged “vote theft” by making the serious charge that Sonia Gandhi got herself enrolled twice as a voter without renouncing her Italian citizenship.“Sonia Gandhi’s name entered the electoral rolls twice without meeting the basic…

AGRA: A 19-year-old woman from Aligarh was allegedly killed and beheaded by her father, stepmother, and step-grandfather in Hathras for what police describe as an “honour killing” on suspicion of “disgracing” the family. The three were arrested on Wednesday.Hathras SP Chiranjeev Natha Singh said, “On Aug 10, residents of Bahradoi village discovered a sack with…

LUCKNOW: UP vaccinated against rabies and sterilised 2.8 lakh stray dogs under its animal birth control (ABC) programme in 2023-24 and 2024-25. It also established 17 permanent ABC centres, with two additional ones approved for Lucknow and Ghaziabad on a comprehensive budget of Rs 34 crore.Taking note of SC’s latest directive on managing dog bite…

NEW DELHI: Sharpening his criticism of the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday remarked that he had had the unique experience of having tea with some “dead” voters from Bihar. Rahul and other INDIA bloc netas are all set to embark on a ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ starting Aug 17,…

PATNA: Minta Devi, a 35-year-old from Bihar, who unexpectedly became the INDIA bloc’s “vote chori” mascot after a data entry error pegged her age at 124, on Wednesday objected to the opposition using her name and photo on T-shirts to target the Union govt.“Politics is being done in my name. Who gave Priyanka Gandhi and…

KOLKATA: Election Commission Wednesday gave Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant time till August 21 to comply with its directions to suspend four state officers and lodge FIRs against them and a data entry officer. The officers, working in Baruipur East and Moyna assembly segments, are facing allegations of lapses in voter inclusions in local electoral…

PUNE: A 39-year-old voter’s name was found appearing six times in the electoral roll of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, prompting collector Indu Jakhar to order a probe.The name appeared five times in one polling booth and once in another booth in the same assembly constituency.The duplication, flagged by activists on social media, led the state chief…