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NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday targeted the RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar for opposing the Election Commission’s directive to verify the identity of women voters wearing burqas, saying the opposition was creating a controversy for political reasons. He said the Election Commission’s guidelines on voter identification were clear and would be…

NEW DELHI: A woman Naxalite, wanted in nine cases of violence and carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday. The gun battle took place in the morning on a forested hill between Gufdi and Permapara villages under Gadiras police station limits….

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday upped the ante against Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, accusing them of letting the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government become a “puppet in the hands of foreign powers.” While addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia latched on to former Union minister P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari “revelations” and…