Hoax aimed at mass panic: FIR
The Delhi Police Special Cell in its FIR registered revealed that the perpetrators of the hoax bomb threat letters received by nearly 200 Delhi schools wanted to "create mass panic and disturb public order. FIR states that the movement of these units to the schools "resulted in massive inconvenience," according...
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Biden brands India ‘xenophobic’ along with China, Japan
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Start training cops for new criminal laws’ rollout: Centre
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Clandestine ‘dole surveys' make poll panel see red
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Maliwal cries foul as L-G sacks 223 DCW ‘illegal’ staff
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BJP denies ticket to WFI ex-chief, names his son
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Not at home in Amethi, RaGa may try Rae Bareli
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Pak wants Rahul as PM to weaken Govt: Modi
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Prajwal ready to join probe; his family invokes truth, gods
On a day when Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the diplomatic passport and take swift action against the Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, the latter took to social media to announce that...
Amethi, Rae Bareli nominees may be named today
The Congress asserted on Wednesday that within 24 hours, the candidates for the Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies would be announced by the party's Central Election Committee (CEC), which empowered Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to finalise the candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli. "My expectation is that in the...
Cong takes another hit, two ex-MLAs quit party
Just when the campaigning is peaking for the May 25 polls in national Capital, the Congress which is contesting on three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi as per arrangements with INDIA Bloc partner Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), faltered further as exodus continued on Wednesday. Two former MLAs and...
EC upgrades VVPAT security after SC nudge
The Election Commission on Wednesday issued revised protocol for handling and storage of symbol loading unit (SLU) of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips against the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). This comes in the backdrop of the latest order by the Supreme Court which said, "After the completion of...
Mayday! Kids in 131 Delhi, Noida schools exposed to terror scare
In a scare of unprecedented scale, panic gripped schools in the national Capital and adjoining Noida after 131 of them received identical bomb threats through emails on Wednesday morning, triggering mass evacuations and massive searches as panicked parents rushed to pick up their children. The anti-terror unit of the Delhi Police...
Kolkata experiences 43°C burns for first time ever
Even as parts of south-western Bengal simmered in the vicinity of 45-46 degrees centigrade, Kolkata on Tuesday recorded its all-time highest temperature at 43 degrees which is six degrees above normal, said the weather office, adding the temperature is to go up in the coming 3-4 days Kolkata had recorded highest...
EC confirms voter fatigue in first two rounds
Days after suspense over the low voter turnout, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday came out with official data showing low voting percentage in the first two phases that concluded recently. A voter turnout of 66.14 per cent was recorded in the first phase and 66.71 per cent was recorded in...
