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    EC, Bengal govt lock horns over officers for SIR hearing phase

    Samir K Purkayastha
    20 Dec 2025 12:37 PM IST

    Election Commission mandates that hearings be conducted by SDO-rank EROs only and deploys central government micro-observers amid concerns over discrepancies in draft rolls

    Mamata Banerjee
    West Bengal
    MGNREGA workers
    Tamil Nadu

    VB-G Ram G scheme may get scrapped any time, says DMK

    20 Dec 2025 12:31 PM IST
    Karnatakas government Mangalya Bhagya mass marriage scheme
    Karnataka

    Why Karnataka 'Mangalya Bhagya' mass-marriage scheme fails to take off

    20 Dec 2025 11:15 AM IST
    Sreenivasan
    Obituary

    Sreenivasan’s legacy: Four decades of laughter, satire, and social insight

    20 Dec 2025 10:56 AM IST
    Seven elephants killed after Rajdhani Express hits herd in Assam

    Eight elephants killed after being hit by Rajdhani Express in Assam

    20 Dec 2025 10:47 AM IST
    Delhi

    Delhi AQI nears 'severe' category at 384 as dense fog hits visibility

    20 Dec 2025 10:08 AM IST
    Sreenivasan

    Veteran Malayalam actor-director Sreenivasan, 69, dies in Kochi

    20 Dec 2025 9:25 AM IST
    PM Modi

    PM Modi to address first rally in Bengal after release of draft SIR rolls

    20 Dec 2025 9:13 AM IST
    Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton

    US Justice Department releases partial Epstein files

    20 Dec 2025 8:49 AM IST
    protesters vandalise newspaper office in Dhaka

    Bangladesh’s violence has a design: How Yunus and Jamaat’s interests converge

    20 Dec 2025 6:38 AM IST
    The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill of 2025

    What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed

    20 Dec 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar

    Karnataka CM 'battle': Siddaramaiah, DKS differ over power-sharing 'agreement'

    19 Dec 2025 8:23 PM IST
    Congress cites historian Sugata Bose on Tagore

    Congress leader Jairam Ramesh flags ‘bigger conspiracy’ in MGNREGA law change

    19 Dec 2025 7:54 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi

    Rahul takes a dig at RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over ‘truth’ remarks

    19 Dec 2025 7:32 PM IST
    Voter list

    SIR drive: 97 lakh voters deleted from Tamil Nadu rolls

    Mahalingam Ponnusamy
    19 Dec 2025 6:58 PM IST

    In Chief Minister Stalin's Kolathur constituency, approximately 1 lakh voters have been removed

    Dhaka unrest: It is alarming for India as well, says student leader

    Dhaka unrest: It is alarming for India as well, says student leader

    19 Dec 2025 6:44 PM IST
    Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Avatar: Fire and Ash review: James Cameron’s big strokes leave little room for nuance

    19 Dec 2025 6:15 PM IST
    People gather to protest after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Bangladesh unrest: Fresh protests near Indian mission after student leader's death

    19 Dec 2025 6:13 PM IST
    Hijab-pulling row puts spotlight back on Nitish Kumar’s public conduct, health

    Hijab-pulling row puts spotlight back on Nitish Kumar’s public conduct, health

    19 Dec 2025 5:51 PM IST
    Ram Gopal Varma

    RGV praises 'Dhurandhar' as quantum leap, Aditya Dhar returns compliment

    19 Dec 2025 5:40 PM IST
    Reliance acquires TN heritage food brand Udhaiyam, deepens FMCG push

    Reliance acquires TN heritage food brand Udhaiyam, deepens FMCG push

    19 Dec 2025 5:34 PM IST
    PM, Union ministers, Priyanka Gandhi, others meet Speaker Birla after LS adjourned sine die

    PM, Union ministers, Priyanka Gandhi, others meet Speaker Birla after LS adjourned sine die

    19 Dec 2025 5:15 PM IST
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Press Adviser apologises after attacks on media offices in Dhaka

    19 Dec 2025 5:14 PM IST
    KN Balagopal, Kerala FM, Union govt,

    Centre again slashes Kerala’s borrowing limit by Rs 5,944 crore

    19 Dec 2025 5:06 PM IST
    Dense fog: Multiple flights cancelled across country; Chennai airport operations disrupted

    Dense fog: Multiple flights cancelled across country; Chennai airport operations disrupted

    19 Dec 2025 4:39 PM IST
    Delhi air pollution

    As Delhi chokes on smog, China shares ‘Beijing model’ to cut air pollution

    19 Dec 2025 4:25 PM IST
    People gather in Dhaka to protest after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising.

    India faces rising heat as Dhaka unrest strains ties with Bangladesh

    19 Dec 2025 4:18 PM IST
    Bhavana Menon, Malayalam films

    Bhavana hits out at online defamation in an emotional post

    19 Dec 2025 3:54 PM IST
    Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh over alleged remarks on Islam amid anti-India protests

    Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh over alleged remarks on Islam amid anti-India protests

    19 Dec 2025 2:48 PM IST
    Thailand tops list as millennials, Gen Z drive 90% of India’s outbound travel in 2025

    Thailand tops list as millennials, Gen Z drive 90% of India’s outbound travel in 2025

    19 Dec 2025 2:26 PM IST
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