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Election Commission acting under BJP influence to 'loot votes', Akhilesh Yadav in Etawah

KANPUR, Aug. 9 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India is working under the BJP's influence to "loot votes". Speaking to reporters at his... Read More


Giani Harpreet opts out, Satwant Kaur set to head breakaway Akali faction

AMRITSAR, Aug. 9 -- Senior SGPC employee Bibi Satwant Kaur is set to be the new chief of the breakaway Akali Dal faction as former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said he is ... Read More


Meerut man shot dead by nephew over property dispute

Meerut, Aug. 9 -- A 30-year-old man was shot dead by his own nephew in Meerut's Lisadi Gate area on Saturday morning, allegedly over an ancestral property dispute. The victim, Aslam, was returning ho... Read More


Election Commission revises remuneration of poll officers

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Election Commission of India (EC) has enhanced the remuneration for presiding and polling officers, counting personnel, micro-observers, and other officials. Announcing this... Read More


BJP resorts to mobocracy, chaos in the name of justice: TMC

Kolkata, Aug. 9 -- On a day when Kolkata experienced what the Trinamool Congress (TMC) called "pre-planned vandalism" orchestrated by the BJP and other political parties under the banner of 'Nabanna A... Read More


One dead, three injured as landslide hits Super Nyadi Hydropower Project site

Lamjung, Aug. 9 -- A landslide near Naiche village in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-6, Lamjung, killed one worker and left three others injured on Saturday afternoon. The deceased has been identified... Read More


In National Day message, Singapore Opposition leader Pritam Singh says nation-building 'not the work of one party alone'

SINGAPORE, Aug. 9 -- Nation-building is the responsibility of every Singaporean and "has never been the work of one party or one generation", said Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh in his Nationa... Read More


Pro-Khalistan graffiti in Amritsar: 17-year-old among two held

Amritsar, Aug. 9 -- Police on Friday apprehended two people, including a juvenile, in connection with the pro-Khalistan slogans that appeared at three locations in Amritsar city on the intervening nig... Read More


Uttar Pradesh to observe 'Partition Horror Memorial Day' across all districts on August 14

Lucknow, Aug. 9 -- On August 14, all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh will commemorate 'Partition Horror Memorial Day' with programmes aimed at remembering the 1947 tragedy, educating the younger generat... Read More


When oral histories become the archive

Kathmandu, Aug. 9 -- 10 People Stories' is a compilation of oral histories from the town of Panauti, written by Sunil Sainju and transcribed from Newa language to Nepali by Prashant Shrestha. The book... Read More