BSF opens Assam voting gates for families living outside Bangladesh border fence
SILCHAR: BSF personnel deployed vehicles and opened border gates early on Thursday to help at least 70 families living outside the barbed wire fence on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Sribhumi district reach polling booths and cast their…
Sunali fights ‘Bangladeshi’ label, but parents are on electoral list
KOLKATA: Sunali Khatun, a 26-year-old Bengali woman who entered Bangladesh as an “illegal immigrant” last year, has had her parents’ names appear on the electoral list, strengthening her claim to citizenship even as a legal battle…
ED traces real estate agents’ links with Bangladeshi netas, babus
NEW DELHI: The education ministry on Wednesday raided seven buildings in Kolkata as part of its money laundering probe into real estate developer Merlin Group, finding that the builder has links with some senior politicians and bureaucrats in Bengal.…
Assam, Puducherry record high voter turnout
Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday showed record voter turnout, which Election Commission officials said was a “verification” of the particularly intensive revision and special revision of electoral rolls and a sign of…
With just an hour left for Baramati contest, Congress withdraws
Pune/Mumbai: With just an hour left to withdraw the nomination, the Congress on Thursday finally responded to the demands of the Pawar family and Mahayuthy’s associates by dropping NCP chief and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s candidate…
Army contingent departs for Egypt to participate in joint Special Forces exercise
New Delhi: An Indian Army contingent has left for Egypt to participate in the fourth Indo-Egyptian joint special forces exercise – Cyclone-IV – scheduled to be held in Anshas from April 9 to 17.This exercise is a continuation of the two…
Chandrayaan-2 data shows water buried on moon for billions of years is stable: international study
New Delhi: A new international study involving researchers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), IISER and the Institute of Remote Sensing suggests that water ice deposits in the permanently shadowed regions of the moon are much more stable than…
‘Politics requires commitment’: BJP chief Nitin Nabin on TVK’s Vijay show; predicts Tamil Nadu result ‘surprising’
New Delhi: National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Nitin Nabin The Tamilaga Vitri Kazhagam (TVK) on Thursday questioned the viability of a supposed alliance with actor-politician Vijay and claimed that the saffron party remains firmly aligned…
Social media mocks Galgotias University ad after AI summit controversy
Assembly elections: Voter turnout in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry higher than 2021
Voters at polling station in Gorgat, Assam New Delhi: Kerala, Puducherry and Assam recorded higher voter turnout on Thursday compared to the 2021 Assembly elections, according to data released by the Election Commission.Puducherry recorded the highest…