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3:55 PM

Election news update: Maharashtra to vote on Nov 20, results on Nov 23, says ECI

3:50 PM

News update: Over 26 million voters in Jharkhand, says CEC

3:47 PM

News update: Over 100,000 polling stations for Maharashtra Assembly polls, says ECI

3:43 PM

News update: No repolls or violence in J-K, Haryana, says CEC

3:41 PM

News update: People's participation in electoral process led to historic moment in J-K, says CEC

3:39 PM

News update: Indian democracy setting gold standards for the world, says ECI

3:31 PM

News update: Air India Express flight makes emergency landing in UP's Ayodhya airport following bomb threat

3:18 PM

Poll panel briefing on Maharashtra, Jharkhand polls to begin afternoon

The Maharashtra poll schedule was initially expected to coincide with those in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. However, the Election Commission decided to separate the schedules. 

3:01 PM

One more person arrested in Baba Siddique murder case

The Mumbai police have taken into one more person in connection with the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, officials said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Harishkumar Balakram (23), hailing from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. Balakram was working as a scrap dealer in Maharashtra's Pune, he said, adding the accused was also part of the conspiracy to kill Siddique.

2:37 PM

More than 300 smog guns to be deployed at pollution hotspots: CM Atishi

Delhi Traffic Police to identify congestion-prone locations, deploy extra personnel to clear jams, Delhi CM Atishi stated today. 

2:33 PM

Delhi air quality: 99 teams formed to enforce dust control measures at construction sites, says CM Atishi

MCD will form 79 teams for removal of construction and demolition waste during daytime, 75 teams for night-time, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said.

2:15 PM

Aiims doctors seek prez's intervention as WB colleagues continue strike

Requesting immediate intervention in the ongoing hunger strike by doctors in West Bengal, the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) of AIIMS, New Delhi, on Monday wrote an 'urgent' letter to the President of India. The letter highlighted the deteriorating health of five doctors, who have been admitted to the ICU in critical condition after days of protest. The hunger strike was sparked by the brutal rape and murder of a fellow resident doctor, on August 9 at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

1:57 PM

As Delhi air quality turns 'red', here's what is prohibited under Grap-I

Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) as of 4 pm on Monday stood at 234, squarely in the ‘poor’ category. The government’s pollution control body has enforced Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to control air pollution. Read here for more details.

1:43 PM

India signs big-ticket Predator drone deal with US

Today, India inked a mega deal with the US to procure 31 Predator long-endurance drones from American defence major General Atomics under the foreign military sales route at a cost of nearly $4 billion to boost Indian military's combat abilities along the contested borders with China. The deal, signed in presence of top defence and strategic brass of India in the national capital, marks a significant upswing in military ties between the two countries.

1:39 PM

Existence of 40% disability does not bar student from pursuing MBBS: SC

The top court on Tuesday observed that mere existence of a benchmark disability of 40 percent does not bar a person from pursuing medical education unless there is an expert report that the candidate was incapacitated from pursuing MBBS. The bench gave detailed reasons for its September 18 order where it allowed a candidate to take admission in MBBS course after the medical board opined that he can pursue medical education without any impediment.