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NEW DELHI: The Times Internet Half Marathon has steadily emerged as one of the capital’s prominent fitness events, bringing together thousands of participants from across the country. More than just a race, it serves as a platform promoting health, endurance, and community spirit. With over 17,000 runners taking to the streets of Delhi this year, … Read more

DIBRUGARH: Shots were fired near militant group ULFA(I) chief Paresh Baruah’s paternal house in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, his family claimed on Monday.Two rounds of blank fire were heard near the house in Jerai Gaon after midnight, but nothing was captured on CCTV, his brother Bimal Baruah claimed.Alleging that someone wanted to create law and order … Read more

NEW DELHI: BJP leaders in Bihar said on Monday that the identity of the party’s first chief minister in the state will be known on Tuesday, as Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is expected to arrive in Patna to oversee the transition of power.Chouhan, appointed by the BJP high command as the central observer for … Read more

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday escalated his attack on the All India Trinamool Congress, asserting that voters in West Bengal would “reply to bombs and bullets with votes” and bring the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the Assembly elections.“The goons of TMC will no longer be able to terrorise the people of … Read more

Rahul Gandhi & Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photos) NEW DELHI: Even as the dust of Assam’s poll campaign has settled, the ugly faceoff witnessed during the high-octane showdown between chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Congress escalated on Monday, with Rahul Gandhi calling the Assam CM “the most corrupt in the country” who is … Read more

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday raised concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, with Justice Joymalya Bagchi stressing the need for a “robust appellate mechanism” to address wrongful deletions, even as the court declined to intervene in individual cases.A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant … Read more

Representational AI photo NEW DELHI: In a swift, high-stakes operation, a donor heart was rushed 98 km from Rohtak to Delhi in just 85 minutes on Thursday, giving a 26-year-old man battling end-stage heart failure a second chance at life.The heart travelled through a green corridor from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of … Read more

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking the implementation of finger and iris-based biometric identification at polling stations to curb duplicate and fraudulent voting.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre, the Election Commission of India, and several … Read more

PM Modi with Bengal party workers NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said feedback from party workers in West Bengal indicates growing public support for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Assembly elections.In a post on X following his visit to Siliguri, the Prime Minister said said, “It is always a delight … Read more

NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned that the Centre’s reported push on delimitation—not women’s reservation—is the “real issue” behind the special Parliament session, calling it “extremely dangerous” and an “assault” on the Constitution.In an article published in The Hindu, Congress Rajya Sabha MP argued that any exercise to increase the … Read more