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Matter 'closed', says IT House panel chief Dubey after Meta apology

Zuckerberg had said that "2024 was the big election year around the world and a lot of countries like India and a tonne of countries that had elections and incumbents basically lost every single one"

Kejriwal faces 14 criminal cases, has Rs 40,000 cash in hand, owns no car

Kejriwal declared Rs 40,000 in cash, while his spouse, Sunita, declared Rs 32,000

Congress to move out of 24, Akbar Road after nearly five decades

Within walking distance of the Congress' new office are the national headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party on DDU Marg

Mahakumbh opens on Monday with Rs 25,000 crore revenue expectations

400 mn may join the 45-day congregation; UP expects Rs 2 trn economic spinoff

MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra among states seeing higher women voter turnout

Women-centric schemes fuel 18 mn surge in female voter turnout

Success lies in how I prepare my team for the future: PM in debut podcast

Modi said his thrust on "minimum government, maximum governance" was misinterpreted by some people who thought it meant fewer ministers or government employees

As India nears 1 bn electors, it seeks solutions to freebies, black money

Estimates of election related expenditure of political parties and candidates, and EC's seizures, reveal barely the tip of the total election spends of candidates and political parties

Difficult to define a freebie, our 'hands tied': CEC Rajiv Kumar

Delhi elections on Feb 5, counting on Feb 8

Better power supply improves rural women's autonomy, safety, finds study

IIT-Kanpur researchers found that improved electricity supply enhances rural women's mobility, participation in household decision-making, health, marital choices, reproductive autonomy, and safety

Politics of funding religious outreach: Examining nationwide schemes

As the AAP govt promises salaries to temple and gurudwara priests, a look at other parties nationwide that have made similar announcements or rolled out such schemes

2024: A year of challenges for incumbents and traditional political parties

Internationally, 2025 will be far less frenetic than 2024, which saw more than 60 countries, including India, hold their national electio­ns

Delhi, Bihar Assembly elections in 2025 to test the fate of freebies

This year will have the fewest elections of any in the current five-year electoral cycle. What does that mean for welfare schemes?

Now-defunct Dhanalakshmi scheme improved outcomes for girl-child: Study

A new study by US-based researchers finds widespread social change and that preference for a girl child continues even after discontinuation of the schemed

Bhopal hazardous material shift: Two attempt self-immolation in Pithampur

The waste from the December 1984 disaster at the Union Carbide factory reached the industrial town's incineration facility on Thursday triggering protests led by 'Pithampur Bachao Samiti'

N Chandrababu Naidu richest, Mamata Banerjee poorest among 31 CMs: ADR

Andhra Pradesh's N Chandrababu Naidu with total assets worth Rs 931.83 crore, Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu with total assets worth Rs 332.56 crore

Many firsts amid some strained ties: Assessing PM's foreign tours in 2024

PM's visits to Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, and Guyana were historic for many reasons. But relations with Canada, Bangladesh remained tense in 2024

Farewell, Dr Singh: State funeral to be held at Nigambodh Ghat today

Draped in the tricolour, Singh's body was brought from AIIMS to the bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi that had been his home after he demitted the PM's office in 2014

Manmohan Singh, India's reformist leader and former PM, passes away at 92

A Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1991 until April 2024, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2004

28% of Lok Sabha seats had no woman candidate in 2024, shows ECI report

The highlight of the 2024 LS election was again the better turnout of woman electors in percentage terms than men

Delhi govt depts disown Kejriwal's 'mahila', elderly welfare schemes

Under Mahila Samman Yojana, AAP promises Rs 2,100 monthly allowance, and under Sanjeevani free treatment to voters above 60