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Election Commission begins training booth-level officers for SIR in Bengal

The EC has issued a 16-point guideline for BLOs as part of the SIR exercise, and introduced a new mobile app to streamline field operations

Odisha imposes 7-month fishing ban to protect nesting Olive Ridley turtles

As per the arrangements, a multi-layered patrolling exercise will be done involving the forest, fisheries, and marine police, besides the coast guard personnel

Projects worth ₹1.78 trillion to be launched by December: Assam CM

Asserting that the government has successfully projected a new image of Assam across the country, Sarma said investment commitments at Advantage Assam 2.0 are fructifying

Gaurav Gogoi hits back at Himanta, says CM 'unfit' to hold office

Gogoi criticised the timing of the allegations on the day when the state's cultural icon Zubeen Garg's last movie was released on Friday

Sabarimala temple gold theft case: Former officer arrested by SIT

Investigators said Kumar had been associated with Sabarimala since the 1990s and knew the idols were covered in gold

Bengaluru-Kochi Vande Bharat schedule announced, services to begin soon

The ministry has instructed the Southern Railway and South Western Railway zones to introduce the service at the earliest possible date

No entry to non-Delhi BS-III goods vehicles from today: Key details

Officials estimate that around 50,000-70,000 vehicles in the NCR region do not meet BS-VI standards, and those below BS-III standards will be turned back at the borders

Mumbai hostage crisis: Last rites of Rohit Arya performed in Pune

Arya had earlier claimed that the dues for a project he had undertaken for the Maharashtra education department were pending, and he had even staged a protest in Pune to get the amount

Delhi's air quality remains 'poor' for second day; AQI recorded at 298

With AQI across several stations still in the 'poor' and 'very poor' range, authorities have tightened vehicle entry rules, raised parking charges amid persistent smog over Delhi-NCR

Singapore sends Zubeen Garg's post-mortem, toxicology reports to Assam SIT

Assam Chief Minister maintained that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing Garg's death, has made substantial progress and will submit the chargesheet in court within the stipulated time

Prez Murmu, PM Modi greet people of states, UTs on their formation days

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep came into being on this day in 1956, while Punjab and Haryana were formed in 1966 and Chhattisgarh was carved out of MP in 2000

BlackRock-linked $500 mn fraud: Indian entrepreneur at centre of scandal

HPS Investment Partners, the private-credit arm of BlackRock, is among global lenders seeking to recover hundreds of millions after being duped in a multi-year telecom fraud by Bankim Brahmbhatt

Kerala shows poverty can be eradicated with collective effort: CM Vijayan

Kerala is set to be declared the first state to eliminate extreme poverty, an achievement driven by coordinated efforts, as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan explains in an interview to the media

Satara woman doctor suicide: CM Fadnavis orders setting up of SIT for probe

The doctor, hailing from Beed district of central Maharashtra, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan on October 23

Oil tanker with cargo from curb-hit Rosneft idles off Mumbai coast

The oil market has zeroed in on Russia's export patterns, as well as Indian purchasing, after the US sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC on October 22

Probe agencies can't arbitrarily summon advocates over legal advice: SC

The court held that the privilege under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) belongs to the client and binds the advocate from disclosing confidential communications

CBIC issues rules allowing voluntary correction of Customs entries

The Board amended the Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Regulations, 1970 to introduce a ₹1,000 fee for each electronic application filed under the new voluntary revision mechanism

PMLA appellate bench upholds ED order attaching Karti Chidambaram's assets

The properties included a part of a flat located in Delhi's Jorbagh area and deposits worth a few crores of rupees kept in a bank branch in Chennai

K'taka 'caste survey' covers 61.4 mn people, projects population at 68.5 mn

The brief summary shared by the Commission said that the projected population of Karnataka is 6,85,38,000 whereas the surveyed population as on October 31 was 6,13,83,908

Commercial vehicles below BS-IV to be barred from entering Delhi from Sat

The 23 locations include Kundli border, Rajokri border, Tikri border, Aya Nagar border, Kalindi Kunj border, Auchandi, Mandoli, Kapashera, Bajghera Toll/ Dwarka Expressway, etc