The EC has issued fresh instructions to district election officials in West Bengal, directing that voters marked as "unmapped" in the BLO app due to technical issues linked to the digitisation of the 2002 electoral rolls during the ongoing SIR exercise should not be called for hearings, even if such notices have been auto-generated by the system.
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead in West Bengal's Bankura district on Sunday, triggering allegations that work-related pressure linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may have played a role, police said.
Karnataka state chief of the ruling Congress, D K Shivakumar, has constituted a committee of party leaders to study the process and modalities for conducting student union elections in the state, and to submit a report.
An Indian man who accused his manager at a KFC franchise outlet in south-east London of wrongful dismissal and race discrimination has won nearly 67,000 pounds in compensation after a tribunal ruled in his favour.
President Droupadi Murmu arrived at the Kadamba Naval Base in Karwar on Monday and was accorded a warm reception by senior state officials and members of the armed forces.
More than 20 passengers were injured after a private bus rammed into the rear of a lorry on the bypass road in Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district on Saturday night.
An argument between two men over a personal issue near a petrol bunk in Malavagoppa on Saturday night escalated into a fight, during which one of them was stabbed with a knife.
Gangster Vinay Tyagi succumbed to bullet wounds here in a hospital on Saturday, three days after he was shot at while being taken to a court by the police, authorities said.
Sakleshpur Town Police have arrested two persons and seized 269 grams of ganja during an operation conducted against illegal drug sale.
British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce on Sunday said it is looking at making India its third "home market" outside of the UK in line with a plan to unlock the full potential of opportunities across an array of domains including jet engine, naval propulsion, land systems and advanced engineering.
