Two booth-level officers (BLOs) involved in the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have died by suicide in Kerala and Rajasthan, triggering concerns about rising field-level stress during the voter list update exercise.
Iran has withdrawn visa-free entry for Indian citizens holding ordinary passports, ending the waiver that had been in place since February this year. The suspension, effective November 22, follows a series of cases in which Indian nationals were reportedly trafficked or kidnapped after being lured to Iran with false promises of employment or transit to other countries.
A 16-year-old student died on Tuesday morning after a bike and a passenger auto collided head-on near the bus stop at Sarvajna Circle in Rangampet on the Surpur–Shahapur main road.
Police have arrested one of the key accused in the multi-crore fraud reported at the Kavadi branch of the Shiriyaar Service Cooperative Society in Sabarakatte.
Police have arrested a leader of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike on charges of delivering a provocative speech during a protest meeting in the city.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday claimed that the Centre has decided to defer key issues pertaining to Punjab, including the sharing of river waters and other rights with neighbouring states and the Panjab University restructuring.
Pitching Bengaluru as an "ever-evolving engine of transformation", Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the state government is improving the infrastructure by spending over Rs 1 lakh crore on the city.
A special court here on Tuesday framed charges against former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case linked to activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides after he pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a trial.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a fresh PIL by a wellness expert seeking urgent judicial intervention to tackle a "persistent and systemic failure" in addressing the country's rising air pollution levels.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday launched KEO, an AI-ready, compact personal computer priced at Rs 18,999, and "designed and developed entirely within the state to bridge Karnataka's digital access gap".
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