The Election Commission on Saturday said voters in Bihar, where polls will be held in two phases next month, are entitled to paid holidays on polling days, and employers who contravene this legal provision can be fined.
Gold and silver buying on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras kicked off on Saturday with jewellers expecting higher footfalls, though record high prices of the yellow metal could dampen demand by 15 per cent in volume terms compared with a year earlier.
Minister Patil chairs industry meetings to chart growth for key sectors in Karnataka
Students protest against ABVP members after vandalism at APU over Kunan Poshpora discussion
ACJM Court registers criminal case against five senior officials in Kogilu Demolition case
BJP accepts donations from beef exporters, but beef-eaters branded anti-nationals: K'taka minister
Shakleshpur: Plywood laden lorry overturns at Shiradi Ghat, none injured
Mangaluru youngster killed in road accident in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri
Woman dies hours after delivery baby girl in Hassan; Family alleges medical negligence
Bengaluru customs arrest Bangkok flyer with drugs worth 2.8 crores at KIAL
Coastal Karnataka History Summit logo unveiled in Bhatkal; call for research papers issued
Video of young men brandishing deadly weapons at wedding procession in Kalaburagi goes viral
Dog runs away with amputated human leg near AIMSS, hospital issues notice to sanitation workers
Twin infants, three kids among 6 killed in fire at Meerut cloth trader's house
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday alleged that the Centre was totally prejudiced against the state.
An ambulance assistant of the Indian Army returning to duty from leave administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an eight-month-old infant on a train and saved his life, a Defence official said on Saturday.
Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday said the government is ready to help the Muslim girl student, who was barred from wearing a hijab in a Church-run private school in Kochi, to get admission in any other institution where she wishes to join.
The Aurangabad railway station in Maharashtra has been renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar station through a gazette notification issued by the state government.
Heavy rain lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu, with the southern districts experiencing intense showers on Saturday as the rainfall activity gained momentum following the onset of Northeast Monsoon.
A 42-year-old constable was allegedly stabbed to death by a habitual offender after he was caught in connection with a case in Nizamabad city, police said on Saturday.
An elderly man allegedly killed his bedridden wife before attempting to take his own life at Kidangoor here on Saturday, police said.
A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station here on Saturday morning, officials said.
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