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Kerala HC asks EC to ensure "one person votes only once"

In an interim order, the Kerala High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission to ensure that a voter in the state votes only once.

Mar 29, 2021

Story of Mercedes car that India got as Bangladesh war trophy

Read the story of the black Mercedes Benz car that India got as war trophy following Pakistan's surrender in 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.

Mar 29, 2021

Afterlife mystery: Former Google executive shares mindblowing NDE testimonial

Spiritualists strongly believe that human life is not just confined to the physical body, and there could be life even after death

Mar 29, 2021

Banks to conduct special clearing of govt cheques on Mar 31

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that banks will conduct special clearing operations exclusively for government cheques on March 31 to facilitate accounting of all the government transactions for the current financial year.

Mar 29, 2021

Five killed as truck rams into roadside eatery in Bihar

At least 5 persons were killed and 10 others injured after a speeding truck rammed into a roadside eatery in Bihar's Nalanda district on Sunday, police said.

Mar 29, 2021

Lockdown 2.0 looms in Maharashtra as Covid cases cross 2.7 mn mark

Registering a new high of a staggering 40,000 plus Covid cases on Sunday, Maharashtra stared at another lockdown as its tally crossed 2.70 million (27 lakh), a day after the death toll zoomed above 54,000, health officials said here.

Mar 29, 2021

Disabled officer trainee awaits justice for 9 years, here's what went wrong

There is glaring gap between the disability ex gratia that an officer trainee gets and the disability pension of a civilian officer trainee and jawans

Mar 28, 2021

New Covid cases breach 3,000-mark in Karnataka

Riding on the second wave, new Covid cases in Karnataka crossed the 3,000-mark after four months, increasing its positivity rate for the day to 2.89 per cent, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

Mar 28, 2021

Coronavirus update: Covid situation worsens in J&K as 309 new cases reported

Covid-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir continues to get worse as 309 new cases and four deaths were reported in the last 24 hours and the total number of active cases here on Sunday crossed the 2,000-mark.

Mar 28, 2021

Myanmar Troops Fire at Funeral as Country Mourns Bloodiest Day Since Coup

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Sunday, witnesses said, at people gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests since the military coup on Feb. 1.

Mar 28, 2021

Hazardous Sandstorm Blankets Beijing, Second In Two Weeks

The Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles, as a second sandstorm in two weeks hit the city due to winds from drought-hit Mongolia and northwestern China.

Mar 28, 2021

Suez Canal blockade similar to traffic jams in Indian metropolitan cities, netizens claim

Even after six days, Suez Canal authorities have not succeeded in moving the grounded ship that resulted in blockade

Mar 28, 2021

Biden nominates Indian American as Labour Department solicitor

US President Joe Biden has nominated Seema Nanda, a former CEO of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to be the Department of Labour solicitor, the White House announced on Friday.

Mar 28, 2021

Retired judge to probe claim, says Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh | details

Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh requested Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to order a probe into the allegations made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh

Mar 28, 2021