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Rs 4,555 crore needed to buy EVMs for 'imminent' simultaneous elections: Law Commission

An electronic voting machine (EVM), which includes a control unit (CU), a ballot unit (BU) and a VVPAT, costs about Rs 33,200.

Sep 3, 2018

Uttar Pradesh rains: Heavy downpour lashes Lucknow; water-logging, traffic jams in major areas

Most parts of western Uttar Pradesh, including Noida, Greater Noida, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Meerut received heavy rains since morning.

Sep 3, 2018

Hardik Patel unveils will; donates 70% book royalties to families of Patidar men killed in 2015 reservation stir

Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spokesperson Manoj Panara claimed that Hardik Patel's health is deteriorating". The leader has not eaten any food from the past nine days.

Sep 3, 2018

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Madhya Pradesh man's arms hacked off for entering another's farm to search for missing cow

Reports have said that a video of a bleeding Sahu asking for water is also been circulated on social media. In the video, the villagers are heard asking Sahu to name his attackers.

Sep 3, 2018

Aretha Franklin died without a will; who will inherit most of her wealth?

Aretha Franklin who died last month fighting pancreatic cancer did not leave a will for her four children.

Sep 3, 2018

65 Lok Sabha members and 29 Rajya Sabha members yet to declare assets, reveals RTI

Six members each from BJP and INC were among the members who are yet to declare the assets.

Sep 3, 2018

Rebuilding Pakistan's debt-ridden economy: Imran Khan ropes in foreign experts to tackle financial crisis

Pakistan's current account deficit is $18 billion while foreign exchange reserves are just over $10 billion, barely enough for two months of imports.

Sep 3, 2018

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Assam NRC: Nativity test marred by delays; life upended for lakhs excluded from list

More than 40 lakh applicants did not find a place in the crucial NRC draft, which was released in July.

Sep 3, 2018

Armed dacoits rob passengers on Ganga-Kaveri Express in Uttar Pradesh; dozens injured

The dacoits barged into the coaches of the Ganga-Kaveri Express around 1.30 am as the train was en route to Patna in Bihar.

Sep 3, 2018

Libya: Over 400 inmates escape amid deadly clashes inside prison in Tripoli

Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya's capital on Sunday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said as the United Nations called for the warring parties to meet on Tuesday.

Sep 3, 2018

Amid Rafale spat, India gears up for $20 bn acquisition of 114 fighter jets

IAF wants frontline aircraft to take on Pakistan and China simultaneously if a war breaks out on both fronts.

Sep 3, 2018

Karnataka Urban Local Body election result 2018 LIVE updates: Cong wins 846, BJP 788 and JD(S) 307

The voting for the Urban Local Body election took place on August 31.

Sep 3, 2018

Man killed wife because she wanted to learn how to ride a scooter

A man in Ludhiana, Punjab, has been arrested along with his mother for allegedly killing his wife and staging it as a suicide because she wanted him to buy a scooter and teach her how to ride it. Read to know more.

Sep 3, 2018