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Campaigning ends for Feb 27 Nagaland Assembly election, voting on Monday

The campaign for the February 27 Nagaland assembly election came to an end on Saturday. The voting would be held in 59 of the 60 assembly constituencies in 16 districts amid a thick security cover on Monday.

Feb 25, 2023

Meghalaya Poll: Campaigning ends, voting on Monday for 59 out of 60 MLA seats

The polling would not be held in Sohiong Assembly Constituency in East Khasi Hills district following the death of a candidate due to illness.

Feb 25, 2023

Indian-American jailed for wire fraud from Indian call centres targeting elderly

Jeel Patel, 22, from South Carolina was part of the scheme from February to June 2020, which originated from call centres in India that disproportionately targeted elders

Feb 25, 2023

Am retiring from electoral politics on my own: Yediyurappa to Lingayats

BJP Central Parliamentary Board member and former chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday told the influential Lingayat community that he is retiring from electoral politics on his own and urged them not to have any hard feelings about it.

Feb 25, 2023

Karnataka govt employees to go on indefinite strike from March 1

In a setback to the ruling BJP, Karnataka Government Employees Union has announced that the government employees will go on an indefinite strike from March 1 in the state if their demand of implementation of the seventh pay commission is not met.

Feb 25, 2023

6-yr-old girl dies after falling into pit at construction site in Bengaluru

A 6-year-old girl allegedly died after falling into the pit at an under-construction site within K.R. Market police station limits in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Feb 25, 2023

How newly-found lithium reserves can speed up India's EV dream [Explainer]

India will require Rs 33,750 crore of investment to meet its domestic lithium-ion battery manufacturing target of setting up 50 GWh of lithium-ion cell and battery manufacturing plants.

Feb 25, 2023

India to foray into lithium markets, explores investment avenues in Argentine, Oz mines

The Geological Survey of India (GSI), has carried out 20 projects on lithium and associated elements in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya and Rajasthan.

Feb 25, 2023

World looks at India to break China's monopoly on rare earth mining(IN)

New life, flurry of new jobs beckon residents of India's 'lithium village'

People of Kotli Salal in Jammu and Kashmirs Reasi district, 75 kilometres from Jammu, are excited at the news of the discovery of vast deposits of lithium, hoping that this will change their fortunes and open new vistas for employment and prosperity.

Feb 25, 2023

Indore college principal set ablaze by ex-student passes away

A principal of a private pharmacy college in Indore, who was set ablaze by a former student on February 20 and had been battling for life after having suffered 80 per cent burn injuries, passed away at a hospital on Saturday.

Feb 25, 2023

K'taka: Forest officers on wild elephant's capture assaulted, 7 arrested

The residents of the region also damaged official vehicles and demanded the continuation of operation to catch all the wild elephants in the area.

Feb 25, 2023

Gurugram administration asks residents of unsafe Chintel towers to vacate

Chintels Paradiso residents up in arms and seek relocation and rehabilitation by officials

Feb 25, 2023

85th Congress Plenary: Priyanka arrives in Raipur, 3 resolutions on agenda

On day two of the plenary, three resolutions -- political, economic and international -- will be taken up.

Feb 25, 2023

MCD Ruckus: Mayor stops recounting, councillors trade blows in House [details]

All hell broke loose after MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday stalled the recounting of votes for electing the members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) following objections raised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Feb 24, 2023