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EC sources stated that SIR is a constitutional exercise in accordance with the electoral laws of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: Three United Nations rapporteurs have flagged concerns regarding the special intensive revision (SIR) process completed in 13 states/UTs and ongoing in others, alleging shortcomings like “opaque AI-driven systems, weak ground for deletion of names,...

File photo: CJI Suryakant (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: With trials in Delhi riots and many UAPA cases against accused including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam dragging, Chief Justice Surya Kant said expeditious completion of trial in these cases is desirable as final adjudication of evidence would address the grievances of non-grant of bail despite...

Representative image JAIPUR/BHILWARA/BANSWARA: A fresh series of maternal deaths in government hospitals has gripped Rajasthan, with nine women losing their lives in Bhilwara and Banswara over just six days between July 5 and July 10. Medical teams from Jaipur were dispatched Saturday to probe the causes of deaths in the two districts.The nine deaths are...

PUNE: The rescue teams on Sunday recovered one more body from the debris of the administrative building at the PCMC’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Moshi, taking up the death toll to nine.One person remained missing, more than 79 hours after the building collapsed. Rescue teams continued their search operations to trace him till late in...

PM Modi with New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon during Indian community Event, in Auckland (File photo) India and New Zealand on Saturday unveiled the comprehensive “India-New Zealand Strategic Partnership: Roadmap to 2030”, establishing a robust blueprint to significantly deepen defence and security cooperation over the next four years.PM Narendra Modi and New Zealand counterpart Christopher...

More than two months after he vanished in Finland in mysterious circumstances, 18-year-old Hyderabad student Manideep Reddy Gujja was on Friday officially declared dead By: Sakshat. TornekarHYDERABAD: More than two months after he vanished in Finland in mysterious circumstances, 18-year-old Hyderabad student Manideep Reddy Gujja was on Friday officially declared dead by Finland’s National Bureau...

Hyd horror: Pocso accused kills 6 in overnight rampage HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old farmer on Hyderabad’s outskirts went on a murderous rampage on Friday night, killing six persons, including a teenage girl who had filed a case against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for stalking her. He also killed the...

Guns recovered from a Gurgaon encounter are believed to be Chinese Norinco semi-automatics GURGAON: The guns that the shooters killed in the Sushant Lok encounter on Thursday night carried are believed to be semi-automatics made by Chinese defence manufacturer Norinco, adding an international arms smuggling dimension to the probe.PX-30s, the market name for Norinco’s PX-3s...

CHENNAI: Few playback singers have shaped Tamil cinema the way S Janaki did. For nearly six decades, she wasn’t merely a singer lending her voice to heroines, she was the emotional fulcrum of Tamil films. Whether it was romance, sorrow, devotional, folk music or a light comedy, Janaki could alter the texture of her voice...

Representative image SRINAGAR: J&K police announced Saturday an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against a designated Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo alias Fayaz, over a 2013 attack that left four cops dead in north Kashmir’s Sopore.The notice will help international law enforcement agencies locate, detain, and initiate legal proceedings for extradition of Kandoo...