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SIR controversy: LJP(RV), RLM, TDP seek EC clarification to dispel public doubts Three NDA partners – Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV), Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM, and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP – Friday urged the Election Commission (EC) to explain its position on the political controversy surrounding the electoral process and implementation of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral...

Election Commision NEW DELHI: EC, which is reeling under allegations of faultlines among its members, is now being questioned over a software update recently made in the application used by booth level officers, with its description on the Apple app store reading “mark VIP elector-related changes”.EC sources told TOI Friday the instruction to BLOs on...

​SIR row reaches SC: Plea targets CEC Gyanesh Kumar, seeks Form 6 restoration As questions are being raised against CEC Gyanesh Kumar for allegedly unilaterally taking many decisions pertaining to the SIR drive, a Supreme Court lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking his criminal prosecution, and another has approached the attorney general, seeking...

Seven years after its original release, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is once again drawing audiences to theatres, with fans returning to the big screen to relive one of the most iconic moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The film was re-released nationwide on Friday as ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’, giving fans another chance to experience the epic conclusion on...

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping look at an image of an autopen signing former US President Joe Biden’s signature at the “Presidential Walk of Fame” in the Colonnade of the White House in Washington. Reuters photo. US President Donald Trump took a swipe at former President Joe Biden during Chinese President...

Senior bureaucrat Mandeep K Bhandari NEW DELHI: Senior bureaucrat Mandeep K Bhandari was appointed CBSE chairperson, months after the rollout of On-Screen Marking (OSM)-based evaluation and post-result processes triggered complaints over alleged answer-sheet mix-ups, portal glitches, payment failures and delays in re-evaluation.Bhandari, a 2001-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, is currently principal secretary to J&K...

India & Liberia set up sailors’ safety body NEW DELHI: India teamed up with Liberia to establish a Group of Friends on Safety and Security of Shipping and Seafarers. Addressing the inaugural meeting on the margins of UNGA, foreign minister S Jaishankar said actions that disrupt maritime commerce and cost innocent lives are simply indefensible.Foreign...

Tourism in India New Delhi: Most urban travellers opt for hotels, guesthouses or house rentals for their stay for an overnight domestic trip, while dharamshalas remain the top place of stay for those from rural India.A part of the reason may have to do with the fact that over three-fourths of Indians who travelled in...

On a 160-acre farm in central Iowa, three tall wind turbines quietly rise above the fields. Each turbine uses less than an acre of land, but together they provide an annual income that has changed the financial future of 75-year-old farmer Evie Haupt. According to a CBS News report by Janet Shamlian and Alicia Hastey,...

(In photo: The arrested accused) A 70-year-old woman was gang-raped and killed by two men in Mohanlalganj LUCKNOW: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by two men after she objected to them consuming alcohol near her house in the Mohanlalganj area, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Rajesh alias Guddu (30) and...