New Delhi: Bihar has registered an overall voter turnout of 66.91 per cent, its highest since the first state polls in 1951, the Election Commission said on Tuesday, adding that the state also recorded the highest female voter turnout in its history. In a statement issued here, the poll watchdog noted that in the first…
New Delhi: Findings of the initial probe into the blast near the Red Fort suggest it may have been “accidentally triggered” while a hastily assembled explosive device was being transported, following the busting of an inter-state terror module, officials said on Tuesday. Investigators have zeroed in on a Pulwama-based doctor, Umar Nabi, who was driving…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday unequivocally rejected as baseless Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s allegations linking a terror attack in Islamabad to New Delhi, and said it is a predictable tactic by “delirious” leadership of that country to “concoct” false narratives. Hours after 12 people were killed in a suicide attack outside a court in…
Thimpu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks during which they discussed cooperation in sectors such as energy, capacity building, connectivity, technology, defence and security. After the delegation-level talks, the two leaders jointly inaugurated the 1020 Punatsangchhu-II hydroelectric project, developed jointly by India and Bhutan. “Had…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the security agencies to hunt down each and every culprit behind the Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives. He said everyone involved will face the full wrath of security agencies. Shah said this after chairing two subsequent security review meetings, which were held in the…
New Delhi: Exit Polls on Tuesday predicted a return of the NDA government in Bihar with a big victory over the Mahagathbandhan, and a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj in its debut outing. The Bihar polls were conducted in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the results will be announced on…
New Delhi/Srinagar: Police on Tuesday investigated the Red Fort blast as a possible terror attack and zeroed in on a Pulwama doctor, who was driving the car that exploded and had links to a terror module busted with the recovery of explosives mainly from Faridabad. Dr Umar Nabi is believed to have died in the…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday handed over the probe into a blast near the Red Fort to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said. This is a clear indication that the blast, which has so far claimed 12 lives, is being considered by the government as an act of terror,…
New Delhi: The death toll in the blast near Red Fort rose to 13, with three more people succumbing to injuries, police said on Tuesday. A powerful explosion ripped through a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort metro station on Monday evening. Till last night, nine people were confirmed to have…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged voters in Bihar to exercise their franchise enthusiastically and set a new voting record in the second and final phase of the assembly elections in the state. Voting began for 122 constituencies in Bihar in the high-stakes assembly polls on Tuesday morning, amid tight security arrangements….
