Inspired by Seshan, EC to have separate enclosures for voting by ‘purdanasheen’ women | India News

NEW DELHI: Taking a leaf out of former chief election commissioner (CEC) T N Seshan’s book, the Election Commission has asked its Bihar poll machinery to set up separate enclosures for identification of ‘purdanasheen’ women voters in the polling stations, using innovative but locally available, inexpensive materials like charpoys and bedspreads.Implementing the directions issued by…

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‘Forging court orders, judges’ signatures’: Supreme Court flags rise in digital arrest scams; seeks Centre’s reply | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court took serious note of the rising incidents of digital arrest across the country and sought a response from the government and CBI on Friday. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a case registered as suo motu after a senior citizen couple from Haryana’s Ambala was…

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First Tejas-Mk1A from Nashik completes maiden flight; gets water cannon salute — Watch | India News

NASHIK: The first Tejas-Mk1A fighter aircraft produced at defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Nashik complex completed its maiden flight here on Friday. The aircraft was rolled out after defence minister Rajnath Singh formally inaugurated the LCA and HTT-40 (trainer aircraft) assembly complexes here. Tejas-Mk1A fighter aircraft The formal induction of Tejas-Mk1A into the Indian…

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UP lynching case: Rahul Gandhi meets Dalit victim’s family; claims govt ‘threatening’ them | India News

Rahul Gandhi met the family of Hariom Valmiki NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday met the family of Hariom Valmiki, the Dalit man who was lynched in his constituency, Raebareli. After meeting the family, the Congress leader made a big claim, saying the government threatened the victim’s family against meeting…

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Bihar polls: Manoj Bajpayee calls out RJD’s ‘patched-up’ campaign clip; issues clarification | India News

Manoj Bajpayee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Actor and Padma Shri awardee Manoj Bajpayee on Thursday lashed out at the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) IT cell for circulating a manipulated campaign clip that falsely featured him.The four-time National Award-winning actor took strong exception to the use of the clip, which was posted by the parody account…

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SC takes suo motu cognizance of ‘digital arrest’ scam; scammers forged top court’s order to extort Rs 1 cr from woman | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of spiralling incidents of seamsters suing ‘digital arrest’ to extort money from citizens, especially senior citizens, after a septuagenarian woman from Ambala made a startling complaint – orders of SC were forged by scammers to con her into parting with over Rs 1 crore of…

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Census pre-test from November 10 to November 30; self-enumeration during November 1-10 | India News

NEW DELHI: The pre-test for houselisting phase of Census 2027 will be undertaken from Nov 10 to Nov 30, 2025 in selected sample areas spread across all states and Union territories, the Centre announced in a notification issued on Thursday.The pre-test — meant to test efficacy of the census questionnaire, proposed data collection methods including…

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‘Belief that Indian law can’t reach fugitives ending’ | India News

New Delhi: Integrating passport issuance with law enforcement, creating a comprehensive database of fugitives and special focus groups to handle extraditions and economic offenders were some of the measures proposed by home minister Amit Shah to tackle transnational crimes, reports Rajshekhar Jha.Addressing a CBI-organised conference, Shah said the Modi govt was striving to bring every…

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