‘Not machines, but machinery’: Tharoor differs from Kharge on EVMs, highlights systemic issues | India News – Times of India

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a divergent position from his party’s stance over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) following the party’s poor showing in Maharashtra’s assembly elections.While Tharoor defended the reliability of EVMs, he expressed concerns about possible manipulation within the electoral…

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ED team attacked while conducting raids in Delhi; FIR lodged | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A team of the Enforcement Directorate was allegedly attacked on Thursday while conducting raids related to a cyber crime case in Delhi.According to officials, one additional director of the probing agency was injured in the attack in the Bijwasan area of the national capital.“The Enforcement Directorate’s High-Intensity Unit (HIU) launched extensive searches today…

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Manipur violence: 94 checkpoints installed, search operations on in Jiribam | India News – Times of India

Image credit: Manipur Police X account NEW DELHI: Manipur Police has installed 94 checkpoints and conducted search operations after to address the recent violence in Jiribam, state police said on Thursday.“Search operations and area domination were conducted by security forces in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts. Movement of 262 and…

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‘Bangladesh turning into Islamic state’: Indian-American body urges Biden, Trump to intervene into attacks on minorities | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An Indian-American body has urged US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump for an independent inquiry into the rising incidences of attack on minorities in Bangladesh. Raising apprehensions that the Indian neighbour is turning into a “radicalised Islamic state”, the group has called upon the two leaders to address the “imprisonment of…

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Go solo in local body polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders tell Uddhav Thackeray after Maharashtra assembly polls setback | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Following the drubbing in the Maharashtra assembly polls, cracks have started appearing in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance as Shiv Sena (UBT)’s newly elected MLAs and functionaries have urged party chief Uddhav Thackeray to contest civic and local bodies elections independently, at least in cities where the party was a dominant force until…

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‘Nuclear-capable ballistic missile tested from INS Arighaat’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India is learnt to have tested a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed for a strike range of 3,500-km, from the newly commissioned nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat on Wednesday, reports Rajat Pandit.There was, however, no official word on the missile test that took place off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal in the…

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Global Hunger Report 2024 flawed, does not reflect India’s true position: Govt | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The measure of hunger used in the Global Hunger Report-2024 index is “flawed” and doesn’t reflect India’s true position, govt told LS on Wednesday, while asserting it is making serious efforts to address the issue of malnutrition. India has been ranked 105 out of 127 countries in the study released by Concern Worldwide,…

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