Delhi Exit Poll: What pollsters had predicted in the past elections and what actually happened | India News – The Times of India

Parvesh Verma, Arvind Kejriwal (C) and Sandeep Dikshit (R) NEW DELHI: With only two days between voting and results, debates over exit polls heated-up as two more surveys were released on Thursday, echoing earlier predictions. Aam Aadmi Party, however, dismissed all projections, arguing that pollsters have “historically” underestimated its performance.Most exit polls were released on…

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‘Voters more than adult population’: Rahul Gandhi alleges irregularities in Maharashtra polls | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule, on Friday alleged discrepancies in the voter list for the recently concluded Maharashtra elections. Addressing a joint press conference in the national capital, Rahul claimed that the opposition had…

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Calcutta HC rejects Bengal government’s plea against life term for RG Kar convict, admits CBI’s appeal | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court has admitted an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the trial court’s decision to sentence Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar medical college and hospital rape-murder case, to life imprisonment without parole. However, the court refused to admit a separate appeal by the…

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Co executives get threats over Asaram document, SC orders cop cover | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ordered police in Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana to provide protection to offices and officials of Discovery Communications which claimed threats to life and property since telecast of documentary ‘Cult of Fear: Asaram Bapu, Saint or Sinner?’ from the self-styled religious guru’s supporters.Senior advocate Abhinav Mukerji told…

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‘FeviKwik instead of sutures’: Nurse puts glue on boy’s wound to avert ‘ugly scar’; suspended | India News – The Times of India

HAVERI: A nurse at Aduru primary health centre in Karnataka’s Haveri has been suspended for resorting to an unorthodox treatment-using FeviKwik glue instead of sutures to close a deep gash on a seven-year-old boy’s right cheek. Her reasoning? Stitches would leave an “ugly scar” on the child’s face.Gurukrishna Annappa Hosamani suffered facial and leg injuries…

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Government scraps deals for 400 defence drones with Chinese parts | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on domestic private sector companies that are using Chinese components in drones being supplied to the armed forces, the defence establishment has now scrapped three contracts for the induction of 400 logistics drones by the Army.The defence establishment is also putting a “stringent mechanism” in place to ensure the military…

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Watch: Indians in boots, raincoats in Panama jungle show ‘donkey’ route to US | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: After the United States deported 104 illegal Indian immigrants, information surfaced on online space from the stories of how exactly the agents threw them onto US soil without any chance to go back to camping in a Panama jungle. A video surfaced online reportedly showing Indians including women and children camping in a…

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‘Regrettable’: India condemns vandalism of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s residence in Dhaka | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned the vandalism of founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rehman‘s residence in Dhaka and said that it is regrettable. On Wednesday demonstrators gathered near Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka- now a memorial museum— responding to a social media call for a “Bulldozer Procession” coinciding with Hasina’s speech.“It is…

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