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Election commission appoints special observers in states to ensure level playing field in upcoming general elections | India News – Times of India

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Continuing the tradition of deploying special observers to provide critical feedback and oversight of a level-playing field in elections, the election commission on Tuesday appointed special general and police observers for six states as well as special expenditure observers for five states.The general and police will be the special observers who will help EC to…

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Historic high: India’s defence exports skyrocket to over Rs 21,000 crore | India News – Times of India

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SC notice to EC on plea to tally votes with VVPATs | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Election Commission on a PIL filed by activist Arun Kumar Agrawal seeking complete count of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) paper slips in elections as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly selected electronic voting machines (EVMs) in each assembly segment…

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Supreme Court declines to stop puja of deities in Gyanvapi cellar | India News – Times of India

adminApril 1, 202407 mins

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Varanasi court’s order allowing a priest nominated by the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to conduct daily puja at ‘Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana‘ inside Gyanvapi mosque’s cellar and said Muslims would continue to offer namaz as usual inside the mosque.After a one-and-a-half-hour-long hearing on the…

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Leopard enters North Delhi village, injures eight, tranquillised | India News – Times of India

adminApril 1, 202407 mins

An adult leopard sneaked into north Delhi’s Jagatpur village on Monday, entered some houses and attacked people, injuring eight of them, police said. The animal, suspected to have strayed from nearby Yamuna Biodiversity Park, was trapped in a room and tranquillised by forest department personnel, five hours after it was first sighted. Cops took the…

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DMK agreed to island handover, but made a show of protest: PM Modi | India News – Times of India

adminApril 1, 202404 mins

NEW DELHI: Raising the issue of Katchatheevu for the second straight day, PM Modi Monday targeted DMK over revelations that the party had consented to renunciation of the island in 1974.Taking to X, Modi mentioned official documents cited by TOI to say that notwithstanding DMK’s public protestations, party stalwart and then CM of Tamil Nadu…

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Relief for Congress: I-T dept tells Supreme Court no action till Lok Sabha polls | India News – Times of India

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At the outset of the hearing on Congress’s appeal against a Delhi high court order, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih that he wanted to make a statement on behalf of I-T department. He said no further action would be taken against the opposition party…

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Will BJD turncoats help BJP make electoral gains in Odisha? | India News – Times of India

adminApril 1, 202407 mins

NEW DELHI: There has been a sudden twist in the story of ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha. The BJD, which was till recently talking about a possible alliance with the BJP citing the “great friendship” between Prime Minister Modi and Naveen Patnaik, now seems to be struggling to prevent the exodus of its leaders…

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Pre-merger woes mount: Cancellations & delays force Vistara to cut flights | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Vistara’s pre-merger woes have mounted with “significant cancellations and delays in past few days” now forcing the airline to “temporarily” truncate its schedule. It will deploy wide body Dreamliners and Airbus A321s on domestic route in a bid to clear the backlog of affected passengers.Discontent has been simmering amid Vistara pilots over reported…

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‘CM office cannot run from jail’: Former Tihar jail PRO on Kejriwal | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Former Tihar Jail PRO Sunil Kumar Gupta refuted the Aam Aadmi Party’s claim of governing Delhi from jail on Monday, stating that it would require breaking numerous rules due to its extreme difficulty.Sunil Kumar Gupta, speaking to ANI, said that governing entails more than just signing documents; it involves numerous tasks that are…