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Kejriwal, Gandhis & some Bollywood star power as Delhi votes, but turnout slow to pick up

According to EC, the voter turnout in Delhi was a dismal 26.36% as of 1 pm. In 2015, Delhi recorded its highest-ever voter turnout of 67%.

‘Assassin’ hurt in chase day after police blame sour marriage for UP Hindutva leader murder

Ranjeet Bachchan's wife Smriti Srivastava has confessed to the murder, accusing him of violence & stalling their divorce, police say.

How India protested when there was no WhatsApp or Instagram

From stickers in bathrooms to litho printing, Indians always found ways to protest.

Carmakers can’t turn out electric vehicles cheap enough to convert Indians

Govt is pushing for faster adoption of electric vehicles — hoping 15% of all vehicles on roads will be electric in 3 years. But they cost too much.

No Indian has tested positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship, says Jaishankar

At least 64 passengers of a cruise ship named Diamond Princess have tested positive for coronavirus, which has killed hundreds in China.

Voting begins in Delhi amid tight security, 672 candidates in fray for 70 seats

Voting will end at 6 pm. Security forces are keeping 'extra vigil' in Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar & Seelampuri, which have witnessed anti-CAA protests.

672 candidates to vie for 70 Delhi assembly seats, candidates make temple run ahead of polls

Delhi election body said Shaheen Bagh was listed under critical category to ensure smooth polls. Around 40,000 security personnel and 190 companies of CAPF have been deployed.

J&K High Court dismisses plea against detention of bar council chief Mian Qayoom under PSA

Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom was detained on 5 August last year, the day the Centre announced the scrapping of Article 370.

Rajasthan & Gujarat worst hit by locusts, crops in Punjab & Haryana in the clear: Govt

Oilseed, cumin and wheat crops across nearly 1.7 lakh hectares of farmland were affected by locust swarms that came in from Pakistan.

Who is Dindigul Sreenivasan? Tamil Nadu minister who asked tribal boy to remove footwear

ADMK mouthpiece justifies Dindigul Sreenivasan’s act of getting a tribal boy to unbuckle his sandals. He has done this earlier also.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.