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How Delhi Voted: Th

Mehrauli replaces Delhi Cantt as constituency with lowest turnout

Argentina to Withdraw From W.H.O., Echoing Trump

Argentina's president has ordered the country's withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to \"profound differences\" with the UN agency, a presidential spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Delhi HC Seeks NIA Response on Rashid's Plea for Parl Attendance

The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) if it is willing to release Jammu and Kashmir parliamentarian Engineer Rashid on custody parole so that he can attend Parliament's ongoing budget session.

'EC is dead': Akhilesh alleges bypoll rigging

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday lashed out at the Election Commission over alleged \"fake voting\" and rigging by officials during the Milkipur assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh.

Boeing to deliver 24 aircraft to Indian carriers this year

US planemaker Boeing on Thursday said it will deliver 24 aircraft to Indian carriers in 2025, with plans to deliver more starting 2027.

B'desh lodges protest against Hasina's statements in India

Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a strong protest against what it said were \"false and fabricated\" statements by former premier Sheikh Hasina, currently in self-exile in New Delhi, and sought \"appropriate measures\" to stop her from making \"incendiary\" remarks on social media.

Modi 'lives in history', misled RS by distorting facts: Kharge

The country's future is dark in the hands of the present government, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday, as he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latter's speech in the Rajya Sabha, wondering how a person who \"just lives in history\" build the present and the future.

Rajnath, new US defense secy discuss cooperation

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday spoke to his US counterpart Pete Hegseth over the phone and reviewed bilateral defence cooperation, with focus on multiple domains in land, air, maritime and space, even as the two leaders agreed to deepen collaboration in areas including technology, integration of defence industrial supply chains, interoperability, logistics and information sharing, and joint military exercises.

Hottest Jan ever as La Nina fails to moderate temps

Global temperatures shattered records again in the first month of this year as January became the warmest ever recorded, marking an unprecedented 18th month out of the last 19 that were above a critical climate threshold despite cooling La Nina conditions that typically moderate global heat.

Wenders bender: A very Wim evening

A line of people began to form outside Regal cinema, one of Mumbai's last surviving single-screen theaters.

Delhi air visibly cleaner but data 'missing' again

Delhi's air quality improved on Thursday - partly due to favourable meteorological conditions, but also courtesy a malfunctioning air quality monitoring system as real-time data from 34 of 39 air quality monitoring systems in the Capital went \"missing\".

Two More Exit Polls Give Comfortable Lead to BJP

Two exit polls released on Thursday, a day after voting was held in Delhi's fiercely contested elections, predicted a comfortable victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and signaled a significant decline in the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) electoral fortunes in the Capital.

Why civil aviation in India needs further consolidation

A recent Morgan Stanley research report tells us that marriage as an institution might be going through one of its worst phases — but, for the smaller companies in Indian civil aviation, there is no other hope on the horizon.

Delhi HC reinstates taekwondo body officials

The Delhi high court on Thursday set aside Games and Technical Conduct Committee (GTCC) decision to replace Director of Competition (DOC) T Praveen Kumar and the technical officials appointed by the Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) for the 38th National Games of India, being conducted in Uttarakhand, saying that the same was taken without any rationale.

Centre lax in regularising Sainik Farm colonies: HC

Why should such a matter be kept pending? The fate of this colony needs to be decided...Construction is going on and colonies and colonies are going on. It is all because of your inaction, laxity. DELHI HIGH COURT

S Korean police block DeepSeek

South Korean ministries and police said on Thursday they were blocking DeepSeek's access to their computers, after the Chinese AI startup did not respond to a data watchdog request about how it manages user information.

All eyes on EVMs sitting till Sat in 70 strongrooms

The electronic voting machines (EVMs) in which votes were polled for the Delhi assembly elections are stored in strongrooms under three-tier round-the-clock security.

Maha budget spend to take 10% hit following new populist schemes

Government contractors' indefinite stop-work stance in protest of unpaid dues amounting to over ₹90,000 crore in the current financial year has exposed the state's depleted treasury; and it is believed that the situation is set to become bleaker, with officials in the government stating that the budgeted expenditure is likely to drop further by 5-10%.

Mizoram: BJP, Cong to ally for local body polls

While the Congress and the BJP are on different ends of the political spectrum at the national level, district units of the two parties in western Mizoram are joining forces to contest the upcoming village council elections.

Cong Spoke BJP's Language in Delhi Polls': SP Leader

Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday alleged the Congress \"spoke the language of the Bharatiya Janata Party\" during the Delhi Assembly elections — a remark that further exposed the cracks in the INDIA bloc.

Bommai Calls Bickering Within K'taka BJP 'Unfortunate', Urges Factions for Restraint

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker and former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday expressed displeasure over the internal bickering within the party's state unit and urged both factions to exercise patience and resolve differences through dialogue under the guidance of senior leaders.

AAP Accuses BJP of Trying to 'Poach' 7 MLAs; BJP Threatens Legal Action

A day after polling for the Delhi assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to poach several candidates, including seven incumbent legislators, by offering them ₹15 crore each, to help the BJP form government.

No country for illegal migrants

Deportation of illegal migrants is a pointer to new nativist politics that is hostile to migration

Deportees narrate tales of harrowing journey from US

Several of the 104 Indians deported from the US this week said they were handcuffed and shackled during their 40-hour flight home, with most learning about their deportation only after landing in Amritsar on Wednesday.

Deadline for feedback extended amid slugfest

The political slugfest over the draft University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations intensified on Thursday, with Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan terming \"unfortunate\" and \"concerning\" the criticism of the draft norms by Opposition leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who alleged the move was an attempt to push RSS's agenda of imposing \"one history, one tradition, one language\" on the country.

Over 1,090 Cases of Violation of MCC in City Since January 7

More than 1,090 cases of alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) have been registered in Delhi, an official said on Thursday.

MoD signs ₹10k-cr deals to augment army's firepower

The defence ministry on Thursday said it has signed two contracts worth ₹10,147 crore to procure ammunition for the army's indigenous Pinaka multi-launcher rocket system, giving a boost to self-reliance in defence manufacturing.

Poll battle leaves many a mark on city

Civic workers have to clear 1.9mn posters, defaced walls, nearly permanent digital posters—and they could resurface on results day tomorrow

Chandrayaan-4 Set to Launch in 2027: Centre

The Chandrayaan-4 mission, whose objective is to bring back lunar samples that are not damaged and contaminated, will be launched in 2027, Union science & technology minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.

Noida Boy Held For Sending Bomb Threat To 4 Schools

A 14-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly sending hoax bomb threat emails to four private schools in Noida, allegedly because he wanted to skip school, police officers said on Thursday, adding that he told investigators that he got the idea from similar bomb threat incidents in Delhi.