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Scrap SIR, return to ballot paper voting: Oppn at 'Garjana morcha'

India, Oct. 5 -- Opposition leaders across party lines came together at the 'Virat Garjana Morcha' rally in south Mumbai on Sunday, demanding scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elect... Read More


Legislative council polls: Congress eyes two seats, LoP post

India, Oct. 5 -- With biennial elections to five seats in the legislative council due on October 23, differences over seat-sharing have emerged within both the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Mahar... Read More


Consumer panel orders delivery of 400-sq-yard Mohali plot after 11-yr delay

Mohali, Oct. 5 -- The consumer commission directed two developers to hand over a 400-sq-yard industrial plot in Sector 66-A, after retaining Rs.17 lakh paid by three buyers for more than a decade. The... Read More


Key Party leader hosts Hungarian Workers' Party chief

Hanoi, Oct. 5 -- Politburo Member and Standing Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Cam Tu hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 5 for a delegation of t... Read More


Koel Mallick joins BJP, files Rajya Sabha nomination within hours

Kolkata, Oct. 5 -- Within hours of formally joining the BJP, actor-turned-politician Rukmini Mallick, popularly known as Koel Mallick, filed her nomination at the West Bengal Assembly as the party's c... Read More


Punjab women clinch Rama Atray Memorial T20 trophy

Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Seniors Women's team defeated the UT Cricket Association, Chandigarh by 36 runs to clinch the seventh Rama Atray Memorial Women's Cricket Tournam... Read More


Hundreds of residents protest Thane Ring Metro project over tree loss, displacement and alignment concerns

India, Oct. 5 -- Hundreds of Thane residents took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the proposed Thane Internal Ring Metro (TRIM), raising concerns over the cutting of more than 3,200 trees,... Read More


The push for rooftop power, and the high-rise hurdle

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- On the terrace of MJR Pearl, a 14-storey apartment complex in Bengaluru's Whitefield, rows of photovoltaic panels have turned the roof into a 150-kW power plant. For the residents... Read More


BMC calls meeting with priests after hundreds of fish die at Banganga following Pitru Paksha rituals

India, Oct. 5 -- With the deaths of hundreds of fish in the city's historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar becoming an annual concern during Pitru Paksha, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has... Read More


3 booked for assaulting man inside his home in Pataudi

India, Oct. 5 -- Three men, a father and two sons, have been booked for allegedly assaulting a man inside the enclosure of his house in Rampur village over an old rivalry, police said on Sunday. Acco... Read More