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Registered Youth Voters Hits Decades-Low

The share of such voters has shrunk to 1.9 per cent of registered voters in 2024 from 2.7 per cent in 2014. IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art students with face paint create voting awareness for the......

Registered Youth Voters Hits Decades-Low

The share of such voters has shrunk to 1.9 per cent of registered voters in 2024 from 2.7 per cent in 2014. IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art students with face paint create voting awareness for the......

Rahul, Hema in fray as 88 seats go to polls in Phase 2

Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on Friday for 88 seats in 13 states with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a second-straight term from Wayanad in Kerala. IMAGE:......

Everything cannot be suspected, SC tells petitioners in plea against EVM

Underscoring the importance of voter satisfaction and trust in the electoral system, the Supreme Court on Thursday told petitioners who sought its direction to go back to using ballot papers not to......

Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for a third time as the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 34 Union ministers,......

Govt to procure 200K-tonne onions amid farmer protest

Barely days after imposing a 40 per cent export tax on onions to cool down soaring prices, which, in turn, triggered widespread protests across the main growing belts, the Centre on Tuesday sought......

Ravneet Kaur: An IAS officer with varied experience

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has named Ravneet Kaur, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Kaur will hold the post for five......

FinMin's diktat to banks on selling insurance

Concerned over rising incidence of mis-selling, the finance ministry has directed heads of public sector banks to put in place strong mechanisms to avoid unethical practices for selling insurance......

56 mn Indians may have turned poor in 2020 due to pandemic: World Bank

About 56 million Indians may have plunged into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, increasing the global tally by 71 million and making it the worst year for poverty reduction......

Finally, a shimmer of hope for the 'golden fibre'

A robust export market for shopping bags has emerged, but whether it can help the ailing industry reduce its dependence on heavily regulated government purchases is an open question. Ishita Ayan......

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......

Govinda Naam Mera Review: Not Fun

To name your movie after Bollywood's most dhinchak hero and craft something so dull is sacrilege, says Sukanya Verma. Deception is the name of the game. For a while, it appears as though Govinda......

Laal Singh Chaddha Review

Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart, notes Sukanya Verma. When Forrest Gump released in 1994, Tom Hanks was 38 years old. One of the coolest things about Robert Zemeckis' Oscar-winning......

Shiddat review

What should be a cautionary tale on choosing your one-night stands with care becomes another lousy attempt to rehash the Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge formula by cooking up one implausible scenario......

200: Halla Ho review

200: Halla Ho's filmi treatment of events diminishes the impact of a fiery reality, says Sukanya Verma. In August 2004, a mob of Dalit women stormed the Nagpur district court and fatally attacked......

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Registered Youth Voters Hits Decades-Low

Registered Youth Voters Hits Decades-Low

Rahul, Hema in fray as 88 seats go to polls in Phase 2

Everything cannot be suspected, SC tells petitioners in plea against EVM

Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Govt to procure 200K-tonne onions amid farmer protest

Ravneet Kaur: An IAS officer with varied experience

FinMin's diktat to banks on selling insurance

56 mn Indians may have turned poor in 2020 due to pandemic: World Bank

Finally, a shimmer of hope for the 'golden fibre'

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

Govinda Naam Mera Review: Not Fun

Laal Singh Chaddha Review

Shiddat review

200: Halla Ho review

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