NOIDA: Two friends – one an engineer and another a businessman – were charred to death when the car in which they were returning from a party went up in flames in Sector 119 early on Saturday, trapping them inside.Fire department officials said a short circuit in the car’s air conditioner may have caused the fire, locking the doors automatically. A...

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MUMBAI: Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the seat-sharing formula for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections among the Mahayuti constituents BJP, Shiv Sena and the (Ajit Pawar-led) NCP has almost been finalised for Maharashtra, and it is proposed that while BJP will contest 26 seats, Senaand NCP together will contest 22. Maharashtra...

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JAIPUR: More than 68% of the electorate in Rajasthan exercised their voting rights across 199 assembly constituencies by 5pm during Saturday's ballot, which was mainly tranquil, with only erratic incidents of violence leading to the arrest of 77 people.The total turnout, including postal ballots, is slightly above 69%, according to the state's ...

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NEW DELHI: The government officials remained non-committal about the timeline for the breakthrough at Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 trapped workers citing the situation getting technically “more complex” after the joints of the auger used for horizontal drilling got broken. But going by the time it would take for taking out the entire auger machine...

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NEW DELHI: As the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya draws close, the Braj region related to Lord Krishna and Mirabai also appears to be heading towards similar prominence with the BJP federal governments at the Centre and in UP working together on an enthusiastic advancement task that will cover parts of western UP, Rajasthan and Haryana.The ...

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PATNA: In a major move aimed at mobilising the support of dalits ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls, the JD(U) will hold a 'Bhim Sansad' in Patna on Sunday. Leaders in charge of the programme said more than one lakh people were expected to attend the gathering, which would be a big boost for the leadership of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.The...

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