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Voters in any MLC election have to exercise preferential votes, marking their preference of candidates unlike in other elections and for this reason, EVMs cannot be used in any MLC election. (Representational image : PTI file)Nation
Telangana MLC polls: Election Commission plans to deploy jumbo ballot...

A record 93 candidates are in the fray for the Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar graduates constituency election against...

3 March 2021 2:12 AM IST

Jacob had got transit anticipatory bail from Bombay High Court on February 17 for three weeks, so that the accused could approach the court concerned in Delhi, where the case is lodged. (PTI file photo)Nation
Toolkit case: Court grants one week to Delhi Police to file reply to...

The court also directed the Delhi Police to hand over a copy of its reply to Jacob's bail plea to her counsel

2 March 2021 1:02 PM IST

Dasgupta was arrested on December 24 last year and is in jail since then. (PTI)Nation
TRP scam: HC grants bail to former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta

Dasgupta approached the HC in January this year after a sessions court rejected his bail plea

2 March 2021 12:28 PM IST

Police found Rs. 20 lakh and two kg heroin in a Hyundai Creta owned by one Abdul Momin Peer at a makeshift checkpoint near Handwara. Representational imageNation
NIA arrests four accused of narco-terrorism in J&K

The accused were involved in cross-border smuggling of heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and were supplying the...

2 March 2021 7:12 AM IST

On October 12, a grid failure in Mumbai resulted in massive power outages, stopping trains on tracks, hampering those working from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard. (Representational Image/AFP)Nation
Chinese hackers targeted India's power grid system through malware:...

The report has led to raising suspicion whether last year's massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online...

1 March 2021 5:28 PM IST

\I have been Chief Minister for 14 years and am now the Leader of Opposition. Dont I have the right to protest? Why cant I go and meet the district Collector and the SP, Naidu angrily questioned the police officials and sat on the airport lounge floor. (Photo : ANI)Nation
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu detained at Tirupati airport, stages...

Naidu arrived to take part in a protest in Tirupati against the high-handed actions of the local civic authorities

1 March 2021 12:29 PM IST

The prime minister also posted a picture of himself taking the first dose of the vaccine in which he is seen sporting a Assamese gamocha and getting inoculated with a smile on his face. (Image credit : Twitter/@narendramodi)Nation
PM Modi takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS

Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN to the prime minister

1 March 2021 9:55 AM IST

The cost at private hospitals has been determined as Rs 250, of which Rs 150 is for the vaccine and Rs 100 is towards service fee, as per Government of India orders. (DC Image)Nation
Private hospitals can waive Rs 100 from Covid jab cost: TS Official

The government is delivering the vaccine free to people at its hospitals and identified Covid vaccination centres (CVCs)

1 March 2021 4:57 AM IST

Women hold balloons and flags of YSRCP during a campaign rally for the upcoming GVMC elections at the 35th Ward near Poorna Market in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image/Murali Krishna)Nation
Election campaign picks up momentum in Visakhapatnam

The corporation elections are being held after a gap of 14 years

1 March 2021 4:31 AM IST

BJP flags were seen on the boundaries on a cricket ground at Bhoraj village in Jainad mandal. TRS flags were seen at many cricket tournaments in different mandals in Adilabad Assembly constituency. (DC Image0Nation
BJP, TRS fighting for youth by conducting sports tournaments in rural...

The BJP and TRS leaders are the chief guests at the inaugural and valedictory events

1 March 2021 4:11 AM IST

The letter is seen as an attempt by the state government to divert the plant to Krishnapatnam and safeguard the interests of VSP and its workers. (Representational Photo: DC)Nation
AP invites POSCO for setting up steel plant at Krishnapatnam

The government move gained significance in the backdrop of growing resentment over Centre's disinvestment plans of Vizag...

1 March 2021 4:01 AM IST

Teddy wont have food if not hand-fed three times a day, the Hyderabad Mayor said. DC ImageNation
Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal R. Vijayalakshmi feeding her pet goes viral

Asked about the video, Vijayalakshmi told Deccan Chronicle said that pets had been part of her life since childhood

1 March 2021 3:08 AM IST

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