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Left: Derek O’Brien; Right: CEC Gyanesh Kumar New Delhi: A meeting between a delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Election Commission (EC) became tense on Wednesday, with both sides trading sharply conflicting accounts of what happened.According to election agency sources, TMC leader Derek O’Brien raised his voice during the conversation and asked the Chief…

New Delhi: In good news for the Indian Air Force (IAF), the indigenously developed LCA Tejas fleet may resume flight operations on Wednesday after a nearly two-month long grounding. The fleet was grounded in early February after a Tejas aircraft ran into trouble during landing.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) CMD DK Sunil recently said that all…

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman have rejected the Opposition’s notice for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after conducting “careful and objective assessment of all relevant aspects and issues”, a move that is bound to spark deep opposition between the ruling NDA and its opposition in their five Assembly…

New Delhi: Awards for highway construction and new works in 2025-26 have fallen to a seven-year low, official data shows. While the overall construction was less than 10,000 km, only 7,000 km was commissioned in FY26, the first since 2019-20.Reasons for declining performance in these two key parameters in the highway sector include strict pre-conditions…

Patna: The train has entered. The platform is swollen. Migrant families from Bihar descend on Patna Junction with beds, steel utensils, plastic sacks – returning from cities where cooking has become impossible. The look carries fatigue and a decision driven by empty cylinders and a search for a spark that costs less than a day’s…