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KOLKAT/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2% turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu’s final provisional figure settled at 85.1% after a marginal revision, EC data showed on Saturday.More than 3.36 crore voters cast ballots across 16 Bengal districts on April 23, out of a 3.6 crore electorate. Cooch Behar led with…

NEW DELHI: As parts of India sizzled and heatwave conditions were forecast across regions for the next seven days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday issued comprehensive heatwave safety guidelines and advised citizens to take necessary precautions that include avoiding prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and strenuous outdoor activities during high-temperature periods.IMD, through these advisories covering…

MUMBAI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday urged markets regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India to take the lead in implementing the govt-initiated ‘one nation, one KYC’ process.For long, the govt has been working on a unified know your client (KYC) system to eliminate repetition across services regulated by banks, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, insurance…

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from LC36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Earlier this week, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shared a photo of the space company’s New Glenn rockets. Bezos’ post on X, formerly Twitter, got ‘Congrats’ message from CEO of Blue…

Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a big chase against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday, beating them by five wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium after chasing down 229 with nine balls to spare in IPL 2026.Teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 103 for Rajasthan Royals and smashed the third fastest century in IPL history, reaching his hundred in…

No ballot papers, no ink, no boxes: Inside Gaza’s first election in two decades Palestinians lined up outside polls in tents and donated buildings on Saturday to vote in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades, while voting also took place across the West Bank.More than 70,000 people are…

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to pile up records at a staggering pace in IPL 2026, with the teenage sensation rewriting milestones almost every game and now climbing to the very top of the Orange Cap race.Sooryavanshi’s stunning rise reached another landmark as he surged to the top of the Orange…

NEW DELHI: Several Aam Aadmi Party workers on Saturday protested outside the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Rajinder Gupta in Ludhiana.According to the video, party workers using spray paint cans wrote several slogans in Punjabi, including captions like ‘Gaddar’, on the walls of Gupta’s residence to express their resentment after he joined the Bharatiya Janata…

Arvind Kejriwal and Swati Maliwal (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former aide to Arvind Kejriwal and now a BJP leader, Swati Maliwal on Saturday levelled sharp allegations against her former boss, claiming that before becoming chief minister he wore “torn pants”, used a “two-rupee pen” and “drove around in a dilapidated car”, but after coming…

Atlanta Falcons could make bold move to strengthen offense with $63M former New England Patriots star despite legal issues.(Image via X) The Atlanta Falcons have failed to perform well in the last couple of seasons as it has missed qualifying in the playoffs for the eighth time in a row.With just 8 wins and 9…