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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the state of emergency in the country by a month to 15 December amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but has eased restrictions amid attempts to resuscitate the economy. Travel from all countries will now be pe...

The US state of Georgia on Wednesday announced a hand recount of votes as President-elect Joe Biden has a narrow lead of over 14,000 over President Donald Trump. With the margin being so close, there is a need to recount, Georgia's secretary of state Bra...

India's central bank bought a net $8.17 billion in the foreign exchange market in September, well above the $5.30 billion it purchased the previous month, a monthly bulletin showed.

The court said there was clear identification of the three accused through public witnesses, who have categorically stated in their statements that they were allegedly present at the rooftop of the house belonging to principal accused Hussain on the day o...

The three Left parties — Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) — won an impressive 16 of the 29 seats they contested in the Bihar polls.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty touched a fresh intra-day high of 12,769.75. It finished 118.05 points or 0.93 per cent up at its closing record of 12,749.15. Tata Steel was the top gainer among the Sensex constituents, surging around 8 per cent, followe...

Speaking to the newspaper, the deceased's brother Niral said his family had no inkling that Jyot was considering such a drastic step. At the time of the purported suicide, Jyot was alone at home.

The BJP won the assembly seats in Bulandshahr, Bangarmau, Ghatampur, Deoria, Tundla and the closely contested Naugawan Sadat seat.

Washington, Nov 10 (AP) US defense officials said James Anderson, the top policy adviser at the Pentagon, submitted his resignation Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Anderson has been the acting undersecreta...

The state BJP unit, however, underlined that the results of Bihar polls would not have any impact on Bengal elections, likely to be held in April-May next year. "Earlier, on three occasions, the BJP has formed government in Bihar, but that didn't have any...

Laukaha election result live updates: Who won and who lost, who is leading, who is trailing and is the new Laukaha (लौकहा) MLA (Vidhayak / Member of Legislative Assembly).

Phulparas election result live updates: Who won and who lost, who is leading, who is trailing and is the new Phulparas (फुलपरास) MLA (Vidhayak / Member of Legislative Assembly).

Follow live updates of Sanwer Assembly seat bypolls in Madhya Pradesh. Know who is leading, who is trailing, who won, who lost and who will be the new Sanwer MLA.

Live election result status of Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (तेजस्वी प्रसाद यादव) of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Raghopur seat in the 2020 Bihar Assembly / Vidhan Sabha elections. Check if Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

JMM's Basant Soren won the Dumka seat, defeating the BJP's Louis Marandi, while the Congress held on to the Bermo seat as party candidate Kumar Jaimangal defeated the BJP's Yogeshwar Mahto (Batul).

In the first phase, the NDA is leading on merely 21 seats while the Mahagathbandhan is ahead on 48. The second phase is witnessing a close contest between the two coalitions, with the NDA ahead on 50 seats and the Mahagathbandhan on 44.