Author: Rahul M

In all, according to provisional data released by the ECI, Bihar this assembly polls saw a record-breaking participation of women voters—71.6 percent—the highest since 1962, when the men’s and women’s voter turnouts seem to have first been taken into account.This is the fourth time that women’s poll participation percentage in an election has surpassed men’s in Bihar. The trend—according to ECI data—began in 2010, when 54.49 percent of eligible women voters cast their ballots, compared to 51.12 percent of the eligible men.Similarly, 60.48 percent of women voters participated in the 2015 elections, compared to 53.32 percent of men voters. In…

Most exit polls have forecast a decisive win for the NDA in Bihar, with some surveys giving the ruling bloc between 150 and 170 seats out of the state’s 243-member Assembly. However, the record voter turnout this year has added a layer of uncertainty, especially given Bihar’s history of political shifts whenever polling numbers surge significantly. According to data released by the Election Commission, the overall voter turnout stood at 66.91%, the highest ever recorded in the state. The first phase of voting saw 65.08% turnout, a record in itself, which was later surpassed in the second phase with 68.76%…

In a progressive move, the Karnataka government has approved one paid menstrual leave per month for all working women aged 18–52, across permanent, contractual, and outsourced roles.In a landmark decision for women’s workforce welfare, the Karnataka government has officially notified the Menstrual Leave Policy 2025, granting one paid day of menstrual leave every month for women employees aged between 18 and 52 years.The Government Order (GO), issued on November 12, makes Karnataka one of the first states in India to formally recognise menstrual leave as a workplace right. The policy extends to women in permanent, contractual, and outsourced positions across…

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) searched the Hyderabad doctor’s home on 11th and 12th November as part of its investigation into the Ricin terror conspiracy. According to sources, the team removed unknown chemicals and raw materials in boxes from Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Saiyed’s Rajendranagar flat while Cyberabad police officers monitored from a distance, reported The Indian Express. The residence of the 36-year-old primary suspect in the bio-terror plot involving the lethal chemical also served as a “workshop.” The discovered “substances and material” are going to be tested at the Forensic Science Laboratory. The sources disclosed that the accused’s interrogation revealed…

The Bengaluru police said Thursday they have arrested three people, including two staff members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), for allegedly siphoning Rs 1.94 crore in funds designated for students’ international travel expenses. The arrested are V Soundarya, 25, a resident of Yeshwanthpur, and R Deepika, 25, of Hesaraghatta, who were working as assistant clerks at the IISc registrar’s office. The police have also arrested Deepika’s boyfriend, Sachin Rao, 25. Akshay M Hakke, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), said an IISc staff member filed a complaint on November 1, alleging that two women working as temporary secretarial assistants…

ARMERO, Colombia (AP) — Martha Lucía López released the boat into the river alongside hundreds of others with the faces of missing children, in one last attempt to find her son, or rather, to pray that he would find her.Her son, Sergio Melendro, was one of hundreds of children reported missing when a volcanic eruption devastated the Colombian town Armero on Nov. 13, 1985, and whose whereabouts remains unknown.“The only option we have is for them, the people who adopted them, to tell the true story and for them (the children) to come to us,” the 67-year-old said.Approximately 25,000 perished…

A DNA test has now confirmed that the man behind the deadly explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort was Dr Umar Un Nabi, a doctor from Kashmir. His body was so badly damaged in the blast that the police couldn’t identify him at first. It was only after matching DNA samples from his family in Kashmir’s Pulwama district with body parts found at the scene that investigators were sure Dr Umar was the bomber. The explosion happened on Monday (10th November) and tore through a crowded street close to the Red Fort, killing at least 13 people and injuring nearly 2…

GuwahatiNovember 13, 2025 10:03 AM IST First published on: Nov 13, 2025 at 09:39 AM IST In a renewed bid to forge an anti-BJP regional alliance ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam next year, Congress leaders led by the state AICC-in-charge Jitendra Singh Alwar met other Opposition leaders following a Congress Political Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday. Among those present at the meeting were Raijor Dal leader and MLA Akhil Gogoi, Assam Jatiya Parishad leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi, CPI(M) leader and MLA Manoranjan Talukdar, CPI (M-L) leaders, and Independent Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Bhuyan. Following both meetings, Assam Congress chief…

BRUSSELS — For months, Belgian authorities have been trying to come up with a plan to rescue $9.7 million worth of contraceptives that were stranded in a warehouse outside Antwerp when the Trump administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this year. Those efforts are ongoing — but it became clearer this week that damage had already been done to supplies stored in another warehouse.Authorities in the Flanders region confirmed in written responses to lawmaker questions that, in addition to four truckloads’ worth of contraception in Geel, Belgium, outside Antwerp, there were 20 truckloads of abandoned products —…

The Congress has brought back former MLA Ganesh Godiyal, 59, as its Uttarakhand chief, replacing Karan Mahara whose term ended in April, among other changes on Tuesday night made by the party, with the 2027 Assembly elections in mind.Pritam Singh, former state Congress chief (2017-21) and the MLA from Chakrata, has been appointed the head of the party campaign committee, while former BJP minister Harak Singh Rawat is the new chairman of the Congress election management committee. Mahara, a two-time MLA from Ranikhet, had taken over as the PCC chief in 2022 from Godiyal. He had been on extension since…