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With just a day left for the deadline of Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, around seven lakh voters have yet to submit their enumeration forms to the Election Commission of India (ECI). According to the poll body, approximately 61 lakh names are expected to be removed from the draft rolls as these voters are either deceased, have migrated permanently, or remain untraceable. In a press statement on Thursday, the ECI said that 99 per cent of voters have already been covered under the revision process. “Forms of 7.21 crore electors (91.32%) have been received and digitised; names…

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has praised Rishabh Pant for his courageous half-century at Old Trafford, calling it a true display of resilience and national pride. Pant, despite suffering a painful foot injury on Day 1, walked out to bat on Day 2 of the fourth Test in Manchester and scored a vital 54 runs for India. Battling Pain, Earning Applause Pant sustained the injury when a reverse sweep attempt off Chris Woakes struck the fifth metatarsal of his right foot late on Day 1, forcing him to retire hurt on 37. He was taken off the field on a medical…

A day after JD-U MP from Banka, Girdhari Yadav, publicly criticised the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, the Janata Dal (United) issued a show-cause notice to him for making statements “beyond the party line.” The notice was issued on Thursday from the office of Afaque Ahmad Khan, JD-U’s National General Secretary and MLC, and references Girdhari Yadav’s remarks made within Parliament premises. Quoting his statements, the notice states: “Expressing your views on the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ of Electoral Rolls being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) was not appropriate. You are well…

New Delhi: The Congress failed to respond to the aspirations of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), creating space for the BJP, Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi said Thursday, conceding that his party “fell short” on the issue. Addressing the Congress’s Lok Sabha MPs and Telangana leadership at Indira Bhavan, the party headquarters, Rahul said the party must be responsive to all communities moving forward, to send a message of fairness. He qualified his remarks saying not everyone may agree with his personal observations on the party’s shortcomings, “but that’s what I feel”. Show Full Article “I feel that…

Cricket fans could be in for a blockbuster showdown, as India and Pakistan are likely to be drawn into the same group for the Asia Cup 2025, according to a recent report. The development sets the stage for at least one high-stakes match between the traditional rivals, with the possibility of a second clash if both reach the final. Neutral Venue Finalised Amid Security Concerns The future of the continental tournament was discussed during the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Dhaka on Thursday. Representatives from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) joined…

But the competitive landscape for AI-assisted coding platforms is crowded. Startups Windsurf, Replit, and Poolside also sell AI code-generation tools to developers. Cline is a popular open-source alternative. GitHub’s Copilot, which was developed in collaboration with OpenAI, is described as a “pair programmer” that auto-completes code and offers debugging assistance.Most of these code editors are relying on a combination of AI models built by major tech companies, including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. For example, Cursor is built on top of Visual Studio Code, an open-source editor from Microsoft, and Cursor users are generating code by tapping into AI models like…

GuwahatiJul 24, 2025 20:25 IST First published on: Jul 24, 2025 at 20:24 IST Share With thousands in Assam displaced during the state government’s recent spate of evictions, and with more planned, the Northeastern state’s neighbours are on tenterhooks. Days after the Nagaland government referred to displaced people as “illegal immigrants” and ordered “heightened vigilance” on its border with Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur have now issued similar directions to check their influx. The Nagaland government’s move was triggered by an upcoming eviction drive in Uriamghat of Assam’s Golaghat district, which borders the state. “In view of the ongoing eviction drive…

Patna (Bihar) [India], July 24 (ANI): Workers of Congress-affiliated National Student Union of India (NSUI) protested against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar on Thursday. The workers were subsequently sprayed with water cannons and detained in Patna while trying to move the barricades set up by the police. Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, present at the protest, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led state government for being unable to provide answers over rising unemployment, saying that the state has descended into “a situation of anarchy and lawlessness.” “The youth are asking for jobs and employment and are…

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Following Leader of Opposition in Bihar Tejashwi Yadav’s caveat of boycotting Bihar elections over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) row, Congress General Secretary and MP KC Venugopal said that the circumstances prevailing in the country pressurised Tejashwi Yadav to say this and SIR of electoral rolls would be not be allowed to take place. Speaking to ANI, KC Venugopal said, “Circumstances prevailing in the country pressurised Tejashwi Yadav to say this. The Election Commission is indirectly approving the removal of so many names from the electoral roll. Why are they doing this special exercise…

Three people have been sentenced to seven years of hard imprisonment by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Bengaluru. The case pertained to the August 2020 violent mob attack on the DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations. They are identified as Syed Ikramuddin (alias Syed Naveed), Syed Atif and Mohammed Atif. Furthermore, each convict was slapped with ₹36,000 fine. Sections 15, 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, sections 143, 147, 148, 353, 333, 332, 436, 427 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code alongside section 4 of the Karnataka Prevention of Damage…