The Election Commission of India building.

Nation

EC deploys additional observers to oversee Bengal vote count

Anti-Maoist exercise in progress

Nation

Three DRG personnel killed in IED blast during demining operation in Chhattisgarh

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POLITICS

West Bengal gears up for ‘result day Holi’ as surging Abir sales reflect electoral buzz

The rising cost of higher education is proving highly exclusionary

Opinion

Why education is slipping out of the grasp of India’s poor

Security personnel stand guard over voters at Magrahat Paschim, South 24 Parganas, 2 May

POLITICS

Bengal repoll sees nearly 37 per cent turnout by 11 am; voting peaceful

Can she pull off another victory? Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur on voting day

POLITICS

West Bengal: Has the ECI done enough?

All eyes now on 4 May counting after polling under heavy security

Nation

SC rejects TMC plea on counting staff, says EC free to choose personnel

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Nation

Nationwide emergency alert test on 2 May: don’t panic if your phone beeps

Rescue personnel recover the cruise boat that overturned in Bargi dam due to a sudden storm

Nation

MP boat disaster: search for 4 missing expands; 5 TN tourists among dead

Rescue underway after the under-construction bridge collapsed on the outskirts of Jammu

Nation

Jammu bridge collapse: Three dead, engineers suspended, probe ordered

On 24 April, 100 of the world's hottest cities were all in India, as per @WeatherMonitors

Opinion

A towering inferno of bad policies

Salem Dharanidharan

POLITICS

‘Delimitation must move beyond numbers’

Punjab chief minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann

POLITICS

High drama, higher stakes: Mann government clears confidence test