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Cars drive past a billboard bearing a portrait of Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi, centre, his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, second from left, and other members of his entrourage in central Tehran on May 21, 2024, as mourners in the northestern city of Tabriz attended a funeral procession for the President and seven others who were killed with him in a helicopter accident two days ago.

What comes next for Iran after Raisi’s death?

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The Rameshwaram Cafe blast: NIA raids at 11 places in 4 States

British man dies and several passengers are injured when turbulence hits a Singapore Airlines flight

IPL-2024 Qualifier 1: Mitchell the ‘Starc’ difference as KKR blows away SRH

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2 killed as BJP, RJD workers clash day after Bihar polling

Shots fired in the aftermath of an election-day fight between RJD and BJP supporters in Saran; two persons held; Internet suspended for two days

Rohini Acharya, RJD candidate from Saran Lok Sabha seat, meets a man injured in post-poll violence at the Patna Medical College and Hospital on May 21, 2024.

Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ wins the International Booker Prize 2024

Author Jenny Erpenbeck with the shortlisted book “Kairos” attends The International Booker Prize 2024 announcement at Tate Modern on May 21, 2024 in London, England.

Delhi Excise Policy case: Delhi High Court denies bail to Manish Sisodia

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Vice-President to represent India at Raisi’s condolence ceremony in Iran

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Kashmiris have sought to use the ballot box to seek change from the status quo

End the punishment: On Julian Assange

Assange should be set free, and not extradited to the U.S.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Maharajganj, Janardan Singh Sigriwal during the public meeting ahead of the sixth phase of Lok Sabha Polls, in Maharajganj on May 21, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections

Bihar polls enter NDA’s 2019 clean-sweep territory

Amarnath Tewary

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a public meeting for Lok Sabha polls, in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana on March 21, 2024.

Lok Sabha Elections

Kharge pushes Congress campaign in Haryana, terms PM Modi as ‘king of liars’

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal campaigning for the Congress East Delhi Candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in New Delhi on May 21, 2024.

In pitched capital battle, AAP and Congress find synergies

Putting their differences aside, the AAP and Congress have joined hands to stop the BJP from achieving yet another clean sweep in Delhi; after his release from jail, AAP leader Kejriwal has charged up the campaign with direct attacks on the PM

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Lok Sabha Elections

In eastern U.P, INDIA bloc going all out for victory

Sobhana K. Nair

Lok Sabha Elections

Jagannath temple takes centre stage in Odisha poll discourse as voting crosses halfway mark

Satyasundar Barik

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. File

PM Modi will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Family members of rural area driven out from their villages stranded in Brahmagiri, 20 km away from Puri.

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Shunned villagers facing caste-based discrimination seek help to vote in coastal Odisha

CM Bhajan Lal Sharma at a BJP election event in New Delhi.

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Rajasthan CM campaigns in several States for BJP, draws flak from Congress

Samajwadi Party supporters during a campaign meeting in support of party candidate Dharmendra Yadav for Lok Sabha polls, in Azamgarh, on May 21, 2024.

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In eastern U.P, INDIA bloc going all out for victory

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal campaigning for the Congress East Delhi Candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in New Delhi on May 21, 2024.

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In pitched capital battle, AAP and Congress find synergies

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (right) at a rally in the reserved North West Delhi seat with party nominee Yogender Chandoliya.

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Kejriwal brought shame on Delhi by running govt. from jail, says Rajnath Singh

Assembly Elections 2024

People wait to vote for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections in Tirupati on May 13.

Peculiar dip in voter turnout in Tirupati, Satyavedu Assembly segments boggles poll pundits

Over 100 CCTV cameras, 400 personnel deployed at strongrooms in NTR Commissionerate

Torn between Vizag and Amaravati, realtors eagerly await election results in Andhra Pradesh

Voters wait in queues to cast their votes during the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha election 2024, at a polling station in Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh

Fast for election result day, BJP’s Arunachal district unit tells its members

Arunachal BJP expels 28 for contesting against official candidates

PIL filed in HC against use of deepfake technologies in campaign for LS, Assembly polls

Voters show their ID cards before casting their vote for the General elections 2024.

Odisha records over 60% voter turnout in fifth phase amid stray incidents of violence

PM Modi launches shrillest of attacks on Odisha CM, his aide

All eyes on Naveen Patnaik in Odisha second phase

Monks show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their vote for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Gangtok, Friday, April 19, 2024.

80% voter turnout in Sikkim Assembly elections, says EC

PIL filed in Delhi HC against use of deepfake technologies in political campaign for LS, Assembly polls

Campaigning ends for 102 seats in first phase of Lok Sabha polls

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The interior of Singapore Airline flight SQ321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024. One passenger died and 30 others were injured after the plane hit severe turbulence.

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Tamil Nadu From being a local affair in 19th Century to a crowd-puller, a flower show goes on

The Porsche car that was found without a number plate in Pune.

India Pune car accident: Police arrest five including realtor as case snowballs into political slugfest

Up against Hindi: C.N. Annadurai said in Parliament that he favoured English not because he was enamoured of it, “but because it is the most convenient tool, it is the most convenient medium which distributes advantages evenly”.
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The 17th century tomb of Jacca David Elihu Yale and Joseph Hynmer located on the Madras High Court campus

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Bengaluru In Bengaluru’s flood-prone areas, property owners on a selling spree

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Tamil Nadu Depression likely by May 24; fishermen in the high seas asked to return to shore

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Climate change, a passing cloud in Indian politics

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Revisiting the Railway strike of 1974

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Another crash, another high-profile passenger

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The helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi takes off, near the Iran-Azerbaijan border, on May 19, 2024. The helicopter later crashed with Raisi on board.

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