The Election Commission appointed retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta as the 'Special Roll Observer' for the SIR exercise in West Bengal, an official said. The EC also appointed 12 IAS officers as 'Electoral Roll Observers' to oversee the key aspects of preparation of the electoral rolls following the SIR and help the district election officers (DEOs) and electoral registration officers (EROs) in taking corrective measures,

India's main opposition party said on Wednesday that a government plan to preload a state-run app on smartphones violates the privacy of users and the government needed to explain itself, escalating tensions on a matter that has sparked surveillance fears.

In the hours between, the 30 million residents of India’s capital region trudge along with chronic headaches and itchy eyes, symptoms of this rising superpower’s failure to provide its people with a most basic need: breathable air.

Amit Anilchandra Shah — master political strategist and Bharatiya Janata Party president — is indisputably the second most powerful man in India. When we think of Bollywood, we inadvertently think of money. Money the movie makers make, money the stars get paid, money the movies earn.

India has expressed displeasure over a joint article written by the envoys of Britain, France and Germany on the Ukraine war. The editorial, published in an Indian newspaper, blamed Vladimir Putin for the war in Ukraine.

The Indian rupee weakened past the key psychological level of 90 to the dollar on Wednesday, extending a rough patch as anaemic trade and sustained portfolio flows weighed in the absence of positive news on a trade deal with Washington.