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For the first time, NRI Bengalis can participate in the West Bengal assembly elections, as the Representation of the People Act of 2010 sees implementation in the assembly polls coming up this summer. 2011 is a year when every vote might actually matter, with the Congress in bad shape and BJP eyeing all the seats in West Bengal.

A new national poll suggests that President Barack Obama is personally more popular than his policies. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday, two days before Obama marks 100 days in the White House, indicates that three in four Americans feel Obama has the personal qualities a president should have. But when asked if Obama agrees with the respondent on the issues, that number drops to 57 percent. The survey also indicates that 63 percent of Americans approve of how Obama is handling his duties as president. One in three questioned in the poll disapprove.

The period of tussle is over since Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his mission accomplished. 21st March has marked its mention in the annals of world history. It's reunion time for Crimea with Russia. After a long time, when Soviet Union used to be on the map of the world, Crimea is annexed to Russia. People howled, shouted and even turned violent for registering their protest against Ukrainian government, which had done no good but ruin to Crimean republic.

After months, the Supreme Court has scolded the chief minister of the state 'Akhilesh Yadav' condemning his 'no action' stance when Muzaffarnagar was burning in the flames of outrageous communal riots. Around 60 innocents' life was offered to the fire of riots the previous year.

The leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party have a feeling of great delight apart from the clear angry responses, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's indirect attack on the BJP's ace leader Narendra Modi running in the race of prospective Prime Ministerial portfolio.

Doctors claimed that the victim of Kolkata rape case, who was raped twice and committed suicide, was carrying a child in her fetus during her death. When the fetus taken for the forensic examination, it was cleared that the daughter of a taxi driver from Bihar was pregnant.

The incident of close shave within few feet between a jet and a rugby ball-shaped UFO was noticed when he flew near Heathrow Airport leaving London's aviation authorities in bafflement.

A youngster from Bihar took revenge when a girl 'unfriended' him from her Facebook friend list. He spoiled her face by throwing high degree boiling water on her face because she removed the culprit from her Facebook account.

When Valentine's Day is just round the corner, can the hooligans be far away?

The Netaji controversy refuses to find closure even when secret files are no longer classified. The recent release of 100 confidential files on the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bo...

The Central Information Commission has been informed that several records have gone missing from the Income Tax department because of a restructuring drive in 2001 and 2013. The Information Commissioner, Bimal Julka noted it when the tax department couldn't furnish information to an RTI applicant.

The SC today said it'd decide tomorrow when the petitions, seeking review of its Sabarimala verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into temple, will be listed for hearing. The bench considered the submissions of lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara that his petition be listed for urgent hearing.

Reports that former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav has changed his mind about divorce with wife Aishwarya Rai were quashed on Thursday when Lalu Prasad Yadav's son told a family court that he wanted separation. Both Aishwarya and Tej have been asked to appear before the court on January 8, 2019.

Despite getting the highest traffic on the internet, porn sites have been facing massive backlash time and again. But when coffee giant Starbucks banned porn viewing on its free Wi-Fi, it received an unprecedented response. Pornography giant YouPorn has banned all Starbucks products in its offices.

The overhype of 2016 surgical strike and politicization of army operations isn't a good thing, said Lt General (retired) D S Hooda, who was the Northern Army Commander when the attack happened. Hooda said too much talk happened on both sides regarding the operation and it was not good.

At least three persons were injured, two of them seriously, when the fuel tank of an auto-rickshaw exploded while CNG was being filled in it at suburban Malad on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 8 am at a petrol pump near Milap Talkies on S V Road in Malad West.

Three members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their home in Pataudi town of Haryana's Gurugram district, while a one-year-old girl, who was seriously injured, died in a hospital. Their two-year-old son Akshay was reportedly in a school when the incident occurred.

The Union Health Ministry has invited suggestions for renaming the country's drug regulator CDSCO in line with its expanded roles. In a public notice issued on Thursday, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) said that its name was given considering its role when it was created, but the present nomenclature was not reflecting its roles and responsibilities.

The official website of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) was hacked late on Monday, meaning it has joined the long list of government-run websites to have met the fate. When the website was hacked, it showed a picture of cartoon character Doraemon. It has since been restored.

When a team of AIIMS doctors approached a 22-year-old brain-dead man's family requesting them to donate his organs, they were met with a unique proposition. The family was willing to donate his organs, but insisted to make arrangements to preserve his sperm. However, the request was declined.