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Bihar polls: NDA heading for landslide win; BJP to emerge as single-largest party Patna: The BJP-led NDA appeared to register a landslide victory in Bihar, opening up impressive leads in more than 180 of the state's 243 assembly seats, with early trends also indicating that the saffron party was on track to post its biggest tally with an excellent strike rate.

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Bypolls: BJP retains Nagrota seat, MNF wins Dampa New Delhi: Mizoram's main opposition party, Mizo National Front, on Friday retained the Dampa assembly seat, while the BJP won Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, and was also ahead in Odisha's Nuapada, according to results and trends available for the bypolls held earlier this week in eight assembly seats.

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Bihar: Congress alleges 'counting irregularities' as NDA takes early lead Patna: Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Ram on Friday raised doubts over the "integrity" of the counting process even as Election Commission trends placed the NDA comfortably ahead of the Mahagathbandhan.

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JK: Pulwama house of Dr Umar Nabi involved in Delhi blast demolished Srinagar: The house of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden car involved in the Delhi blast, has been demolished by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said on Friday.

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Anil Ambani offers to 'virtually appear' before ED in FEMA case New Delhi: Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani has offered to appear before the Enforcement Directorate through "virtual means" following summons issued to him under the FEMA for Friday.

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NIA arrests prime accused in trafficking people for organ transplantation in Kerala Kochi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested the prime accused in a case involving trafficking people to Iran for illegal organ donation.

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SEBI-Sahara case: SC agrees to hear plea of employees seeking payment of pending salaries New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for hearing on November 17 interim pleas of employees seeking payment of their pending salaries from the Sahara Group companies.

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WPI inflation falls to (-) 1.21 pc in Oct on GST cut, favourable base New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation (WPI) fell to (-) 1 .21 per cent in October, driven by a decline in prices of food articles like pulses and vegetables, as well as lower fuel and manufactured items' prices, government data showed on Friday.

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Govt notifies DPDP Rules, implementation planned in phases spread over 12-18 months New Delhi: The government has released the long-awaited Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 on Friday, which will be implemented in phases spread over 12-18 months.

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US lawmaker to introduce bill to completely eliminate H-1B visa program New York/Washington: An American lawmaker will be introducing a bill to "completely eliminate" the H-1B visa programme and take away the pathway to citizenship that it offers, "forcing" individuals to "return home" when their visa expires. By Yoshita Singh

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EAM Jaishankar meets UN chief Guterres in New York United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief’s assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India’s growth. By Yoshita Singh

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