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Goodness, is that the time: A look at how languages name hours, colours, numbers

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The Hausa (above) and Zarma tribes of West Africa are not known for punctuality, so the day was traditionally simply broken up into chunks. Through recent centuries, amid the rise of Islam here, these chunks came to be linked to the nearest Islamic prayer time. (Africulture / Shutterstock)
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:23 pm IST

Down-to-wire contest as lead swings through counting in Chandigarh

INDIA bloc candidate Manish Tewari, along with party workers and supporters, celebrating his victory in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 06:09 pm IST

Hat-trick for BJP as Murlidhar Mohol clinches Pune LS seat

BJP’s Murlidhar Mohol celebrates beating Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar in Pune on Tuesday. (MAHENDRA KOLHE/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 05:18 am IST

Karnal assembly bypoll: Haryana CM Nayab Saini takes comfortable lead

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini took a comfortable lead of 27,407 votes after the ninth round of counting in the Karnal assembly byelection on Tuesday. (HT file photo)
Published on Jun 04, 2024 12:51 pm IST

West Bengal: Close fight between TMC, BJP in early trends

MC was ahead at 19 of the state’s 42 seats while BJP was ahead in 18. (Representative file photo)
Published on Jun 04, 2024 09:57 am IST

Counting of votes will be done in 70 centres across Odisha today

The Election Commission has made elaborate preparations for counting of votes for 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in Odisha.
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 04:21 am IST

With 91 centres & three-tier security, Haryana all set to count votes on June 4

The voter turnout in Haryana on May 25 was recorded at 64.80%. (HT File)
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 07:14 am IST

Delhi Police announces traffic restrictions for Lok Sabha polls counting day

Police cordon at the Gole Market counting centre in the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 05:37 am IST

Delhi poll body geared for D-day, over 89.21 lakh votes up for counting

Delhi poll body geared for D-day, over 89.21 lakh votes up for counting
Updated on Jun 03, 2024 03:46 pm IST

Three-layered security deployed at counting venue in Lucknow

Two companies of the Central Paramilitary Force and one company of the PAC Force have been assigned duty. (HT photo)
Updated on Jun 02, 2024 10:27 pm IST

Arunachal Pradesh election result 2024: BJP eyes another term in state

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on polling day
Published on Jun 02, 2024 06:36 am IST

Arunachal assembly polls counting on Sunday; BJP ahead with 10 unopposed wins

Adequate security arrangements have been put in place at the counting centres to ensure the process passes smoothly. (Representative Image)
Published on Jun 01, 2024 07:18 pm IST

Tight security at counting centres in Pune 

Pune dist administration has placed a three-tier system of security at the counting centres as per the guidelines of the Election Commission (EC). (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 06:30 am IST

Pune admin gears up for counting day

Pune district collector Suhas Diwase called a meeting of poll officials to take stock of training sessions for the counting process and reviewed the progress. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
Updated on May 24, 2024 06:56 am IST

Polls for six MLC posts in Karnataka to take place on June 3

These elections pertain to three graduates and three teachers constituencies. (HT file)
Published on May 03, 2024 11:39 am IST

HP: Bypolls to 6 assembly seats to be held simultaneously with LS elections on June 1

Bypolls to six assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh would be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls on June 1 in the state, according to officials. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 08:02 am IST

Congress ahead in Chhattisgarh, BJP not too far behind

Representational image.
Published on Dec 03, 2023 12:26 pm IST

MP election results 2023: BJP ahead; Congress not far behind, show early trends

Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kamal Nath
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 09:24 am IST

BJP, Congress eye wins in 4 state poll results today

Assembly elections result of four states today
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 07:26 am IST

A bipolar polity or a dominant party state?

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Congress leader Kamal Nath and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Published on Nov 16, 2023 10:50 pm IST

Afternoon brief: IAF's 91st Founding Day; Ladakh-Kargil poll vote counting on

Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel march past while holding the new IAF ensign. (ANI)
Published on Oct 08, 2023 01:19 pm IST

Counting for 3rd phase of Bihar's Municipal Elections to be held on June 11

The voting of the third phase of the state's Municipal elections is underway. It was held from 7 am to 5 pm on Friday. (File)
Updated on Jun 09, 2023 03:46 pm IST

People voted for SP overwhelmingly in U.P. civic polls, claims party

Manoj Pandey, the SP MLA, and party’s state unit chief Naresh Uttam Patel at a press conference in Lucknow on May 12. (Sourced)
Updated on May 12, 2023 08:03 pm IST

Jagadish Shettar explains why he joined the Congress: ‘My self respect…’

Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar.
Published on Apr 21, 2023 05:38 pm IST

11-crore coin fraud case: CBI searches 5 locations in Punjab’s Faridkot

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches at five locations in Faridkot district’s Jaitu subdivision in connection with an alleged fraud case wherein coins worth 11 crore had gone missing from the vaults of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Rajasthan’s Karauli. (Image for representational purpose)
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 01:17 am IST

‘I'm not angry': Former minister KS Eshwarappa denies tiff with BJP

Eshwarappa had resigned as a minister last year after being accused of abetting suicide in the Santhosh Patil death case.
Published on Apr 20, 2023 04:27 pm IST

Assam denies allegations of anomalies in Kaziranga rhino count

RTI and wildlife activist Rohit Choudhury had filed an RTI over the anomalies. (Ducati India | Twitter)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 04:37 pm IST

Goa: State election commission announces polls in two municipal councils

Municipal polls are not held on party lines in Goa (Representative Photo)
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 07:17 pm IST

Why were people identifying as Jedi knights in censuses around the world?

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Lego Jedi knights, via Pixabay
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 08:55 pm IST

Karnataka: JD(S) moves to EC, seeks ban on Kichcha Sudeep's movies

Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former PM Deve Gowda with his son and ex-Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy. (PTI)
Published on Apr 07, 2023 02:52 pm IST