Bhubaneswar : In a major embarrassment for opposition Congress ahead of polls in Odisha, two party candidates for assembly elections Wednesday resigned from the primary membership alleging mismanagement in the grand old party. Yudhistir Samantray and Bibhu Tarai, candidates for Pipili and Tirtol assembly seats respectively, said they have […]
Guwahati : A total of 20 nominations were filed on Wednesday, taking the total applications to 38 in the four constituencies going to polls in the third phase on April 23, an election department communique said. During the day, seven nominations were filed for Gauhati, five for Barpeta, four […]
Ranchi : The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday announced that its president and sitting MP Shibu Soren will contest again from Dumka (ST) Lok Sabha constituency. The party has also announced to field another sitting MP Vijay Hansda from Rajmahal (ST) seat. Elections for Dumka and Rajmahal will be […]
Bhubaneswar : A delegation of the opposition BJP Wednesday staged a dharna in front of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence demanding early acceptance of the resignation of its candidate Dr Budhan Murmu. Murmu who had resigned under the voluntary retirement scheme was fielded by the BJP as its candidate […]
Thane : BJP MLA Narendra Mehta has lodged a complaint with Thane police against an unidentified person for allegedly creating a fake account on a social media platform in his name and posting objectionable messages on it, an official said on Wednesday. Mehta, the legislator from Mira Bhayandar constituency […]
Kolkata : Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who is currently in hiding, has asserted that the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state is “still alive” in the Darjeeling Hills and that he continues to be the president of the party. His assertion comes in the face of claims […]
Muzaffarnagar : A six-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a youth in a village here, police said Thursday. The boy’s family lodged a complaint at the Bhopa police station on Wednesday and a case has been registered, Station House Officer MS Gill said. The accused is suspected to be […]
New Delhi : It was a cool Thursday morning in the city, with the minimum temperature settling at 18.7 degrees Celsius, normal for the season. Partly cloudy skies are forecast for later part of the day with the maximum temperature settling around 39 degrees Celsius, said a MeT department […]
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