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Bhubaneswar: The nomination process for student union elections began across colleges and universities in Odisha Friday, marking the start of the countdown to campus polls scheduled for October 15 after an eight-year hiatus. Candidates can submit their nomination papers from 10 am to 1 pm,...

Kolkata: BJP candidates Hasirani Rath and Sakharav Sarkar were leading in Nandigram and Rejinagar assembly seats, respectively, as counting of postal ballots was underway for the West Bengal bypolls Friday, according to television reports. However, the EC is yet to come out with any official...

New Delhi: Flyers will have to shell out more for plane tickets as Air India and Air India Express have announced an increase in fuel surcharges on domestic and select international routes due to the rise in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices amid the continuing...

Bhubaneswar: The INDIA bloc in Odisha has appealed for a peaceful and disciplined statewide bandh October 8, directing its supporters to keep all essential and emergency services outside the purview of the 12-hour dawn-to-dusk shutdown. The bandh has been called demanding withdrawal of the MMDR...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other INDIA bloc leaders, who were detained by Delhi Police Wednesday during their march towards Jantar Mantar to protest against the Election Commission and demand the dismissal...

New Delhi: Opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc decided to hold a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar Wednesday to raise the issue of 'vote chori' and seek the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a day after their eight-hour dharna to press for a...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 per cent Wednesday, its first increase in nearly four years, and signalled that further hikes could follow as rising inflation and a weakening currency prompt a policy...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders, who were detained after their over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan premises, were released by police a little after 10 pm, the party said. The leaders were taken to Kingsway Camp police lines after being...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday night after their over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan premises for not being allowed to march towards the Election Commission's office. Police forcibly removed Rahul Gandhi, as well as...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs, led by the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in metres away from the Election Commission of India's (ECI) office in the Akashvani Bhawan premises. Rahul Gandhi, along with Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, MPs...