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Congress has released a list of six candidates for the upcoming Odisha Assembly Elections. The party has fielded Sudarshan Das in place of Debi Prasanna Chand from the Jaleshwar Assembly seat whereas Akshaya Acharya will contest from the Nilgiri seat. Umma Ballav Rath will contest from Puri Vidhan Sabha constituency in place of Sujit Mahapatra.

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah participated in the election campaign at Dharmavaram in Hindupur Loksabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh this afternoon. Mr Shah said that it was under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership that 80 crore people got free ration under PM-Garibh Kalyan Yojana and 50 crore people got five lakh

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar today gave an overview to seventy-five international delegates of various facets of the gigantic election exercise in the world’s largest democracy. Mr Kumar addressed the international visitors from Election Management Bodies of twenty-three countries in New Delhi this afternoon. The delegates arrived in India yesterday to witness the Lok Sabha

The Centre has clarified that India has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the world and MRLs of pesticides are fixed differently for different food commodities based on their risk assessments. The clarification came amid some media reports claiming that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

Indian Air Force today paid condolences to the family of martyred Corporal Vikky Pahade who lost his life during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch Sector yesterday. In a social media post, the IAF said, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and all personnel of Indian Air Force salute the braveheart Pahade who

In Uttar Pradesh, high high-pitched political battle will be seen today where many candidates for the third phase of elections will hold road shows and door-to-door campaigns. electioneering has intensified for the other phase of elections also. Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the State today for political campaigning. Mr.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall spells accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds over Northeast India today and tomorrow. The IMD also said that fairly widespread to widespread, light to moderate rainfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds are very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland

Campaigning for the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections will end today, Political leaders are holding back to back rallies in favour of their party candidates. Voting in this phase will be held in 93 Constituencies spread over 10 states and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. In Uttar

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall spells accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds over Northeast India today and tomorrow. The IMD also said that fairly widespread to widespread, light to moderate rainfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds are very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland

Senior BJP leaders and Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh will participate in election campaigning today in Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Shah will campaign in favour of NDA in the Dharmavaram constituency of Sri Satya Sai District where the BJP is fielding its candidate as a part of the NDA alliance. Mr. Rajnath Singh will