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KOLKATA: Leaving nothing to a chance, the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party shifted its 69 MLAs to a private hotel ahead of the Presidential elections on Monday. While sources in the state BJP said that it’s been done mainly to make the MLAs understand the voting procedure, there has been buzz that there […]

DEHRADUN: One state cabinet minister and two Congress MLAs missed the action as 67 members, out of 70, of the state legislative assembly cast their vote in the Presidential Elections on Monday. Three MLAs who did not vote include state cabinet minister Chandan Ram Das, who had to be admitted to a hospital due to […]

  NEW DELHI: A day after the opposition parties declared Margaret Alva as its Vice-Presidential candidate, several leaders of the opposition parties on Monday held a meeting at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar here. The meeting at Pawar’s residence was attended by Alva, NCP leader Praful Patel, DMK leader Kanimojhi, Congress leaders Mallikarjun […]

NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Draupadi Murmu is poised to become the 15th President of India, experts said as the voting concluded on Monday evening. Murmu, the former Governor of Jharkhand, will become the first tribal President of India if she manages to beat Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, which is, in all likelihood, […]

NEW DELHI: The negative trend in the edible oil market continues as the prices of packed mustard, soy and palm oil fell by Rs 15-20 per litre. This declining trend is mostly due to the Centre’s interventions. In a bid to control the continuous rise in the cooking oil prices over the past year, the […]