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In a surprising turn of events, candidates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) are leading in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election after the counting of 2645 ballots. The counting process is still underway, and final results are anticipated by this evening. Amidst a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elections witnessed a keenly contested battle between the United Left alliance, comprising the All India Students’ Association (AISA), Democratic Students Federation (DSF), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), and All India Students’ Federation (AISF), and the RSS-affiliated ABVP.

ERNAKULAM: Kerala’s Left Democratic Front government has decided to take its protest to New Delhi against the Centre over alleged negligence towards state development by refusing to release sufficient funds, on Saturday.  “The state is not receiving the benefits it deserves, with Rs 58,000 crore of aid yet to be made available,” alleged EP Jayarajan, […]

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Former Trinamool Congress Dhugpuri MLA Mitali Roy, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, two days before the by-poll in Dhugpuri in West Bengal. Her joining was overseen by the BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar in Kolkata. Roy’s truck with the BJP comes at a time when the Dhugpuri seat goes to the […]

ERNAKULAM, KERALA: In an act of courage, Malayali actor Jayasurya on Wednesday pulled up the Pinarayi Vijayan government over delayed payments to farmers for their agricultural produce procured by Kerala’s state-run purchaser as two ministers looked on in bewilderment. Speaking at an agriculture-related event at Kalamassery, Jayasurya said that one of the biggest problems facing […]