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Abhishek flays ECI for 'recycling' 4-month-old BLO pay hike order

Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- After the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday doubled the remuneration for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 per election cycle, Trinamool Congress ... Read More


ECI asks Bengal top cops to ensure full security for BLOs as SIR enters final phase

Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- With West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entering its final stretch, the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the state DGP and Kolkata Police ... Read More


Cyclone kills 150+ in SL; emergency declared

Colombo, Nov. 29 -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a state of emergency throughout the island in view of the emergency situation that has emerged due to the devastation cau... Read More


Australian PM becomes 1st ever to marry in office; Dog Toto is ring bearer

Melbourne, Nov. 29 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive and intimate ceremony on Saturday at his official residence in the national capital, Ca... Read More


Q2 GDP growth rate places India as world's fastest growing major economy: Andhra CM

Amaravati, Nov. 29 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the 8.2 per cent GDP growth rate in the second quarter of FY26 is uplifting news for every citizen and a pace which places ... Read More


Leadership row: Siddaramaiah, DKS share meal, put up united front

Bengaluru, Nov. 29 -- Seeking to put an end to the raging leadership row involving them, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Saturday put up a united front, assertin... Read More


Leadership row: Breakfast meet with CM Siddaramaiah 'productive', says Shivakumar

Bengaluru, Nov. 29 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said he had a "productive" discussion over a breakfast meeting with CM Siddaramaiah in the midst of a leadership row in... Read More


Indian Air Force delivers 21 tonnes of relief material to Sri Lanka reeling from floods, landslides

Colombo, Nov. 29 -- The Indian Air Force on Saturday delivered 21 tonnes of relief material along with over 80 NDRF personnel and eight tonnes of equipment to Sri Lanka to assist those displaced by de... Read More


Rain triggered by Cyclone Ditwah lashes TN coastal, Cauvery delta districts

Chennai, Nov. 29 -- Rain triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, which entered the open sea inching towards Tamil Nadu coast, lashed the coastal areas and the Cauvery delta districts on Saturday. A tourist van g... Read More


Flight delays, cancellations likely over issue with A320 family aircraft; over 200 planes impacted

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express flight operations will see disruptions as they work on fixing a potential issue related to flight controls in their A320 family planes and... Read More