Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat’s posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Bhowanipore, long known for its quiet polling days and indifferent turnout among its affluent voters, witnessed an unusually charged election on Wednesday, as high drama, heavy security presence and an energised electorate reshaped the constituency’s voting culture.The upscale pockets of the VIP seat – home to upper- and upper-middle-class residents who traditionally treated polling…

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‘45 mins of sheer panic’: Lucky escape for many from Indirapuram towering inferno | Noida News

Residents whose flats were damaged have been offered temporary accommodation by neighbours Ghaziabad: A fire ripped through five floors of a residential tower at a housing society in Indirapuram on Wednesday morning, burning down eight flats. Fortunately, around 20 people on the affected floors and in the flats were rescued on time. Around 10 people…

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Gujarat: BJP stamps dominance with 53% of vote share in civic body polls | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Boosted by unmatched support from the electorate in Gujarat, especially urban voters, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured nearly 60% of all the votes cast in polls for municipal corporations in the state. The saffron party stamped its dominance over the state’s urban landscape, pocketing 59.36% of the vote share.The Congress came in…

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‘Drain on state exchequer’: Opposition slams AAP on convening special session on Labour Day | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Accusing the AAP-led Punjab govt of “consistently misleading” people in the name of the special assembly sessions, the BJP and SAD on Wednesday said if the govt was sincere in dedicating the session to Labour Day on May 1, it should release the pending DA dues to state govt employees.Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar…

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Students protest at BBAU against ‘poor’ food quality | Lucknow News

Lucknow: Students of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University staged overnight protest outside V-C’s residence on campus alleging poor-quality food served in girls’ hostel caused death of a BSc student on Wednesday. The deceased was second-semester Integrated BSc-MSc student inmate BBAU’s Yashodhara Girls’ Hostel.She received treatment at the university health centre, but her condition did not…

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