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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who was the longest serving chief minister of Delhi, died at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. She was 81. Dikshit died at 3.30 pm, her family has confirmed. The Congress leader had served as…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scene with the opposition Congress and BJP members demanding action against Kendrapara SP Niti Sekhar for allegedly manhandling a journalist. Raising the issue during zero…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Thursday announced a 40-member list of star campaigners for the Patkura Assembly election. The leaders, whose names have figured in the list to campaign for their candidate, are AICC secretary and Odisha…

Bhubaneswar: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing July 20 as the date for elections for the Patkura Assembly seat in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, the ruling BJD and the Opposition BJP and Congress have revved up campaign…

Mumbai: Senior Congress leader from Maharashtra and Mumbai party president Milind Deora stepped down from his post on Sunday, news agency PTI has reported. Deora said he had made his intentions known to Congress president Rahul Gandhi…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday claimed Bijoy Mahapatra, the BJP nominee for the forthcoming Patkura Assembly poll, was a 'guinea pig' candidate. “The fact is that BJD and BJP are contesting a friendly match in Patkura and it is fixed.…

Sambalpur: Former director of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) Prof Ashwini Pujahari on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the Congress. Talking to the mediapersons here, Pujahari said he…

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 11.30am on Monday following an uproar by the Congress members. As soon as the House proceedings began, Speaker Surya Narayan Patro announced commencement of the…

Congress will skip the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the “one nation, one election” issue as it was opposed to the idea of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections, party sources said on…