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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, by a majority view of 3:2, Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to people belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. The top court said the law on...

Bhadrak: The opposition BJP Sunday retained the Dhamnagar Assembly seat of Odisha in a bypoll, defeating the ruling BJD by a margin of 9,881 votes, an Election Commission official said. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi in September....

Bhadrak: BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj registered a lead over his BJD rival Abanti Das by 3,261 votes after the initial rounds of counting of votes for Dhamnagar bypolls in Odisha's Bhadrak district, Election Commission (EC) trends revealed Sunday. According to the EC, Suraj secured 18,181...

New Delhi: The 27th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) to UNFCCC will start Sunday and it will see India seeking clarity on the definition of climate finance and nudging developed countries to enhance supply of technology and finance needed to address climate change...

New Delhi: Incarcerated conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has come down heavily on Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national Convernor, Arvind Kejriwal, asking him a series of questions in an open letter. "If I am country's biggest thug on what basis did you accept Rs 50 crore...

New Delhi: Bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant following the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held December 5 along with byelections to five assembly constituencies spread across as many states, the Election Commission said Saturday. Yadav...

San Francisco/New Delhi: In one of the most brutal sacking the tech world has ever seen, Elon Musk has ruthlessly fired almost half of Twitter's 7,600-strong workforce, leaving several departments completely shut across the globe, including in India. Teams focused on trust and safety issues...

San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Twitter has been sued in the US for mass layoffs without giving employees advanced written notice, the media reported Friday. The lawsuit has been filed in the US District Court in the Northern District of California, in violation of worker protection...

San Francisco: Twitter has notified employees that it will be "reducing its global workforce" Friday, as its new CEO Elon Musk aims to cut roughly half of its 7,600-strong workforce. Employees were set to receive an email by 9 a.m. PST (9.30 p.m. India time)...

Bhubaneswar/Bhadrak: Amidst allegations of rigging and clashes between supporters of rival candidates, 66.63 per cent of 2.38 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Dhamnagar assembly by-election in Odisha Thursday, an Election Commission official said. Chief Electoral Officer S K Lohani said the final voters' turnout,...