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    Odisha hospital fire death toll rises to 12 after ICU blaze

    Agencies
    17 March 2026 12:39 PM IST

    SCB Medical College fire toll rises to 12 after ICU blaze in Cuttack. Short circuit suspected; probe ordered, patients and staff affected

    Odisha hospital fire death toll rises to 12 after ICU blaze
    Odisha
    Tirupati: Five killed as speeding car rams into logistic vehicle
    Rajasthan

    Five killed, several injured as sleeper bus collides with trailer truck in Rajasthan

    17 March 2026 12:05 PM IST
    RS polls: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Congress’s Karamvir Boudh elected from Haryana
    Haryana

    RS polls: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Congress’s Karamvir Boudh elected from Haryana

    17 March 2026 7:55 AM IST
    Two phase polls
    Elections 2026

    Bengal elections: SIR row, two-phase polling dominate debate | AI With Sanket

    16 March 2026 9:10 PM IST
    Wont be scared and defeated, says Rekha Gupta in first public appearance after attack

    Delhi govt approves free bus travel for transgender passengers

    16 March 2026 8:49 PM IST
    TK Govindan

    CPI(M) leader TK Govindan quits party, to contest as independent in Taliparamba

    16 March 2026 8:32 PM IST
    Brahmagiri Upasna

    RS polls in Odisha halted briefly over second ballot paper row

    16 March 2026 7:34 PM IST
    Karnataka Assembly passes Bill to regulate outdoor advertisements

    Karnataka Assembly passes Bill to regulate outdoor advertisements

    16 March 2026 7:31 PM IST
    Ladakh, Leh, Protests

    Ladakh agitation: Rallies held in Leh, Kargil two days after Wangchuk's release

    16 March 2026 6:58 PM IST
    Bihar, Rajya Sabha polls

    Bihar Rajya Sabha polls: Full turnout for NDA, 4 Opposition MLAs absent

    16 March 2026 6:50 PM IST
    Thane Lok Adalat resolves 83,424 cases; settlements cross Rs 187 crore

    Thane Lok Adalat resolves 83,424 cases; settlements cross Rs 187 crore

    16 March 2026 6:31 PM IST
    Jose K Mani

    Kerala Congress (M) announces 12 candidates, Jose K Mani to contest from Pala

    16 March 2026 6:16 PM IST
    How BJP won over Lefts bastion North Telangana without much effort

    BJP releases first list of 144 candidates for West Bengal, pits Suvendu against Mamata

    16 March 2026 5:21 PM IST
    Adani case: SC asks journalist Ravi Nair to approach HC over Gujarat Police notice

    Adani case: SC asks journalist Ravi Nair to approach HC over Gujarat Police notice

    16 March 2026 4:43 PM IST
    Two kings cant rule one nation: Why EPS is blocking TVKs NDA entry

    'Two kings can't rule one nation': Why EPS is blocking TVK's NDA entry

    Mahalingam Ponnusamy
    16 March 2026 4:42 PM IST

    As BJP pushes for a mega anti-DMK alliance, offering TVK over 80 seats, EPS is convinced that two claimants to the CM post can only end in disaster...

    CC Mukundan

    Expelled Kerala CPI MLA Mukundan joins BJP

    16 March 2026 3:53 PM IST
    CPI(M)

    Left mocks Congress for delay in finalising candidates' list in Kerala, blames infighting

    16 March 2026 3:33 PM IST
    Analyst on TN election alliances

    TN elections | DMK alliance has early edge, TVK may split votes: Political analyst Kannan

    16 March 2026 3:31 PM IST
    Rajya Sabha

    EC sacks top bureaucrats, senior cops in poll-bound Bengal; Mamata to hit the streets

    16 March 2026 2:21 PM IST
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi

    Election Commission removes West Bengal's top bureaucrats

    16 March 2026 10:59 AM IST
    10 patients dead in Cuttack hospital ICU fire; CM orders probe, Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia

    10 patients dead in Cuttack hospital ICU fire; CM orders probe, Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia

    16 March 2026 8:22 AM IST
    EC announces 2026 Assembly election schedule

    EC releases 2-phase Bengal poll even as over 60 lakh voters' fate remains unknown

    15 March 2026 9:00 PM IST
    A personality clash between Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (right) and the states Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi has become a major talking point ahead of the state polls in 2026.

    Assam polls: 5 key issues set to headline campaign rhetoric

    15 March 2026 8:49 PM IST
    Pinarayi Vijayan seeks unprecedented 3rd term as Kerala CM

    As Kerala goes to polls on April 9, can LDF rewrite history a second time?

    15 March 2026 8:43 PM IST
    Karur tragedy rocks TN Assembly

    Tamil Nadu elections 2026: 5 key issues likely to dominate poll campaigns

    15 March 2026 7:59 PM IST
    Pinarayi Vijayan, VD Satheesan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    Kerala elections 2026: 10 issues that can determine results

    15 March 2026 7:19 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    10 key seats to watch in West Bengal elections 2026

    15 March 2026 7:00 PM IST
    SIR, infiltration, women’s safety: 10 factors set to dominate Bengal polls

    SIR, infiltration, women’s safety: 10 factors set to dominate Bengal polls

    15 March 2026 6:17 PM IST
    Assam govt signs final pacts with 4 armed groups, claims to end ‘ethnic militancy’

    Assam govt signs final pacts with 4 armed groups, claims to end ‘ethnic militancy’

    15 March 2026 4:52 PM IST
    Assam Gaurav Gogoi | Congress goes after local issues for Assam election

    Dissent brews in Congress over Assam seat-sharing even as party releases 2nd poll list

    15 March 2026 4:13 PM IST
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