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Terming that the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is its “internal matter”, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said his JD(U) will not participate in the padayatra. Lalu Prasad’s RJD, the largest constituent of the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to which the Congress is an ally, also said the party has not taken any decision on joining […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday that religious conversion in tribal-dominated areas has increased under the Congress government’s watch as the issue of vandalization of a church in Narayanpur during a protest figured in the House which also saw brief suspension of 12 Opposition members. The Opposition party said […]

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Actor-politician Gayathri Raguramm, who was suspended from the BJP in November last year, announced on Tuesday that she is resigning from the party and claimed that women are not safe in the Tamil Nadu unit as “nobody cares about true karyakartas”. She blamed state BJP chief K Annamalai for her decision to quit the party. […]

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The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have started to impose that could well be expanded in coming days. An EU offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as good as slapped down, with Beijing […]

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Rahul Gandhi-led Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra has resumed after a 9-day winter break and will start from Uttar Pradesh from today. So far, the Yatra has covered 3,000 kms over 110 days crossing southern state and then trudged through Rajasthan and Delhi. The Yatra, which started from from Kanyakumari on September 7, has covered parts […]

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Almost a month after its victory in the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls, the Congress is yet to finalise names for the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu cabinet even as the chief minister flew down to Delhi late on Monday evening to hold consultations with the party top brass not just on cabinet formation but for the Speaker […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will not bother Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the state’s financial dues in his moment of personal grief as he lost his mother last week. Banerjee on several occasions has written to Modi requesting him to clear the MGNREGA dues of the state government. “I […]

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After top court’s big verdict on Centre’s 2016 note ban move, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the majority verdict by the Supreme Court has steered clear of the question whether the objectives of the demonetisation exercise were achieved at all. The ’minority’ judgement pointed out the ’illegality’ and the ’irregularities’ in […]

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to carry out delimitation in the state a “breakthrough”, adding that it would “safeguard Assam’s future”, even as the delimitation has evoked sharp reactions from Opposition parties in the state. The Election Commission had announced the process of delimitation of […]

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Days after Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) responded to Congress’ concern over security arrangements amid Bharat Jodo Yatra, the grand old party has again written to Shah, raising concerns against the CRPF’s reponse, which according to the party, is “unacceptable”. “This is unacceptable since it does not solve issues but compounds them in more ways […]

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A day after he was booked in a sexual harassment case, Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh on Sunday gave up his Sports portfolio on “moral grounds” and termed the allegations against him as an attempt to spoil his image. Singh, a former Olympian and first-time MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra, expressed hope that there will be […]

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The BJP is going to allure several Vokkaliga leaders from ”panchayat to Parliament” into its fold from Karnataka’s Old Mysuru region ahead of the Assembly polls in the southern state due later this year, party leaders said on Sunday. They said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already been working on the ground and reaching […]

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By Ashis Biswas With old ethnic tensions being revived during the current pre –Assembly polls campaign in Tripura and Meghalaya, there is every likelihood of a more polarized vote in the Northeast. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is largely responsible for this. As anticipated, the major controversy triggered by the ‘secret’ Assam police Special […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed last year gave a new “aura” to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s leadership and if the trend continues in 2023, the country may see a political change in the next general elections. In his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut also said Prime Minister […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was called “the father of the nation” and asked what has the “new father” done for India. “New father of new nation, but what have you done for the nation? Has anything significant be done? How has India progressed? The only […]

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Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah took a dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for calling the Congress corrupt by terming the latter a “political trader” who inducted tainted people in the state BJP. In a series of tweets on Friday night, Siddaramaiah sarcastically “commended” the hypocrisy of Shah for talking about corruption despite retaining […]

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. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said his party would not demand the Union Territory status for border areas in Karnataka if the government in that state treated the local Marathi-speaking population fairly. After Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray demanded that disputed areas in Karnataka’s border region, which Maharashtra has been claiming, be […]

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the BJP of reneging on its MCD poll promise of in-situ rehabilitation of slum dwellers in the national capital. At a press conference, AAP MLA Atishi said just before the MCD polls on December 4, the prime minister had inaugurated 3,024 flats at Kalkaji and handed over […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit out at Bhupesh Baghel after the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister lost his cool at a public event when a youth quizzed him on the ongoing quote row in the state. Calling Baghel ‘arrogant’, the BJP ‘reminded’ the Chief Minister that it is the public that voted him to power. Baghel has been participating in […]

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Congress leader and former Uttar Pradesh MLC Deepak Singh on Thursday said he has written to BJP MP from Amethi Smriti Irani, inviting her to join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in the state. The party also invited BSP chief Mayawati to join the yatra. Singh said he handed over the invitation to Irani’s […]

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Punjab BJP has written to union home minister Amit Shah, seeking security for some senior leaders. Citing the “bad state of law and order” in Punjab and alleged repeated threat calls to various party leaders, general secretary of the BJP state unit, Anil Sachar, has sought the intervention of the home minister. “Seeing the conditions […]

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