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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused Governor Arif Mohammed Khan of “waging war” with an intention to “destroy” the universities in the state. He also said the Governor is acting as the spearhead of the Sangh Parivar. The Chief Minister alleged that the Governor’s move was an encroachment on the powers of a democratically elected government, […]

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  Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak could end up becoming the country’s next prime minister if his opponents Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt fail to win the backing of 100 MPs by tomorrow. Sunak already has the backing of 142 members of the parliament. Boris Johnson, who was ousted from the premiership in July […]

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The Congress has accused the Centre of “recycling old charges” to stop the foreign funding license of two non-profits associated with the Gandhi family. The Centre is doing this to “defame and divert public attention from issues of day-to-day concern to them,” the party said in a statement this evening. “The economy is in deep […]

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British Conservative politician Rishi Sunak late Friday reached the minimum threshold to run for party leader, as former prime minister Boris Johnson targeted an audacious comeback. Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to formally declare her candidacy, after the UK’s ruling party was forced into a second leadership contest following the dramatic resignation of […]

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The director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has withdrawn his letter that listed the special arrangements for MPs at the country’s foremost government hospital. Doctors’ associations and activists had criticised the “VIP culture”, while the institute had said these were just the SOPs or Standing Operating Procedures. The institute, in an […]

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Quota in jobs and education for Scheduled Castes and Tribes has been increased in Karnataka through an executive order. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made the announcement today, saying the “historic decision” would “shine into their lives and uplift them by providing adequate opportunity”. “Today my cabinet has taken an historic decision of approving the ordinance […]

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had strong words on the dropping of former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly from the post of BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India) chief and not sending him to the International Cricket Council or ICC. She had earlier requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure he was sent to […]

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India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement is well on track, but New Delhi will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as the Conservative Party leader saying she can […]

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday defended Rahul Gandhi for referring to veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge as the new Congress president even before the result of the party election was announced. The direction of voting was quite clear when he made the comment at the press meet, Ramesh said, criticising “erroneous media reports” over Rahul […]

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RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale on Wednesday said religious conversion and migration from Bangladesh are causing “population imbalance” and called for strict implementation of anti-conversion laws. Addressing reporters after a four-day all-India working committee meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS general secretary said the organisation is trying to create awareness on conversions. He said […]

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis and BJP leader Ashish Shelar on Wednesday shared the dais with Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar at a special dinner held on the eve of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) polls. Speaking on the occasion, Shinde said that Pawar sharing the dais with him and […]

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J Jayalalithaa’s close aide VK Sasikala has denied an inquiry commission’s allegation that she was responsible for the lapses in the treatment of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. In a 3-page letter, Sasikala rejected charges made against her by Justice Arumughaswany Commission and said the need for an angiogram never arose for Jayalalithaa and […]

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked the Gujarat government’s reply to pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case is very bulky wherein a series of judgments have been quoted but factual statements are missing. The Supreme Court granted time to the petitioners to file their response to the […]

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There is “no vacancy” for the post of prime minister as opposition is “out of the race” and Narendra Modi will become PM again in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister Anupriya Patel said here on Monday. “Her party (Apna Dal-Sonelal) has contested four elections with the BJP and got good results. 2024 elections are […]

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Ahead of Diwali, the Gujarat government on Monday announced a reduction in VAT (Value Added Tax) on CNG and PNG by 10 per cent and said two cooking gas cylinders will be given free every year to 38 lakh beneficiaries who have got gas connections under the Centre’s Ujjwala scheme. The reduction in VAT on […]

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Slamming Arvind Kejriwal for comparing his deputy Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendar Jain with Bhagat Singh, a close relative of the freedom fighter, Harbhajan Singh Dhath, on Monday asked the Delhi Chief Minister to “fight his fights politically”. Dhath also asked Kejriwal to refrain from “equating” criminals with freedom fighters and suggested that he “concentrate” […]

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On the eve of voting to elect the new Congress president, Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said he is batting on a track with an “uneven bounce” and doesn’t want “pitch tampering”. Asked to comment on the fairness of the polls, Tharoor in an interview told PTI, “I had said there is an uneven playing field […]

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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, called for questioning by the CBI in the liquor policy case, predicted his arrest today as part of a BJP “plan” to stop him from campaigning for the upcoming Gujarat election. He took out a roadshow and made a series of stops on his way to the CBI office, […]

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The Border Security Force shot down a quad-copter sporting drone on Sunday night along the India-Pakistan international border in the Amritsar region, officials said. This is the second such incident in last three days at this frontier. The drone weighing 12 kg had four propellers, intercepted and shot around 9.15 pm near the Rania border […]

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today said a “storm of change” is sweeping over Gujarat and his party will form the next government. Addressing a rally in Bhavnagar, Kejriwal said people in Gujarat are tired after 27 years of BJP rule and are eager to vote AAP. Kejriwal is […]

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At the opening of a key meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping said that China has achieved comprehensive control over Hong Kong, turning it from chaos to governance, while condemning what he said was interference in Taiwan. Xi Jinping walked onstage to thunderous applause from nearly 2,300 delegates who have gathered at Beijing’s […]

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Shashi Tharoor, who is running for Congress President, has clarified on his recent comments that some people in the party were assuming that there’s an official candidate. It was seen as alluding to Mallikarjun Kharge, the other candidate in the Congress President election, which is being closely watched by party insiders as well as the […]

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The Supreme Court on Saturday suspended the Bombay High Court’s order acquitting former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and five others in alleged Maoist links case. In a special sitting of the court held to consider a plea against the acquittal, the Supreme Court said that the offences involved are very serious in nature […]

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India has slipped to the 107th position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 of 121 countries, from its 2021 position of 101st and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Seventeen countries, including China, Turkey, and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global […]

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