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  Biplab Kumar Deb -- From RSS member to Tripura Chief Minister

  March 09, 2018 19:58 IST

  Biplab Deb joins the ranks of young chief ministers of the country along with Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) and the newly-elected Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.

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  Even I am not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan

  March 09, 2018 17:50 IST

  Sumitra Mahajan said Congress leader in the house Mallikarjun Kharge was also not able to speak because of the ruckus in the Lok Sabha ever since the second half of Parliament's Budget Session began on Monday.

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  Give common symbol, name to Dhinakaran faction: Delhi High Court to Election Commission

  March 09, 2018 17:48 IST

  Justice Rekha Palli asked the poll panel to pass an appropriate order allotting the symbol and name, as chosen by the Dhinakaran-V K Sasikala faction, within three weeks after giving them a hearing.

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  Rajya Sabha poll: TMC to support Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi from West Bengal

  March 09, 2018 17:22 IST

  Elections to the five Rajya Sabha seats from the state has been necessitated as the terms of Kunal Ghosh, Bibek Gupta and Nadimul Haque of the TMC and Tapan Sen of CPI(M) will end on April 2.

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  Won't allow Dinakaran to use party name, says AIADMK

  March 09, 2018 15:01 IST

  "We will not allow Dinakaran to use the name AIADMK and we will take all legal steps for this purpose," the state fisheries minister said.

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  Andhra Pradesh special status: President Ram Nath Kovind accepts resignations of TDP ministers

  March 09, 2018 12:00 IST

  The development comes a day after the two ministers met PM Narendra Modi and handed over their resignations in protest against refusal of the Centre to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

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  Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu turns down PM Modi request to 'reconsider' decision: TDP sources

  March 08, 2018 23:49 IST

  The two TDP ministers in the government -- Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Rahu and Y S Chowdary -- met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening and handed over their resignation letters.

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  Mayawati demands sedition charges against people vandalising statues

  March 08, 2018 23:42 IST

  In a statement issued by her Bahujan Samaj Party, the former Chief Minister also demanded that the central and state governments ensure no harm comes to statues of eminent persons at various public places, including parks.

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  Andhra Pradesh special status: As TDP quits govt; BJP says it can emerge as third force in state

  March 08, 2018 23:18 IST

  Party spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said the BJP sees the resignations of two TDP ministers as an inevitable outcome driven by the regional party's "political compulsions" ahead of the assembly polls in the state next year.

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  Meghalaya Assembly Speaker election, trust vote on March 12

  March 08, 2018 21:33 IST

  The election for the Speaker post will be held on March 12 after which Chief Minister Conrad Sangma would move a vote of confidence in the House.

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  Lawmakers need gender sensitisation: Congress MP Sushmita Dev

  March 08, 2018 21:20 IST

  Dev said gender sensitisation is a challenge for all and it is an issue that needs to be addressed vis-a-vis the public representatives.

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  Will work hard to settle Naga political issue, says Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio

  March 08, 2018 20:47 IST

  Iterating one of the promises made by the NDPP in its election manifesto, Rio said his government will remove VIP culture from Nagaland and ensure that the citizens are treated as "real VIPs".

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  Senior politician Neiphiu Rio back as Nagaland Chief Minister

  March 08, 2018 20:39 IST

  Often described as one of the tallest leaders of Nagaland, Rio survived an assassination attempt when a group of armed people ambushed his motorcade at Dimapur in Nagaland on May 20, 1995. He was then the state PWD minister.

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  Rajinikanth slams BJP leader H Raja, says Periyar statue comment 'barbaric'

  March 08, 2018 19:31 IST

  Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today slammed as "barbaric" the controversial comment of H Raja on Dravidian movement founder E V Ramasamy Periyar, but said with the BJP leader expressing regret, the issue need not be "magnified" further.

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  Biplab Deb to be sworn-in as Tripura Chief Minister tomorrow

  March 08, 2018 19:27 IST

  Biplab Deb, a long-time RSS volunteer, has been largely credited for the BJP's turnaround in Tripura.

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  Andhra Pradesh special status: TDP walks out of Modi government, party to remain in NDA

  March 08, 2018 23:57 IST

  Their resignations came a day after TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced that the party's ministers will quit the central government in protest against its refusal to grant special category status to the state.

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  Portfolios allocated to Meghalaya ministers

  March 08, 2018 18:38 IST

  Conrad Sangma kept finance, planning, and personnel, and some other departments to himself, besides those not allotted to others.

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  BJP less concerned about peace, tranquility: Rahul Gandhi in Singapore

  March 08, 2018 18:04 IST

  Rahul Gandhi said Congress saw the society as a system that has to be kept in balance, asserting that he would work for ushering in a "new Congress" after taking over the reigns of the party from his mother Sonia in December.

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  Andhra Pradesh special status: Other parties putting pressure on Chandrababu Naidu with false propaganda, says Ananth Kumar

  March 08, 2018 16:12 IST

  Yesterday, Naidu, who is the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief, announced that Y S Chowdary and Ashok Gajapathi Raju will quit the Union cabinet. He, however, had said the party would continue to be part of NDA.

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  Will support whoever gives Andhra Pradesh special category status, says Jaganmohan Reddy

  March 08, 2018 13:06 IST

  The YSR Congress chief said both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had cheated Andhra Pradesh by promising but not granting the special category status.

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  On International Women's Day, female Congress leaders demand reservation in Parliament

  March 08, 2018 14:33 IST

  MP Sushmita Dev, who participated in the protest, challenged PM Narendra Modi to bring the bill for 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

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  BJP ministers Kamineni Srinivas Rao, Manikyala Rao quit Andhra Cabinet

  March 08, 2018 12:49 IST

  Medical and Health Minister Srinivas Rao and Endowments Minister Manikyala Rao met the Chief Minister in his chamber in the Assembly and handed the letters of resignation to him.

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  Gandhi's statue vandalised in Kannur: Police apprehend 'mentally unstable' man, rule out political motive

  March 08, 2018 13:28 IST

  The local police have apprehended the person and said that there was no political relation in the matter. The man had broken the spectacles on Gandhi's statue in Thaliperambu area of the city on Thursday morning.

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  Andhra Pradesh special status: TDP ministers resign from Modi govt; party to continue as part of BJP-led NDA

  March 08, 2018 19:49 IST

  The two ministers drove to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence and handed over their resignations in accordance with the party's decision to resign over the TDP's charge that the Centre was not granting special status to Andhra Pradesh.

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  Attacks on statues snowball into political storm, parties slug it out

  March 07, 2018 23:36 IST

  Prime Minister Modi strongly condemned the incidents and warned of stern action against those found guilty. He spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, expressing his strong disapproval.

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  Special status to Andhra: 'Deeply hurt' Chandrababu directs TDP's 2 central ministers to quit, says PM Modi 'unavailable' to take his call

  March 07, 2018 23:29 IST

  The decision came hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the Centre can't offer special status to Andhra Pradesh, but would offer a special package with equivalent funding.

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  BJP renominates 7 ministers to Rajya Sabha, Jaitley shifted to UP

  March 07, 2018 20:47 IST

  As per the numbers in the Gujarat Assembly, only two members from the BJP can be sent to the Rajya Sabha. So, the party opted to nominate Jaitley from Uttar Pradesh.

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  Amit Shah distances BJP from statue vandalism, calls it 'extremely unfortunate'

  March 07, 2018 14:26 IST

  In a series of tweets, Shah distanced the BJP from the vandalism after a few party leaders appeared to be endorsing the attacks on the statues and said his organisation believes a wide range of ideas and ideologies can co-exist in India.