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  12 BJP MLAs suspended from Maharashtra assembly for one year over 'misbehaviour'

  July 05, 2021 16:21 IST

  ​At least twelve BJP MLAs were suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for one year after the state government accused them of "misbehaving" with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speaker's chamber on Monday.

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  Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as 11th chief minister of Uttarakhand: What lies ahead

  July 05, 2021 0:18 IST

  Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday took as the 11th chief minister of Uttarakhand at Raj Bhawan. He was administered the oath of office by Governor Baby Rani Maurya.

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  'No seat sharing talks': Om Prakash Rajbhar refutes Owaisi's claim of contesting 100 seats in UP

  June 30, 2021 0:23 IST

  Rajbhar has been reaching out to various political opponents of the BJP including the AIMIM, the Krishna Patel-led Apna Dal and the Jan Adhikar Manch to form a political front.

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  'BJP will form govt in Bengal in next 5 years': Nadda

  June 29, 2021 19:27 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda on Tuesday expressed confidence that the saffron party will form the government in West Bengal in the 2026 assembly elections.

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  UP assembly polls: AIMIM to contest 100 seats, stitches alliance with OP Rajbhar's party

  June 27, 2021 18:41 IST

  After showing 'good performance' in the Bihar Assembly elections, the AIMIM party on Sunday announced that it would contest 100 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022.

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  Puducherry Cabinet expansion: 5 ministers, including two from BJP, inducted in NDA

  June 27, 2021 17:51 IST

  Ending the more than a month-long suspense over cabinet formation, five ministers, including two from the BJP, were inducted in the Chief Minister N Rangasamy-led NDA cabinet on Sunday. 

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  Targeting by central agencies 'harmful' for federal structure: Raut on ED summoning Anil Deshmukh

  June 27, 2021 16:26 IST

  ​Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the deliberate targeting of leaders in the ruling MVA alliance in Maharashtra by central agencies was harmful for the country's federal structure. 

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  Will Congress be given space in Third Front, if raised? Sharad Pawar has the answer

  June 26, 2021 0:00 IST

  Sharad Pawar has cleared the air regarding Congress' inclusion in the Third Front, if raised. The 80-year-old leader said that Congress would certainly be part of any such alternative force.

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  'Political differences aside, must work in national interest': PM at J-K meet | Top Points

  June 24, 2021 20:12 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who convened a crucial meeting of political bigwigs from all major parties from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, stressed that holding assembly elections just like the successful conduct of DDC elections will be a priority.

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  'Get early WHO approval for Covaxin': Mamata presses for PM's intervention as students raise concern

  June 24, 2021 16:50 IST

  ​West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging an early approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Covaxin.

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  What's cooking? Prashant Kishor meets Sharad Pawar, third time in a fortnight

  June 24, 2021 0:01 IST

  Prashant Kishor was instrumental in the thumping victory of the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly polls.

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  'Centre victimising honest officer': Mamata rallies in support of Alapan Bandyopadhyay

  June 23, 2021 18:56 IST

  ​West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday came out in support of former chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, and said that he is an "honest" and "competent" officer.

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  Centre rejected Delhi's doorstep ration delivery scheme citing 'funny excuses': Sisodia

  June 23, 2021 18:49 IST

  ​Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said that the Centre rejected the Delhi government's proposed doorstep ration delivery scheme citing "funny excuses". Sisodia, who was addressing an online briefing, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "picking fights with states".

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  Navjot Sidhu wants Punjab Congress chief's chair, but Amarinder Singh isn't ready

  June 22, 2021 15:39 IST

  Amarinder Singh is ready to accomodate Sidhu as deputy CM, but the Amritsar East MLA is not agreeing to the offer, sources said.

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  Centre begins 'major penalty proceedings' against Alapan Bandyopadhyay, may deny retirement perks

  June 21, 2021 20:48 IST

  The Centre has initiated "major penalty proceedings" against former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, amid a tug-of-war between the Union government and the Mamata Banerjee dispensation over him, which may deprive him of post-retirement benefits, partially or fully. 

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  Governor Dhankhar calls situation in Bengal 'alarming', questions Mamata for 'ostrich-like stance'

  June 22, 2021 0:00 IST

  West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday came out all guns blazing against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "ostrich-like stance" on the situation arising out of the alleged post-poll violence in the state.

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  'Let's reconcile with BJP, Modi before it's too late': Sena MLA writes to Uddhav Thackeray

  June 20, 2021 20:37 IST

  Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik on Sunday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to "reconcile" with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi "before it is too late", saying such a move will save leaders like him from "problems being created by central agencies".   

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  Cabinet reshuffle expected? PM holds meeting with union ministers including Shah, Rajnath

  June 20, 2021 17:11 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, at his official residence.

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  'Pick & choose': Pashupati Paras' veiled attack on nephew Chirag as LJP splits wide open

  June 16, 2021 13:13 IST

  The Lok Janshakti Party faction headed by Chirag Paswan on Tuesday expelled the five MPs of the party who had rebelled against him, while the group led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras removed him from the post of the party president.

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  LJP implodes, five MPs oust Chirag Paswan as leader, elect Pashupati Kumar Paras

  June 14, 2021 23:00 IST

  ​Five of the six Lok Janshakti Party MPs in Lok Sabha have joined hands against their leader Chirag Paswan and elected Pashupati Kumar Paras, the youngest brother of Paswan's late father and party founder Ram Vilas Paswan, in his place, causing a big churn in Bihar politics. 

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  'Don't want blood-soaked Bengal': Guv Dhankhar after meeting Adhikari-led BJP delegation

  June 14, 2021 18:16 IST

  ​West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed serious concern over the law and order situation in the state, post a meeting with a delegation of the Opposition led by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.

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  'Adharm': Rahul Gandhi on alleged Ayodhya land deal fraud

  June 14, 2021 17:07 IST

  ​Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the "corruption" in purchase of land in Ayodhya by the Ram Temple trust was parallel to "iniquity".

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  CM post in MVA govt 'non-negotiable', will remain with Shiv Sena for 5 years: Sanjay Raut

  June 13, 2021 20:45 IST

  ​Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that in Maharashtra's three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the post of chief minister will remain with the Shiv Sena for the full five-year term, and it is "non-negotiable". 

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  Centre allocates around Rs 7,000 cr to West Bengal under Jal Jeevan Mission: Ministry

  June 01, 2021 21:45 IST

  The central allocation for 2019-20 was Rs 995.33 crore and was increased to Rs 1,614.18 crore in 2020-21, the ministry said.

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  I will be in politics till I am alive: Kamal Haasan

  May 24, 2021 23:04 IST

  Hit by desertions, Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan on Monday asserted that he would be in politics till such time he was alive and his party shall soon witness a 'transformation.'  

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  'No limits to pathological hatred against PM': RS Prasad tears into Congress as 'toolkit' emerges

  May 19, 2021 0:05 IST

  Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday slammed the Congress party for "fomenting communal disharmony" after an alleged toolkit attributed to AICC Research Department emerged.

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  Sanjay Raut questions Centre for rising Covid 19 cases

  April 12, 2021 17:50 IST

  Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut slammed the Centre for not providing enough Remdisivir to Maharashtra and for only questioning non-BJP ruled states.

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  Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister YS Sharmila likely to float new political party today

  April 09, 2021 12:53 IST

  YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, is likely to float a new political party in today's 'Sankalpa Sabha' in Telangana's Khammam.