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  'Will never implement CAA if voted to power': Rahul Gandhi at first rally in poll-bound Assam

  February 14, 2021 16:17 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act if voted to power in the state. The former Congress chief was addressing his first public rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections due in March-April.

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  'Farm laws in interest of farmers': Nitish Kumar after 'courtesy meeting' with PM Modi

  February 11, 2021 18:04 IST

  ​Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to reporters post the meeting, Kumar said his party is with the government on the farmers' issue and that the Centre has opted for the right path by holding talks with the farmer unions agitating against the three laws.

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  PM Modi calls farmers' protest 'pavitra' but cautions against 'andolanjeevis' hijacking it

  February 10, 2021 18:02 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has yet again called out "andolanjeevis" for hijacking the farmers' protest. Modi, who was replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, said he considered the farmers' protest to be "pavitra (pure)". However, he urged the country to stay wary of "andolanjeevis".

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  'I didn't sit on Tagore's chair but Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi did': Shah rejects Congress' claim

  February 09, 2021 20:43 IST

  ​Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the claim by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his visit to Visva Bharati. He said the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati has also clarified that no such incident took place.

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  Sachin, Lata being misled, says Congress as Maharashtra govt launches probe over tweets

  February 08, 2021 20:23 IST

  ​Congress parliamentarian Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday alleged that celebrities including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar were being "misled".

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  'Her farewell decided': Nadda tears into Mamata as he flags off BJP Parivartan Yatra in Bengal

  February 06, 2021 18:11 IST

  BJP chief JP Nadda on Saturday flagged off the party's 'Parivartan Yatra' from Nabadwip in West Bengal's Nadia district. He asserted that the people have decided to bid farewell to the Mamata Banerjee government in the assembly elections.

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  Actors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul and Lovely Maitra join TMC ahead of polls in Bengal

  February 05, 2021 18:15 IST

  Actors Deepankar De, Bharat Kaul and Lovely Maitra joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday, ahead of the assembly polls in the state. Musician Shaona Khan was also among those who became a part of the Mamata-Banerjee-led TMC today.

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  No truth in report that Congress wants Deputy CM post: Ajit Pawar

  February 05, 2021 9:07 IST

  Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday dismissed a news report that claimed the Congress has sought the post he is holding, saying there is no substance in it.

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  Will fight 2022 Goa polls under CM Pramod Sawant, says state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade

  February 02, 2021 23:23 IST

  The BJP will fight the 2022 Goa Assembly elections under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, the party's state unit chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade said on Tuesday.

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  Bihar cabinet expansion: CM Nitish Kumar likely to allocate portfolios to new ministers soon

  February 02, 2021 15:51 IST

  The sources said that the Bihar leaders forwarded the probable names for inclusion in the Cabinet to Nadda on Monday. Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal and Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi were present at the meeting.

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  No BJP tickets to those over 60, relatives of politicians: Gujarat Chief CR Patil

  February 01, 2021 19:32 IST

  The Gujarat unit of the BJP has decided that those above the age of 60, those who've completed three terms as elected representatives and relatives of a politician, won't get the party's ticket to contest the upcoming local body and civic elections, CR Patil, party president of the Gujarat unit, said on Monday.

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  DPCC passes resolution to make Rahul Gandhi Congress chief

  January 31, 2021 19:13 IST

  The Delhi Congress has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi the president of the party with immediate effect. The resolution was passed unanimously in a meeting of the Delhi Congress office-bearers convened by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) President Ch. Anil Kumar.

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  No one except Mamata will be left in TMC: Amit Shah

  January 31, 2021 17:03 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the way Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders are joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal there will be no one left except Mamata Banerjee in the party at the end of assembly elections.

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  BJP chief Nadda affirms party's alliance with AIADMK for Tamil Nadu

  January 30, 2021 22:14 IST

  BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday said his party's alliance with the AIADMK would continue for the assembly elections, due in Tamil Nadu in a few months. 

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  TMC's Rajib Banerjee quits as MLA, thanks party supremo for opportunity to serve masses

  January 29, 2021 14:18 IST

  Senior TMC leader Rajib Banerjee, who recently quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet in Bengal, on Friday resigned from the post of MLA.

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  AIMIM MLAs meet Nitish; rubbish speculations of political realignment

  January 29, 2021 9:05 IST

  All five MLAs of Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM in Bihar on Thursday met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna but dismissed speculations of political realignment.

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  Lone INLD MLA Abhay Singh Chautala resigns from Haryana Assembly over farm laws

  January 27, 2021 16:53 IST

  Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday tendered his resignation as MLA from the Haryana Assembly over the three new farm laws. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said he has accepted Abhay Chautala's resignation with immediate effect.  

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  Will quit if Centre brings law allowing only one member of family in politics: Mamata's nephew

  January 24, 2021 19:09 IST

  The Diamond Harbour MP, while addressing a rally in Kultali assembly constituency, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should table a bill banning more than one member of a family from active politics and the next moment, Banerjee will no longer be in the political arena.

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  Cong-AIUDF will open all gates to welcome infiltrators: Shah at first poll rally in Assam

  January 24, 2021 16:59 IST

  ​Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress-AIUDF will open "all gates" to welcome infiltrators if voted to power. Addressing his first election rally in poll-bound Assam, Shah said the Congress rule in the state gave only bloodshed, in which thousands of youth lost their lives.   

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  Rahul Gandhi assures revisiting GST when Congress is voted to power at Centre

  January 23, 2021 21:15 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the his party is committed to reconceptualising the Goods and Services Tax regime if voted to power at the Centre and assured ushering in a 'One tax, minimum tax.'

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  Fireworks during CWC! Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot, Anand Sharma engage in verbal spat

  January 22, 2021 17:06 IST

  According to sources, during the meeting Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, without naming anyone, said that there are other issues in the country, however for few leaders only organisational election matters. 

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  All's not well within MVA? Congress says will try to form next govt in Maharashtra alone

  January 22, 2021 16:25 IST

  Senior Congress leader and Assembly Speaker Nana Patole said that his party is working to establish the next government in the state on its own.

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  Karnataka: BSY re-allocates portfolios of cabinet ministers - check list

  January 22, 2021 15:05 IST

  A week after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa allocated portfolios to seven new ministers and also reshuffled the departments of some others.

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  'Want to be kingmaker': More headache for Mamata as Furfura Sharif cleric floats party

  January 21, 2021 19:18 IST

  Mamata's challenges are certain to increase manifold with influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in Hooghly district floating his own party. 

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  TMC exodus continues, MLA Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP

  January 20, 2021 17:48 IST

  Addressing the media after joining the BJP, Bhattacharya accused the TMC leadership of blocking the path of young leaders like him.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Who will be BJP's CM face? Here's what party says

  January 20, 2021 17:16 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ruled out projecting any chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly election in West Bengal.

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  Karnataka cabinet expansion: CM Yediyurappa likely to allocate portfolios to new Ministers on Jan 21

  January 19, 2021 22:59 IST

  Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday indicated that he will allocate portfolios to seven newly inducted Ministers into his cabinet on January 21.

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  Congress to contest 2021 Assam assembly polls in alliance with 5 parties

  January 19, 2021 19:38 IST

  ​The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday said it will contest the forthcoming Assam assembly polls in alliance with five parties to oust the ruling BJP from power.