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  Former AAP minister Raaj Kumar Anand joins BSP, to contest Lok Sabha polls from New Delhi seat

  Delhi | May 06, 2024 15:08 IST

  Raaj Kumar Anand will face BJP's Bansuri Swaraj and AAP's Somnath Bharti from Delhi Lok Sabha seat. In 2019, BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi won the seat by defeating Congress' Ajay Maken with a huge margin of over 2.5 lakh votes.

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  Holy relics of Lord Buddha return home after 26-day exposition in Thailand | Watch

  India | March 19, 2024 19:20 IST

  The holy relics have been escorted back from Thailand to their respective homes, concluding a historic and spiritually enriching exposition in Thailand, the Culture Ministry earlier said.

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  Meenakshi Lekhi loses cool at Kerala event after audience refuses to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'

  India | February 04, 2024 11:38 IST

  Several users on social media criticised the behaviour of Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi as she asked a section of the audience to leave the conclave for not chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

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  Four days ahead of January 22 ceremony, Ramayana Mela kicks off in Delhi | Details

  Delhi | January 18, 2024 15:30 IST

  "The mela celebrates the vibrant cultural expressions of Ramayana traditions and is an amalgamation of art, dance and history influenced by the Indian epic across the world," the MoS said on X.

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  Rahul Gandhi's 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' post rakes up Hindutva debate, BJP reacts

  India | October 01, 2023 12:27 IST

  Rahul Gandhi in his X post asserted the duty of protecting the weak is his religion. The Congress leader said a Hindu generously embraces all the changes in his existence with compassion and dignity.

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  FACT CHECK | 'ED will come to your house': Meenakshi Lekhi's parliament remark goes viral

  Fact Check | August 17, 2023 14:44 IST

  Many people on the internet are claiming that the video is fake. In today's Fact Check story, we will investigate this video and try to find out how much truth is in it.

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  India tears into Islamabad, says 'it is global epicentre of terrorism'; Pakistan PM in attendance

  India | December 16, 2022 12:32 IST

  Pakistan must immediately cease anti-India cross-border terrorism and shut down its infrastructure of terrorism, the minister added.

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  Youth Congress protests against BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi's remark on farmers

  India | July 23, 2021 17:54 IST

  Leading the protest against Lekhi, Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V said "the comments towards the food givers of the country are highly condemnable".

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  Pegasus story is concocted, fabricated and evidence less: BJP

  Hakikat Kya Hai | July 22, 2021 22:23 IST

  Referring to alleged reports of snooping of prominent citizens using Israeli Pegasus spyware, senior BJP leader and union minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said that these kinds of stories are concocted, fabricated and have no evidence.

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  'Not farmers, they are hooligans', Meenakshi Lekhi says; Tikait calls remark 'insult' to annadatas

  Politics | July 22, 2021 20:05 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday came out all guns blazing against farmers' " Kisan Parliament" after a mediaperson was allegedly attacked during the protest.

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  Muqabla | Those agitating are not farmers but 'mawali', says BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

  News | July 22, 2021 19:57 IST

  Meenakshi Lekhi has called the protesting farmers 'mawali' after they reached Jantar Mantar in Delhi to further intensify their agitation against farm laws.

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  Meenakshi Lekhi takes oath as Modi's minister: Know all about the firebrand BJP leader

  India | July 07, 2021 19:16 IST

  ​Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi was included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet on Wednesday. She is serving her second term as a parliamentarian.   

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  'Opportunistic politics': Meenakashi Lekhi slams Delhi CM over tearing copy of farm laws

  News | December 17, 2020 22:10 IST

  BJP MP Meenakashi Lekhi targeted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after several AAP members tore centre's farm laws during special Delhi assembly session on December 17. "Centre's 3 Farm laws were notified in Delhi Gazette on 23rd Nov.

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  Twitter apologises for wrongly showing Ladakh in China, promises to correct error

  India | November 18, 2020 18:18 IST

  Social media giant Twitter has apologised in writing to a key parliamentary panel for wrongly showing Ladakh in China and has promised to correct the error by the month-end, the committee's chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday. Twitter's deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc, for wrong geo-tagging of India's map, Lekhi told PTI.

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  Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde, Parvesh Sahib Singh among 24 MPs found COVID-19 positive

  India | September 14, 2020 18:57 IST

  At least 24 MPs have tested positive for coronavirus. Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde and Parvesh Sahib Singh are among the 17 MPs found infected with the highly infectious disease.

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  Where has Sidhu Paaji fled: Meenakshi Lekhi questions silence on Nankana Sahib attack

  India | January 04, 2020 20:57 IST

  Amid the uproar over Nankana Sahib attack, BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi on Saturday questioned Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's silence on the incident. She said that even after the incident, if he wanted to hug the 'ISI chief', then the Congress should look into it.

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  BJP releases 'Aarop Patra' attacking AAP ahead of 2020 Delhi polls

  January 06, 2020 17:14 IST

  Ahead of 2020 Delhi Assembly Elections, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi on Tuesday addressed a public rally in Sadar Bazaar's Kranti Chowk and attacked Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government for not fulfilling its promises made before 2015 Delhi polls.

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  Is it my fault that I'm a woman MP of BJP and spoke in House: Irani on Cong MPs charging towards her

  India | December 06, 2019 16:42 IST

  Irani was speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Unnao rape issue when she was interrupted by two Congress MPs who apparently got up from their seats and rushed towards the treasury benches.

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  BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi transits from politician to thriller writer

  India | August 06, 2019 21:34 IST

  Writing fiction in a collaborative form, where narration and style both need to be seamless, was a challenge, and it's hoped we've pulled it off well, co-author Krishna Kumar, who works with the Lok Sabha secretariat, said. 

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  Yet again, Delhi elects only one woman to Lok Sabha

  India | May 25, 2019 12:21 IST

  Out of total 16 general elections held in Delhi since Independence, seven times only one female candidate was elected.