The Janata Dal (United) has maintained a lead of more than 16,000 votes over its nearest Congress rival in the by-election to the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency as counting of votes is underway on the Parliamentary seat where voting was held alongside the state elections.
Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day of the Ashwin month to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki. This year, the birth anniversary of the ancient poet is being celebrated on October 31.
With the JD(U) naming Sunil Kumar as its nominee for November 7 byelections from Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat, shortly after it released the list of candidates for assembly polls, the chance of former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey taking an immediate electoral plunge has ended.
Scores of Valmiki community members who were protesting against the Hathras incident clashed with the police here on Saturday. The protesters pelted stones at the policemen and official vehicles.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi today attended a prayer meet at the Maharishi Valmiki temple in Delhi organised amid nationwide outrage over the alleged rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.
The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of Delhi government's Maharishi Valmiki Hospital have threatened to withdraw all essential and non-essential services of the hospital from Monday onwards in view of delay to initiate action against a patient and her attendant after they allegedly assaulted a doctor on Saturday
The first domicile certificate in the community was given to 71-year-old Deepoo Devi of Valmiki Samaj Basti by a tehsildar.
Valmiki -- who last played for India in 2016 -- said the experience is good for him as it keeps his mind away from the uncertainty around his sporting career.
AAP legislators on Monday walked out from the Punjab assembly over the alleged objectionable remarks against the Valmiki community by Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu
Valmiki Ramayan temple is one of the most uniques temples in Ayodhya. Find all about it in this video.
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