BJP ties up with SKM for October 21 Sikkim bypolls
The BJP, which drew a blank in the Sikkim Assembly elections earlier this year, has tied up with the ruling SKM in the state for the October 21 bypolls to three Assembly seats. Addressing a joint press meet here on Saturday, BJP's Sikkim in-charge Nitin Navin said the two parties have...
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Cong releases 51 candidates’ list for Maha Assembly polls
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Arunachal parties jointly field slain MLA’s wife in bypoll
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Will consider withdrawing plea for Shivpal’s disqualification if he agrees for merger: SP leader
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SP fields Azam Khan’s wife from Rampur in UP Assembly bypolls
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Aaditya Thackeray to fight from Worli
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J&K Block Development Council polls on Oct 24
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BHU professor accused of sexual misconduct sent on compulsory retirement
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CPI leader writes to PM, urges him to travel by train to gauge extent of open defecation
CPI MP Binoy Viswam has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to travel by train through any north Indian State to gauge the extent of open defecation taking place in the country, days after two Dalit children were allegedly beaten to death in Madhya Pradesh for defecating in the open. In a letter...
Fissure in Durga Puja committee over invite to Amit Shah
Divisions came to the fore in the committee of a Durga Puja here on Sunday over inviting Union Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate it on October 1. The row erupted after a section of the members of the BJ Block Durga Puja in Salt Lake in the eastern fringes of...
Devotees throng Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K
With the beginning of the nine-day long Navratri festival, the two month long ‘dry spell’ ended after an estimated 1 lakh pilgrims flocked Katra in the last 24 hours to perform special prayers inside the sanctum sanctorum of Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine, nestled in Trikuta hills. After revocation of the...
Would Trump like to replace Washington: Bapu’s great-grandson
Donald Trump may have called Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘father of India’, but Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi is not impressed. He wonders whether the US President may also like to replace George Washington with himself. Tushar Gandhi also finds the Government’s plans to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma...
Minor among 4 civilians injured in Pak shelling
At least four civilians including a minor child and her mother received injuries as there has been no let up from the Pakistani side to target the civilian areas during intense exchange of firing. According to ground reports, Pakistan Army initiated ‘ unprovoked’ ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in...
TMC slams Nadda over ‘Bengal has jungle raj’ remark
Hours after BJP acting president JP Nadda slammed the Mamata Banerjee Government for running a jungle raj in Bengal, senior Trinamool Congress leaders like Firhad Hakim hit him back saying it was Nadda who had come from jungle to Bengal which had a civilised Government. Hakim, a senior Minister in Mamata...
Lalu’s daughter-in-law accuses Misa of creating marital rift
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s estranged daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai on Sunday blamed her eldest sister-in-law Misa Bharti for creating a rift between Roy and Tej Pratap Yadav and driving a wedge between Tejashwi Yadav and her husband. A drama unfolded at the 10, Circular Road residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri...