Politics
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EC announces polling dates for Kerala, TN, West Bengal, Assam, Puducherry
New Delhi: Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with West Bengal having the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29, while counting of votes for the four…
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‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan formally joins BJP
Malappuram: “Metro Man” E Sreedharan formally joined the BJP on Thursday, party leaders said. Sreedharan joined the saffron party at a meeting organised at Changaramkulam as the “Vijay Yatra” led by…
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Congress to gherao Punjab Raj Bhavan on Mar 1 against rising prices
Chandigarh: The Congress will ‘gherao’ Punjab Raj Bhavan on March 1 in protest against “rising” fuel prices. Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday said the party will gherao the Raj…
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Kejriwal’s security cover reduced, sources claim
New Delhi: Sources in the Delhi government alleged on Thursday that the security cover of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been scaled down, a charge denied by the Union Home Ministry.…
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‘Will approach EC’: Owaisi to WB police over denial of permission for meeting
Hyderabad: Blasting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over being denied permission to hold a public meeting, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that he will be forced to approach…
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AAP is challenge for Congress in Gujarat: Rupani
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has emerged as a challenge for the main opposition Congress in the state. The AAP, which bagged…
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AAP only alternative to BJP, say leaders after success in Surat local body polls
Gandhinagar: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday won 27 seats in Surat Municipal Polls and emerged as the main opposition party in the civic body. In the poll, Bharatiya Janata…
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Kejriwal thanks people of Gujarat, to visit Surat on Feb 26
New Delhi: Thanking the people of Gujarat following Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) performance in the local body polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he will be visiting…
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After local body poll success, AIMIM aiming for Gujarat assembly next
Hyderabad: After successfully pulling-off limited victories in the just concluded local body polls in Gujarat, the stage is all set for the All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) to make its…
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Indian Secular Front not to oppose AIMIM in West Bengal assembly polls
Kolkata: The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui on Tuesday said his party will not oppose Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in the upcoming West Bengal…
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Caste politics is rocking BJP ruled Karnataka
Bengaluru: With several communities up in arms demanding a fresh look at the caste-based reservation list, Karnataka is witnessing a cacophony of unprecedented proportion with religio-political undertone. Panchamsalis, a sub-caste group…
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Central govt looting people: Sachin Pilot on rising fuel prices
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Monday questioned the silence of BJP leaders on inflation and rising fuel prices. The central government is looting people of their hard-earned…
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Shivpal-Owaisi pact on the cards in UP
Lucknow: Even as Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav dilly-dallies over his pact with his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), the latter is wasting no time in…
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KCR gives MLC B-form to Vani Devi, daughter of ex-PM PV Narasimha Rao
Hyderabad: Chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Monday handed over the ‘B’ form to Surabhi Vani Devi, daughter of former Congress Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao (PVNR), to…
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Yahi hai acche din? Shiv Sena slams Centre over rising fuel prices
Mumbai: As the prices of petrol and diesel in the country are on a constant rise, Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena has put up banners stating ‘Yahi…
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Modi like ‘ahankari raja’ from old stories: Priyanka Gandhi
Lucknow: Likening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the character of an arrogant king, ahankari raja, from stories of yore, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said he is unable…
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‘Bengal wants its own daughter’: TMC launches poll slogan
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday launched its slogan for the upcoming assembly elections — ‘Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye’, adding to the shrill insider vs outsider debate while portraying Chief Minister…
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Actor Kamal Haasan calls on ‘superstar’ friend
Chennai: Veteran actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan called on his long-term acquaintance and Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth at his Poes Garden residence here on Saturday and enquired…
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Yeddyurappa Facing Relentless Salvos
BJP hardliner and Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has become a source of acute embarrassment for the party, Government and Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa by relentlessly firing salvos. Though…
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Metroman E. Sreedharan rakes up Love Jihad bogey
Thiruvananthapuram: Railway engineer E. Sreedharan, who just announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claimed that Hindu and Christian girls are being tricked into marriage under the…
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Ready to become Kerala cm if BJP comes to power: Sreedharan
Thiruvananthapuram: Former chief of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) E Sreedharan on Friday said he is ready to become the Chief Minister if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power…
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BJP will come to power in Puducherry, Telangana, NDA in TN: Kishan Reddy
Chennai: The BJP will form the next government in Puducherry and Telangana while the NDA will come to power in Tamil Nadu with the mandate of the people who will reject…
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‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan to join BJP, says party’s Kerala unit chief
Kozhikode: ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, a much-admired technocrat who is credited with changing the face of public transport system in the country, will join the BJP giving a boost to the saffron…
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Petrol at Rs 100: PM Modi blames previous govts for not cutting import dependence
New Delhi: On a day when petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had…
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Nitish Kumar repeats need for sub-quotas for EBCs
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reiterated the need for a separate sub-quota for the extremely backward classes in reservation for OBCs at the central level. The JD(U) leader…
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Congress sweeps urban body polls in Punjab
Chandigarh: The ruling Congress won six of the seven municipal corporations in the civic polls in Punjab for which results were declared Wednesday, officials said. The Congress won in Bathinda,…
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Revanth vs TS Cong: MP runs his own ship, old timers upset
Hyderabad: The Congress’s state unit seems to have gotten more divided with regard to its leadership and functioning, thanks to Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president and Malkjgiri MP…
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BJP discusses farmers’ protest at high-level meet
New Delhi: A high-level meeting of the party leaders was called by BJP chief J.P. Nadda on Tuesday at the national headquarters here to discuss the ongoing farmers’ agitation and…
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Hyderabad: Congress to organize a rally in solidarity with farmers on February 25
Hyderabad: In support of the protesting farmers against the farm laws implemented by the central government, the Congress party is going to stage a mammoth rally in the city on February…
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Telangana preps for graduate MLC polls; nominations from today
Hyderabad: Telangana is set to witness yet another electoral battle in less than a month’s time, in two graduates constituencies of Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahabubnagar and Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda for the state’s legislative council.…
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