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New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday questioned the Centre for withdrawing its proposal to host the 33rd Conference of the Parties (COP 33) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2028, saying that the move does not reflect a commitment towards the 2015 Paris Agreement. Jairam Ramesh questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's commitment to fulfilling India's carbon mitigation goals. He also alleged that the Mo ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 9 (ANI): R Sreelekha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Vice President and Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency candidate, on Thursday, expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would secure a ''landmark victory'' in the ongoing Keralam Assembly elections. Speaking to ANI, Sreelekha said, "I am confident that NDA will make a landmark victory in Keralam this time. This is the right time. The anti-incumbency is very high. People w ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): Voices from across Himachal Pradesh have welcomed the proposed Women's Reservation Bill, expressing strong optimism that it will mark a turning point in empowering women and strengthening democratic participation. Member of the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, Mamta Mokta, said the bill would provide women a crucial platform to raise their voices effectively in Parliament and legislative assemblies. She emphasised that women are "capa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, April 9: Senior Biju Janata Dal leader Dr Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Party leader of the BJD in the Rajya Sabha. The party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday accepted Patra's resignation. "President Biju Janata Dal Shri. Naveen Patnaik has accepted the resignation of Dr Sasmit Patra, MP, as leader of the BJD parliamentary party, Rajya Sabha, today," according to an official party statement. BJD MP Sasmit Patra R ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that a political change in West Bengal was now certain, claiming that people across the state were demanding it.Targeting the ruling Trinamool Congress at an election rally in Asansol, he said, "The pot of TMC's sins is now full." PM accused the TMC government of allowing illegal activities in the region. Referring to Asansol's coal belt, he said, "Asansol is a major part of the coal belt, but under TMC rule, the entire sector is controlle ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Biju Janata Dal leader Dr Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Party leader of the BJD in the Rajya Sabha. The party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday accepted Patra's resignation. "President Biju Janata Dal Shri. Naveen Patnaik has accepted the resignation of Dr Sasmit Patra, MP, as leader of the BJD parliamentary party, Rajya Sabha, today," according to an official party statement. So ...Read More >
Bagalkot/Davanagere, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The voting process for the bypoll to two Assembly segments in Karnataka on Thursday is progressing briskly. Polling at stations in the Bagalkot Assembly constituency crossed 43 per cent, while in the Davanagere South constituency it crossed 37.17 per cent as of 1 P.M. Polling commenced at 7 A.M., and voters can exercise their franchise until 6 P.M. According to official data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the voter turnout in B ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress, on Thursday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of entering into a Rs 1,000 crore deal with its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP), with a target to divide minority votes in those assembly constituencies in West Bengal where AAUP candidates are contesting in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM. At a joint press conference, ministers F ...Read More >
Srinagar, April 9: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that the US President Donald Trump cannot be trusted and perhaps he himself doesn't know what he intends to do. Talking to the media here, Omar Abdullah said, "Perhaps he (Donald Trump) doesn't himself know what he is doing. He says one thing in the morning, another in the afternoon and something else in the evening." CM Abdullah said he had also said in the past that Donald Trump cannot be trusted. He said Trump ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Women who arrived to cast their votes in the Assam Assembly election, on Thursday, hailed the Women's Reservation Bill. They appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "work" towards women empowerment and hoped the Bill will pave the way for women to come forward and raise their voices. Notably, PM Modi shared a video message on Thursday, urging collective support for the Women's Reservation Bill. The government plans to introduce amendments to the Nari ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (PTI) Former Gujarat-cadre Indian Police Service officer M L Ninama and ex-AAP leader Raju Karpada joined the ruling BJP on Thursday, ahead of the upcoming local body elections in the state. Ninama, who recently took voluntary retirement three months before his scheduled superannuation, joined the BJP in Shamlaji in the Aravalli district. He was welcomed into the party by Minister of State P C Baranda, who handles the Tribal Development, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Af ...Read More >
Rahman, a veteran UN diplomat who served as NSA in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, will be the first minister to visit India since the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept the general election in February. His delegation includes Humayun Kabir, foreign affairs adviser to the PM and one of the most influential members of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's inner circle. Doval has played a key behind-the-scenes role in ties with Bangladesh in recent years, and his meeting with Rahma ...Read More >
NDA leaders aware of the matter said that legislators have been asked to be in the state capital at a short notice. "The dates are not yet final but it may happen any day after April 10," said a JD(U) legislator. The BJP state president, Sanjay Saraogi, denied that any dates have been finalised for the NDA meeting. "No dates have been finalised. There is no development on this count," he said. A senior JD(U) leader said that CM Kumar, who would leave for New Delhi on April 9, will return to th ...Read More >
Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sasmit Patra has stepped down as the party's leader in the Rajya Sabha, party sources said. Although the BJD is yet to confirm Patra's resignation from the post, sources said he has sent his resignation to party president Naveen Patnaik, conveying his decision. The development comes days after Naveen Patnaik's political secretary Santrupt Misra was elected to the Rajya Sabha. BJD sources said Misra would replace Patra in the Upper House. Patra, a two-time me ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 9 (ANI): Two accused have been arrested in connection with an ISI-sponsored Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module being operated by a foreign-based handler, Punjab police said on Thursday. In a joint operation with District Amritsar Rural, District Gurdaspur, and State Special Operations Cell (SSOC)-Amritsar, along with central agencies, the Punjab police busted an ISI-sponsored BKI terror module. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav p ...Read More >
Tripura Bypoll 2026: A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the bypoll. Agartala: Voting for the byelection to Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district began at 7 am on Thursday amidst tight security, an official said. A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the bypoll. Women voters of 23,758 outnumber the 22,348 male electorate. "Polling for the byelection in all 55 booths began at 7 am amidst tight security. Voters ...Read More >
This assembly election - Kerala votes today - is an existential battle for the Congress and the United Democratic Front it heads. On the one hand, it faces a formidable challenge from the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front that seeks a Congress-mukt (free) Kerala; on the other hand, it must fend off a rising Bharatiya Janata Party that eyes the party's Hindu voters in its pursuit of building a pan-Indian Hindu electorate and a Congress-mukt Bharat. An embattled Congress has sought to survive this ...Read More >
Addressing a 'Dhanyawad Evam Vikas Rally' in Meham on Sunday, CM Saini pointedly addressed concerns of the farmers about crop procurement. Saini said that the opposition is spreading misinformation about gate passes. "The government has made arrangements to ensure that no farmer faces any difficulties. Duties for crop procurement have been clearly assigned. The interests of farmers are central to our policies," he said. The CM said that the BJP government has given jobs to 1.80 lakh youths afte ...Read More >
"I am saddened. Several voters have been deleted. Around 3.2 million of the six million doubtful cases under adjudication were included in the voter list because I moved the Supreme Court," Banerjee said. She said the remaining 2.7 million should be given voting rights. She questioned what purpose it would serve if they were included after the April 23-29 elections. "They would not be able to vote." Banerjee noted that the Supreme Court said that voters, whose names are deleted, may move the a ...Read More >
Gurugram District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar issued orders to enforce Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to maintain law and order in IMT Manesar and the surrounding areas. After the labour unrest in Honda Scooter and Motorcycle India Private Limited , contractual employees of half a dozen companies began a strike to press their demands. Nearly 7,000 contract workers have sat outside the gates of their companies, demanding a pay raise and better working con ...Read More >
Patna: Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, as the man who would head the new government in the state, on Thursday, April 9, were put up outside the BJP office in Patna as CM Nitish Kumar left for Delhi to be sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP. The posters, a few of which were pulled down by the party office staff, bore the label of 'Valmiki Samaj', a community of Dalits associated with scavenging work. "We do not know who has put up these posters. We can, at this ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 9 (ANI): The All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO), along with several civil society groups, on Thursday staged a protest rally in Imphal, demanding justice for victims of the Tronglaobi bomb attack that killed two children and injured their mother. As the rally progressed and reached Keishamthong Hodam Leirak, heavy deployment of central and state security forces halted the demonstrators. Authorities, however, permitted a small delegation to proceed and ...Read More >
MADURAI: TVK president Vijay alleged that the 'real Congress' was with TVK, though DMK had managed to retain the 'Tamil Nadu Congress' in its alliance 'using money power'. "Stalin sir spent a few crores and kept with himself the Tamil Nadu Congress. But the real Congress was with us,'' Vijay said during his election rally in Tirunelveli on Wednesday. Launching a multi-pronged attack on DMK, Vijay said the party was deceiving the minorities all these years, but the facade has been exposed now. He ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 9 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday accepted the resignation of MP Sasmit Patra as leader of the BJD parliamentary party in Rajya Sabha. Sasmit Patra's resignation comes after Dutteshwar Hota, who has the support of BJD, Congress and CPI(M), was defeated in the Rajya Sabha elections amid cross-voting. Also Read | Why Stock Market Is Down Today, April 9, 2026. The party had suspended its six MLAs for "anti-party activities, in ...Read More >
Agartala, April 9: Around 53 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 p.m. in the by-election for Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district, and the balloting is underway amid tight security arrangements, election officials said. An election official said that no untoward incident has been reported so far after the polling began at 7 a.m. at the 55 polling stations in the Assembly segment, which shares inter-state borders with Assam and Mizoram. Before the voting started, vo ...Read More >
Vemuru (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 9 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said the government aims to complete land resurvey 2.0 by March 2027 and distribute 1.12 crore pattadar passbooks across the state. The CM, while participating in the 'Mee Bhoomi-Mee Hakku' (Your Land, Your Right) programme in Bapatla district, distributed pattadar passbooks and highlighted the government's commitment to transparency and secure land ownership for citizens across the state. "We ha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) A bomb threat email sent to the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday triggered a massive security drill across key government establishments and public locations, officials said. The email landed in multiple government and other inboxes at 8.14 am, including those linked to the Assembly. The letter carried the threat of possible blasts at the Assembly, Secretariat, certain schools and a metro station at different times during the day, they said. Acting swiftly, the Del ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 9 (PTI) At least 43.75 per cent of voters in Karnataka's Bagalkot, where polling for a by-election is underway, exercised their franchise by 1 pm on Thursday. Davanagere South recorded a turnout of 37.17 per cent, the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office said. The bypolls were necessitated due to the demise of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti (Bagalkot) and Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Davanagere South). While the ruling Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJ ...Read More >
Mumbai/Pune, Apr 9 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday withdrew its candidate from the bypoll to the Baramati assembly seat, from where Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is in the fray, with the party saying the decision was taken to maintain Maharashtra's political culture and decorum. Party candidate Akash More withdrew his nomination in Baramati in Pune district just before the deadline. "As per directions from the party leadership, I have withdrawn my nomination," More told reporters. Despit ...Read More >
Patna, Apr 09 (PTI) Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary, the deputy CM of Bihar, as the man who would head the new government in the state, were on Thursday put up outside the BJP office in Patna as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left for Delhi to be sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP. The posters, a few of which were pulled down by the party office staff, bore the label of 'Valmiki Samaj', a community of Dalits associated with scavenging work. "We do not know who has put up these posters. We can, at th ...Read More >
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