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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 >
Patna (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 this mome ...Read More >
Bhopal: The proposed rollout of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Madhya Pradesh has triggered fresh political confrontation, with the Congress raising concerns over its impact on Dalit and tribal communities in the state. Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in State Assembly and veteran Congress leader, Umang Singhar, on Thursday questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government's intent and preparedness regarding the proposed law. During an interaction with the reporters in Bhopal, L ...Read More >
Suri, Apr 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the ruling TMC over alleged lawlessness and accused the ruling party of encouraging infiltration and unleashing 'maha jungleraj'. Addressing an election rally here in Birbhum district, he alleged the Trinamool Congress' slogan of 'Maa-Mati-Manush' (mother, land, people) has become nothing more than rhetoric. "Cottage industry has been declining in West Bengal, while the TMC has turned making crude bombs into a cottage industry ...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 >
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 >
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 >
Campaigns for the April 9 by-elections in Davanagere South and Bagalkot constituencies wrapped up on Tuesday evening. With the 48-hour silence period in effect, candidates are now restricted to limited door-to-door outreach. The elections were triggered by the deaths of Congress legislators Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti. The ruling party has fielded Samarth Mallikarjun in Davanagere South and Umesh Meti in Bagalkot, both relatives of the deceased legislators, a move that the party beli ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Initial polling trends indicate a steady voter turnout across key regions as voting progressed on Thursday across 126 Assembly constituencies in Assam. According to data recorded till 11.00 a.m., Assam reported an approximate voter turnout rate (VTR) of 38.92 per cent, reflecting moderate participation in the early hours of polling. Election officials noted that queues were visible in several constituencies, particularly in rural pockets, suggesting a gradual ...Read More >
PUNE: A few hours before the deadline for withdrawal of nominations for the bypolls, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar 'advised' the Congress party to withdraw its candidate from the Baramati seat and support NCP chief Sunetra Pawar. Earlier, Sharad Pawar had said there was nothing wrong with the Congress contesting the Baramati seat. However, on the last day for withdrawal, he appealed to his alliance partner at both the Centre and state levels to step aside. "Maharashtra lost a talented politician l ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Jalukbari, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday visited the revered Maa Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati to offer prayers. The visit comes on the day of voting for the high-stakes Assam Assembly elections, as CM Sarma sought divine blessings before the polling process began. Accompanied by his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the Chief Minister performed rituals at the temple and interacted briefly with priests. The Kamakhya Tem ...Read More >
Telangana police on Tuesday arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) deputy floor leader in the assembly, T Harish Rao, and other senior party leaders while they were en route to Parigi town in Vikarabad district to express solidarity with farmers protesting against land acquisition for a proposed industrial park. Accompanied by former ministers P Sabitha Indra Reddy and Errabelli Dayakar Rao and several other BRS leaders, Harish Rao was leaving in a convoy of vehicles to Parigi, when they were in ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Early polling trends in Assam indicated moderate voter participation across several constituencies during the initial hours on Thursday. In Bongaigaon district, Abhayapuri recorded a voter turnout of 18.75 per cent, followed closely by Srijangram at 18.07 per cent and Bongaigaon constituency at 17.8 per cent, according to preliminary data released by election authorities. Meanwhile, in Upper Assam, Demow registered a turnout of 18.28 per cent, while Nazira sa ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 9 (PTI) A voter turnout of 17.87 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of the assembly elections in Assam, where the BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power, while the Congress is striving to reclaim a state it lost a decade ago. Polling began at 7 am for the 126-member assembly, and 17.87 per cent of the state's 2.5 crore voters exercised their franchise till 9 am, officials said. A total of 722 candidates are in the fray for the elections, which is large ...Read More >
Lalit Modi says his proposal for the IPL to be an independent company, not a subsidiary of the BCCI, was turned down. Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, has revealed that he had proposed making the league an independent entity - an idea he believes would have turned it into an "ecosystem unto itself" today. However, the proposal was rejected, and Modi says he will reveal the original constitution in the future. According to various reports, the IPL is now counted among the world's richest le ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging rampant misuse of public interest litigation for ulterior motives or for pursuing pet agendas, SC on Wednesday said it would have dismissed a PIL petition if it had been filed by a lawyers' body presently challenging the Sabarimala custom of barring entry of women of menstruating age.This remark came from a bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Aravind Kumar, A G Masih, P B Varale, R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi when solic ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam is set to witness a high-voltage electoral battle on Thursday, with polling for all 126 Assembly constituencies, with the contest largely shaping up as a direct fight between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led opposition alliance. The ruling BJP, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is aiming to secure a third consecutive term in office, while the Congress is attempting to stage a comeback after being voted out of power in 2016. According to offi ...Read More >
With an oversight committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge already in place to suggest the framing of curriculum on legal studies and judiciary of textbooks in Class 8 and above, the top court said that such an exercise should not be restricted to few classes. "Tell the committee that their examination should not be restricted to Class 8 only. It can go up and down as there are certain issues regarding the textbooks," said a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice J ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Women Congress workers staged a protest outside the PCC office in Bhopal and burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday. The protesters raised slogans and called him anti-Dalit. State Mahila Congress General alleged that the Assam CM insulted Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who belongs to the Dalit community. She warned that protests would continue if Sarma does not apologise. The controversy started after Congress leader Pawan K ...Read More >
North Lakhimpur: Polling personnel along with election materials were dispatched to various polling stations across Lakhimpur district on Tuesday, a day ahead of the Assam Assembly elections scheduled for April 9. According to the district election department, 4,748 polling personnel have been deployed to conduct voting across 1,079 polling stations, with an additional 10% kept in reserve to meet contingencies. In a move to promote women's participation, 110 all-women polling stations have bee ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Youth Congress on Wednesday protested against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here, a day after a team of Assam Police visited the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera after he alleged that Sarma's wife holds multiple passports and undeclared assets. Several Indian Youth Congress (IYC) members protested, led by the party president Uday Bhanu Chib, at Jantar Mantar. They raised slogans, waving Congress flags and holding placards that read, "Kharge ko ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 8 (PTI) Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday defended his father and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge's "poisonous snake" remark against the BJP and RSS. He also hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, calling him "frustrated" and accusing him of "caste privilege" over his remarks on Mallikarjun Kharge. "What has he (Mallikarjun Kharge) said? He said one must act if one encounters a poisonous snake. If you find a poisonous snake, will you feed it milk and ...Read More >
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, senior BJP leader and lawmaker Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Kharge's alleged remarks comparing the BJP and RSS to "poisonous snakes," terming them "deeply objectionable" and beyond the limits of acceptable political discourse. He also demanded an apology from Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable". "Do they agree with this statement? If Rahul ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday objected to statements made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of making irresponsible and caste-driven remarks. Priyank Kharge has further defended the controversial 'poisonous snake' remarks made by his father, Mallikarjun Kharge. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, he claimed that a sense of caste privilege was deeply ingrained among the BJP leaders and attributed it to ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 8 (ANI): BJP leader CR Kesavan on Wednesday criticised the Congress party, saying that it has repeatedly disrespected the party's National President Mallikarjun Kharge and turned him into a "powerful, rubber-stamp" Congress president. "Right from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party has been a repeat offender when it comes to disrespecting the dignity of our Dalit community. Though he is the Congress president, the decision lies with the high command, me ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that the concept of "untouchability" may not be an appropriate ground to test the validity of restrictions on the entry of menstruating women into Kerala's Sabarimala temple, with the nine-judge bench observing that Article 17 (prohibiting untouchability) cannot be stretched to cover a practice that operates for a limited period each month. "Untouchability has its own history in India and to get over that Article 17 was made a fundamental right. But Articl ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to hold what is a superstitious practice in a religion. This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue as judges are experts in the field of law, not religion. A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 8 (PTI) The high-stakes elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on Thursday, with most seats slated to witness a direct contest between the BJP-led NDA and the opposition coalition helmed by the Congress. The BJP is eyeing a third straight term in power in these elections, while the Congress is looking to wrest the state, from where it was ousted in 2016. A total of 722 candidates, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Congress, calling it "Dalit virodhi (against Dalits)" after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over what he described as "systemic exclusion of Bahujan entrepreneurs" from major public sector contracts. The political exchange follows remarks earlier made by Gandhi in Parliament, where he questioned the government over the distribution of public works ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday condemned Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged derogatory remarks against the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the former's behaviour "utterly shameful and despicable." In a post on X, Vadra wrote, "The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, has used extremely rude and derogatory language against Congress President an ...Read More >
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