CPM offers ‘no mutual contest’ to Congress for 6 Bengal LS seats

This move indicates an understanding between the two political camps in the state to consolidate anti-BJP votes. Read More
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Lt Gen DS Hooda to prepare vision document for Congress

Lieutenant General Deependra Singh Hooda (retd), who oversaw the cross-border “surgical strikes” in September 2016 as the Northern Army commander, will chair a task force on national security and prepare a vision document for the Congress, ahead of the Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Congress, DMK formally announce alliance in Tamil Nadu for LS poll

The Congress has been allotted total of 10 seats, out of which, the party will contest nine seats in Tamil Nadu and one seat in Puducherry. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats. Read More
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SC raises question on Bengal’s situation over ‘political murders’

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, hearing petitions seeking a CBI investigation into alleged political murders in West Bengal, raised questions on the prevailing situation in the state. Read More
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CAG tables Rafale report in House, says NDA deal cheaper than UPA’s

In its report, the CAG said the new deal negotiated by the NDA government to procure 36 fighter jets was 2.86 per cent cheaper than the price offered to the UPA government in 2007 by Dassault Aviation. Read More
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Rahul gives Priyanka charge of 41 UP LS seats, Scindia 39

Congress president Rahul Gandhi officially announced Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the in charge of 41 Lok Sabha constituencies in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jyotiraditya Scindia was made in charge of 39 constituencies in western UP. Read More
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Congress asks CAG to recuse himself from Rafale audit

The Congress has asked comptroller and auditor general Rajiv Mehrishi to recuse himself from auditing the Rafale warplane deal with France because of “conflict of interest” as he was part of the negotiations as the-then finance secretary. Read More
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BJP’s Mukul Roy booked for murder of TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas

Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader from West Bengal and former Trinamool Congress secretary Mukul Roy has been booked in connection with the murder of TMC member of legislative assembly Satyajit Biswas in Nadia district of West Bengal. Read More
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Mamata vs Centre: Supreme court to hear CBI’s plea on Tuesday

Mamata Banerjee continued her dharna in Kolkata over the CBI investigation in chit-fund cases, which involved a stand-off between the Kolkata Police and the central agency when the latter went to interrogate the Kolkata Police chief, Rajeev Kumar. Read More
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Congress wins Ramgarh bypoll, ups its Rajasthan tally to 100

Shaphia Zubair, the Congress candidate, has won the assembly byelection in Rajasthan’s Ramgarh by a margin of over 12,000 votes. She has defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sukhwant Singh and the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Jagat Singh. Read More
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