AAP says ready for alliance with JJP and BSP in Haryana

The Aam Aadmi Party keen to make its entry in Haryana, has not ruled out the possibility of entering alliance talks with Jannayak Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party in the state, just two months ahead of the Lok Sabha election. Read More
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VHP announces suspension of Ayodhya agitation for 4 months

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, after holding “dharmasabhas (religious meetings)” across the country demanding an ordinance to enable construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and later holding a “dharmasansad (religious parliament)” at the Kumbh Mela 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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NSC head quits over govt’s refusal to release post-noteban job data

The report would have revealed the job losses in the country following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes, in November 2016. Read More
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Centre seeks SC nod for returning excess land around Ayodhya site

The Union government asked the Supreme Court to permit return of excess land around disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid plot to its original owners. The Centre has urged that the government should consider releasing around 67-odd acres of land to its original owners. Read More
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President urges India to perform ‘sacred act’ of voting in LS election

While addressing the nation, on Friday, on the eve of the 70th Republic Day, President of India Ram Nath Kovind called on people to perform the “sacred act” of voting and emphasized that this year’s polls should be seen as a “once-in-a-century moment”. Read More
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Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi junks Indian his passport

Mehul Choksi – one of the wanted businessmen in the Punjab National Bank fraud case, who obtained an Antiguan citizenship after fleeing India, in 2018, has reportedly surrendered his Indian passport. Read More
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CJI recuses himself from hearing plea on Rao’s CBI appointment

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the Chief Justice of India, recused himself from hearing a plea that has challenged the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Read More
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On her birthday, Mayawati pitches reservation for poor Muslims

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief, Mayawati, demanded reservation for the “economically backward” Muslims – a community that can tip the scales for the anti-BJP alliance in the general election – on her 63rd birthday. Read More
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In UP, small parties step up talks with SP, BSP, Congress

After BSP and SP announced that they were forming an alliance in UP for this year’s Lok Sabha election and the subsequent announcement by the Congress that it would contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, smaller parties intensified alliance talks with all the three. Read More
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