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Captain Amarinder Singh can still surprise everyone
This sentiment is more highlighted in Hindu dominated areas of Doaba and Majha and less in Malwa. In electoral contests, if votes are concentrated in a geographical area, a party with a small vote share can win quite a few seats. For example, in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019, the Lok Janshakti Party polled hardly 8 per cent of the vote share in Bihar and managed to win 6 Lok Sabha seats.
Delighted to see disruption-free proceedings: RS Chairman
Soon after laying the papers on the table, Naidu said: "After a long time, the Rajya Sabha witnessed disruption-free proceedings yesterday. I was delighted to watch a quality debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President.I hope that the spirit continues to prevail for the remaining part of this session," he added. The Chairman said that he has received a few notices on the Privilege Motion against the Union Information and Technology Minister and was examining them.
India's new Covid cases rise 6.8% to 1.67 lakh
In the same period, there were 1,008 additional Covid fatalities, which took the nationwide death toll to 4,98,983. Meanwhile, the active caseload has reported a marginal decline at 15,33,921 which constitute 3.67 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
BJP leaders slam Rahul Gandhi over remarks made in Parliament
Reacting to the remarks made by the former Congress chief while addressing the motion of thanks to the President's address in Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Pralhad Joshi said, "The Congress which doesn't have democracy within their party, is talking about our elected Prime Minister in a very very silly manner. I don't understand his mentality and language. He is talking about China and Pakistan, they have been against us since decades, it's a known fact."
Delhi reports marginal rise in Covid cases to over 3K, 27 deaths
The positivity rate has also reduced to 4.73 per cent with active cases declining to 14,870, it said. With the Covid recovery rate climbing at 97.77 per cent, the active cases rate in Delhi stands at 0.8 per cent while the death rate continues at 1.41 per cent. The fresh cases and deaths have taken the tally to 18,35,979, and the death toll to 25,919.
Dhankhar vows to resign if Mamata's allegations are proved correct
"I have read the statement of the Chief Minister. This is unfortunate. This is a challenge to democracy. The statement that I get my food from Taj Bengal is 100 per cent incorrect. It doesn't behold the Chief Minister to make such wild allegations. If it is proved correct, I shall resign," Dhankhar said. Banerjee's comment came after Dhankhar questioned the financial allocation of 'Maa Canteen' - a subsidised community canteen facility devised by the Chief Minister to provide food to the poor during the pandemic situation.
Mamata Banerjee directed to appear before Mumbai court
BJP Mumbai secretary Adv Vivekanand Gupta had filed a complaint with the Magistrate Court, Mazagaon, seeking a first information report against Banerjee for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem. Following his complaint, Metropolitan Magistrate P.I. Mokashi issued the process against the West Bengal Chief Minister and asked her to appear before the court on March 2, he added.
Battle for UP: "Will Yogi survive the Kalidas jinx"
While the Noida jinx has been a topic of discussion in political circles for decades, the Kalidas jinx has been very quietly whispered in the corridors of power in Lucknow. The UP chief minister's official bungalow is located on Kalidas Marg - 5, Kalidas Marg, to be precise-and a look at history shows that no chief minister since 1950 has continued living here for a second consecutive term.
Chhota Rajan discharged in MCOCA case by Mumbai Court
Tushar Sail the counsel of Chhota Rajan told IANS that he moved a discharge application before the Special Court. Tushar argued that there was no direct evidence against his client, Chhota Rajan and he was being framed. "In the charge sheet filed by the prosecution there was no specific role assigned to the accused. The investigation is full of doubts and there is no cogent evidence collected against the applicant," Tushar argued.
At 1.61 lakh, India's Covid cases down by 3.4%
In the same time span, as many as 1,733 deaths were also reported as Kerala added a backlog of 1,063 fatalities which were included in day's count, taking the death toll to 4,97,975. The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Kerala with 51,887 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 16,096 cases, Maharashtra with 14,372 cases, Karnataka with 14,366 cases and Gujarat with 8,338 cases. The active caseload has reported a marginal decline at 16,21,603 which constitutes 3.90% of the country's total positive cases.
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