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Jagdeep Dhankhar always worked for well-being of farmers, youth, women & marginalised: Modi
In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Modi said, "Kisan Putra Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji is known for his humility. He brings with him an illustrious legal, legislative and gubernatorial career. He has always worked for the well-being of farmers, youth, women and the marginalised. Glad that he will be our VP candidate."
In past 8 years, people of Delhi at receiving end of propaganda: Gautam Gambhir
Cricketer-turned-politician mentioned that out of the 58 lakh households consuming electricity, only half (around 30 lakh) utilise less than 200 units which are not charged by power distribution companies directly. "Another 16 lakh avail subsidy upto Rs 800. Therefore, 11 lakh households in Delhi have to pay for electricity at Rs. 10 per unit which is one of the highest in the entire country," he said.
Delhi CM Kejriwal counters PM Modi's 'revdi culture' remark
"I have been accused of distributing revdis (sweets), freebies. I am being abused. I want to ask the people of India, where am I wrong?" said Kejriwal in a press briefing. Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister, while inaugurating the Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh warned against what he called the 'revdi culture' of offering freebies for votes and termed it 'very dangerous'.
Prez Poll: Yashwant Sinha cancels Mumbai visit
However, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray announced on Tuesday that his party would support Draupadi Murmu, saying that this is the first occasion wherein a tribal woman is getting the opportunity to become the President. He had said that several party leaders, especially from the tribal community like MLC Aamshya Padvi, former MLA Nirmala Gavit, and Eklavya Sanghtana's Shivajirao Dhavale had urged him to back Murmu.
AAP to support joint oppn candidate Yashwant Sinha in Presidential Poll
The Presidential poll is scheduled to be held on July 18 as the tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24. The decision was taken in party's top-most national-level body Political Affairs Committee meeting held at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Saturday.
Pop singer Daler Mehndi, Congress leader Sidhu share same barrack in Patiala jail
The other high-profile politician in the jail is Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of MP Sukhbir Badal. A Patiala district court on Thursday upheld the two-year jail term of Mehndi, who in 2018 was sentenced for a 2003 human trafficking case.
Shinde, Fadnavis uphold renaming of Aurangabad, Osmanabad
Briefing the media after a cabinet meeting, Shinde said that Aurangabad will be renamed as 'Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar' and Osmanabad shall be rechristened as 'Dharashiv'. The upcoming new international airport shall be renamed after D. B. Patil, a prominent leader from Konkan, he added.
His name still holds weight in Gujarat: Ahmed Patel's daughter on SIT charges
Earlier, the Congress dismissed as "mischievous and manufactured", SIT's charges that Ahmed Patel had financed civil rights activist Teesta Sitalwad and hatched conspiracy to dislodge the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi-led state government.
Despite rampant factionalism in Congress, Gehlot hasn't let BJP fish in troubled waters
The opposition is adding fuel to the fire and is leaving no stone unturned to cash in on the situation. However, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is giving a tough fight to the Opposition and hence 'Operation Lotus' has failed to yield results here so far. However, the feuds between Gehlot and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot's camps have been going on unchecked since December 2018 when the government was formed.
FIR lodged against Mahua Moitra in Assam for 'Gogoi' tweet
In the FIR, Pranab Chetia, President of the organisation's Sivasagar unit, wrote: "It has been observed that her (Moitra's) Twitter comment is deliberately replacing the word sexual harassment with the word Mr. Gogoi, which is a clear intention to defame and disregard an established ethnic community of Assam, and hence I urge the law of the land to protect the sanctity, integrity and respect of the Ahom community and bring Mohua Moitra to justice."
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