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Rahul Gandhi leaves Nepal after 'controversial' trip
Rahul Gandhi had arrived in Kathmandu on Monday to participate in the wedding function of his friend, Sumnima Udas, who earlier worked with the CNN and is believed to have become friends with the Congress leader when she was posted as India correspondent for the news channels.
Amit Shah might call on Sourav Ganguly on Friday
"The Home Minister is scheduled to attend a cultural programme at the Victoria Memorial on Friday evening. From there he might go to Ganguly's residence in Behala and is likely to have dinner there. He might be accompanied by BJP's Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta and the leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari," a top state BJP leader told IANS on condition of anonymity.
Gehlot dares Amit Shah to form panel to probe Ram Navami violence
The committee, he said, should be headed by a Supreme Court and a High Court judge, which would probe the "root cause" behind the violence. He also accused the BJP-RSS of cashing in on young generations' innocence and promoting violence as "they are unaware of the history of our independence struggle".
MVA: Give loudspeakers 'ultimatum' in your home, ban hits Hindus more
"This is a state run on the laws and Constitutiona not on the basis of some deadlines given by someone. IF they want, they can give such 'ultimatums' in their homes," Nationalist Congress Party's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said sharply.
Changed political situation will force Bengal to help BSF in checking infiltration: Shah
"I understand that without the help of the local administration it is extremely difficult to check illegal infiltration and cross border smuggling. However, I would like to assure you that the political situation here will be such that you will get that help.
Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata for a 2-day Bengal visit
Incidentally, on this day last year, Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive programme. From Kolkata, Shah will reach Hingalganj in the Indo-Bangladesh border area in North 24 Parganas district. He will inaugurate six modern floating border outposts (BOP) of the Border Security Force (BSF) and also a boat ambulance to provide medical assistance in the inaccessible area of Sundarbans from Saheb Khali to Shamsher Nagar.
NCR lodged against Atishi, Raghav Chadha for 'derogatory' remarks against BJP
The NCR accessed by IANS was filed with the cyber police station under Section 500 of the IPC by the IT head of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Abhishek Dubey, who accused the AAP leaders of misleading the people and defaming the saffron party. Speaking with IANS, Dubey said that it was Raghav Chadha who tweeted against his party, while Atishi also tweeted derogatory words and levelled baseless allegations and hence he decided to lodge a case against them.
BJP instigating people on loudspeaker, Hanuman Chalisa issues: Lalu Prasad
"It is extremely unfortunate... wrongful things going on in the country. It is just like breaking the country. Why are you going near the mosques to read Hanuman Chalisa? If you want to read Hanuman Chalisa, read it in the temples. They (BJP and RSS) are trying to instigate people of a particular community to react to it so that they could do riots. Such a situation is very bad for the country," he said.
After Shah, Bengal BJP trying hard to bring Modi and Nadda to state
Besides hoping that the two-day visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on May 5 and 6, will have some positive impact on the declining morale of the party workers, the state leadership is trying hard to persuade Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party's national president J.P. Nadda to visit the state in the coming months and cheer up the party workers through vocal tonic.
Claiming 90% success, Raj vows to drag 'anti-loudspeakers' campaign
A majority of the mosques in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra reportedly did not use the loudspeakers for the morning 'azan' call to the faithful, the MNS chief told mediapersons at his home. "In Mumbai, there are 1,140 mosques... According to the reports I received since morning, only 135 sounded the 'azan' call on loudspeakers before 5 a.m., flouting the Supreme Court directives," Raj claimed.
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