POLITICS

Political parties received Rs 258.43 crore donation from Electoral Trusts
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Top 10 donors have donated Rs 223.00 crore to Electoral Trusts, which forms 86.27 per cent of the total donations received by the Trusts during FY 2020-21 and BJP received Rs 212.05 crore or 82.05 per cent of the total donations received by all political parties from Electoral Trusts.
Congress MP questions delay in appointing new CDS
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General Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 12 armed personnel were killed in a chopper crash on December 8, 2021. Taking to Twitter, Tewari said: "It has been over 4 months now that CDS Gen Bipin Rawat died in the most unfortunate & tragic circumstances. Wonder when Govt is going to appoint his successor? Why the delay ? Isn't there an institutionalised process with regard to this appointment? "
Whole country is indebted to Sikh gurus: Amit Shah
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Speaking at the function to celebrate the Prakash Parv of the Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red fort here, Shah further said "there is no such person in the country who is not overwhelmed by the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur, everyone has a respect for him". "When Kashmiri Pandits spoke about the atrocities committed against them in front of Guru Tegh Bahadur, he sacrificed his life to save Hinduism".
G-23 ignored as Congress discusses Prashant Kishor's proposals
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On Wednesday, two Congress CMs, Ashok Gehlot from Rajasthan and Bhupesh Baghel from Chhattisgarh, were called to Delhi to discuss the proposals. While a host of Congress leaders were present for the discussions, ever since the formal consultations began on the proposals, G-23 leaders were not made party to them, including one of the senior most leaders of the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
First Delhi BJP leader, then Kumar Vishwas, now Cong's Alka Lamba on Punjab Police's radar
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal always demanded that Delhi be made into a state and not a Union Territory. One of the prime reasons for this has been that the police in the national capital does not come under the CM, rather it is answerable to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
Post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders compensation to slain BJP worker's family
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The high court bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi to take necessary steps on this count. The bench also ordered that the compensation amount be delivered within two months from the day of the issuance of the order.
Now, question of Ansar Sheikh's political affiliations becomes issue in West Bengal
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The Trinamool, however, denies that Sheikh was involved with the party in any way. Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari claims that Sheikh was not only a close associate of Trinamool leadership in East Midnapore district, but also associated in an attack on his vehicle on May 2, 2021 immediately after the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.
When will bulldozers demolish Chinese encroachments: Cong
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The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Centre for not immediately stopping the demolition drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri and termed it as 'brazen contempt and defiance of SC order', and also asked for a similar action against the Chinese encroachments in Arunchal Pradesh and Ladakh.
Jolt to Samajwadi Party, another Muslim leader quits party
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Ali told reporters, "Atrocities are being heaped on Muslim leaders in SP, but the party president is maintaining a studied silence. The situation within the party has become stifling." He said that the SP had won 111 seats on the strength of Muslim votes, but Akhilesh had refused to utter a word on action being taken against leaders like Nahid Hasan and Shazil Islam.
Will P.Sasi's appointment lead to infighting in Kerala CPI-M?
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ayarajan, one of the stalwarts in Kannur, said that such appointments should be made cautiously and urged for a reconsideration of the decision saying chances of the mistake being repeated cannot be ruled out. With this appointment, Sasi who also hails from the Kannur region, appears to have regained his position after being kept out of the party and posts since 2011.
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