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JD(U) wants Nitish to contest LS polls from UP's Phulpur
An indication to this effect was given by senior JD(U) leader Dhananjay Singh who said that party workers in Uttar Pradesh wanted Nitish Kumar to contest from the seat. JD(U) leaders feel that Phulpur constituency -- earlier represented by former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V.P. Singh
Modi to address rally in Ajmer today
After landing at Kishangarh airport, the Prime Minister will head to Brahma temple in Pushkar and spend around 20 minutes there. Thereafter, he will address a public meeting in Kayad Vishram Sthali to mark the completion of nine years of is government at the Centre.
Rahul reiterates caste census demand, accuses BJP-RSS of attacking Constitution
He also said that the beauty of India is its diversity and attack on any language is an attack on the Constitution of the country, which he will not allow to happen.
Rahul Gandhi arrives in San Francisco
Rahul Gandhi arrived at San Francisco Airport on Tuesday morning, where he was received by Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda and many other leaders. A party source said that after his arrival at the airport, many people got the opportunity to click selfies with the Congress leader as it took almost one and half hours.
Congress unnecessarily making issue of Trinamool contesting in other states: Mamata
Reacting to a Twitter message from senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accusing Trinamool of poaching in Congress in Goa, Meghalaya, Tripura and other states like that of West Bengal and this serving BJP's objectives, Banerjee said that there no issue in it since her party has not contested in several other states where Congress had contested like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Kurmi movement should not be controlled using force: Partha Chatterjee
Chatterjee's comments came after the police arrested nine persons, including two Kurmi leaders, for their alleged involvement in the attack on the convoy of Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee last Friday. On Tuesday, Chatterjee was presented before a special PMLA court here in connection with the alleged multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in state-run schools, where he spoke to mediapersons.
We don't have a monarchy to transfer power by Sengol: Congress
Amit Patkar was speaking during the 'Statehood Day' celebrations in Margao. Former MP Eduardo Faleiro, MP Francisco Sardinha, Aldona MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, Senior vice president M K Shaikh, Amarnath Panajikar and others were present on the occasion.
Murals in new Indian Parliament invite opposition in Nepal
During a parliamentary party meeting of CPN (Maoist Center) on Tuesday, some lawmakers have asked Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, famously known as 'Prachanda', to take up this matter with Indian authorities during his India visit scheduled to take place from Wednesday.
Excise policy case: ED's 4th supplementary charge sheet mentions CM Kejriwal's name
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's name was mentioned in the statement of accused-turned-approver, Dinesh Arora. The charge sheet also mentions the name of Sanjay Singh, but it does not specify whether it refers to the AAP Rajya Sabha by the same name or someone else.
Decision on new election commissioner to be taken at appropriate time: Bengal Governor
The Governor's statement comes at a point when the post of the West Bengal State Election Commission has been lying vacant. The tenure of Sourav Das has ended already and the office of the Governor is yet to give clearance for any of the two names recommended by the state secretariat. Initially, the state government recommended the name of the former state chief secretary Rajiva Sinha.
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