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Meghalaya: Drama over government formation continues
Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) won 26 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that bagged two seats extended its support to the NPP on the day of announcement of the result. Two Independents and two MLAs of Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP) also lent their support to the NPP.
Delhi L-G approves proposal to send teachers to Finland for training
However, the L-G has increased the number of primary in-charges, who were to proceed to Finland for training, from 52 to 87 so as to ensure equal representation of primary in-charges from all 29 administrative zones of the Education Department.
NDPP-BJP govt likely to assume office in Nagaland on March 7
Party sources said that the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister and other ministers will be held in Kohima on March 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several central BJP leaders and ministers are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Outgoing Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who on Friday was unanimously elected as the leader of the NDPP legislative party, submitted his resignation letter to Governor La Ganesan on Saturday.
Agrarian crisis due to BJP's anti-farmer policies: Bhupinder Hooda
Talking to IANS on Saturday over the phone about the Congress' strategy, he said the party is committed not only to increasing agricultural production but also taking measures for the welfare of the farmers, workers and artisans dependent on agriculture. Hooda, who is chiefly responsible for the paradigm shift in the approach of parties towards agriculture from production to farmer centric.
PM Modi's Look East policy yields rich dividends for BJP in Nagaland
For the second consecutive time, the BJP will form the government with the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland. The saffron party had won 12 seats in 2018, and has won 12 out of the 20 seats it contested this time, while the NDPP has won 25 out of the 40 seats it contested. Together, both the parties won 37 seats in the recently held Assembly elections.
Delhi court extends Sisodia's CBI custody for 2 days
Special CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court has also listed Sisodia's bail plea for March 10. The AAP leader while addressing the court said that the CBI were asking the same questions again and again and it is mental harassment. "They are not using third degree. But sitting for eight to nine hours and answering same questions again and again, that too, is mental harassment," he told the Court.
Kapil Sibal launches website to help citizens fight injustice
Addressing a press conference here, Sibal said during the official launch on March 11 at the Jantar Mantar, he will also unveil a vision document for the country. He asserted that this was not a political move but a catalyst for change.Any change which had been brought in the country, lawyers were at forefront and now I want to ask why lawyers are silent?" he said.
Delhi court reserves order on CBI seeking extension of Sisodia's remand
Special CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal has also listed Sisodia's bail plea for March 10. During the hearing, the CBI counsel while seeking three days extension of remand said that Sisodia is not cooperating and he was interrogated daily till almost till around 8 p.m. Opposing the extension of remand, Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan appearing for Sisodia said that the inefficiency.
'Will become Tehran of today': Chidambaram complains about Delhi traffic
In a series of tweets, he said that he has been driving in Delhi for the last 37 years and traffic has been bad every year, but traffic management has "become worse year after year" and "Successive Commissioners have paid little attention to traffic management" "On several occasions, automatic signals are operated manually
Rampant corruption by some ministers led to Sagardighi defeat: Trinamool MP
In the bypoll, which was necessitated by the death of three-time Trinamool MLA Subrata Saha in December last year, Left-backed Congress candidate Bayron Biswas defeated Trinamool's Debasish Bandopadhyay by a massive margin of 22,986 votes. The defeat has led to deep introspections within the Trinamool Congress with the party's Lok Sabha member.
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