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Rahul Gandhi meets Kanshi Ram's sister in BJY's Punjab leg
The meet is significant as Mayawati and Kanshi Ram's family do not share good relationship so the Congress may be eyeing the legacy of Kanshi Ram. The Congress had invited Mayawati to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra but no one from the BSP turned up for it. Mayawati on Sunday announced that her party would not forge alliance with any party in the Assembly elections due in 2023 and then the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Explained: The Government-Judiciary row over appointment of judges
Sources said in the letter, Rijiju has pointed out the finalisation of the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) regarding appointment of judges is still "pending", and suggested inclusion of a government representative in the "search-cum-evaluation committee (SEC)", which would provide inputs on suitable candidates to the appointment panel or the collegium.
Sushil Modi dares Tejashwi to speak against triple talaq, hijab
"His (Tejashwi Yadav) party legislator and Education Minister has made an objectionable statement on Ramcharitmanas, and the state president of RJD has supported him. More importantly, Tejashwi Yadav did not take any action against any of them, which means the party supports them," Sushil Modi said.
BJP National Executive meeting on to chalk out poll strategies
Top leaders like Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Railways Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw, Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and others reached to attend the meeting.
'Let there be fair probe': SC junks Shahnawaz Hussain's plea against rape FIR
Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Siddharth Luthra, representing Hussain, submitted before a bench headed by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat that the complainant had filed several complaints against their client, and police had investigated but nothing has been found.
Confrontation with judiciary meant to capture it: Jairam Ramesh
"The VP's assaults. The Law Minister's attacks. All this is orchestrated confrontation with the judiciary to intimidate and thereafter capture it totally. The Collegium needs reform. But what this Govt wants is complete subservience - Its remedy is a poison pill for the judiciary," Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
'To infuse transparency', Centre to CJI for having its representatives on SC collegium
The Law Minister, in a letter, said having government representatives will infuse transparency and public accountability. The letter has come against the backdrop of the ongoing row between the Centre and judiciary over the appointment of judges.
L-G approves Jan 24 as date for Delhi Mayoral polls
The note from the L-G's office said: "I have perused the note at pre pages and as proposed, I approve the convening of the meeting of Municipal Corporation of Delhi on January 24 at 11 a.m." On January 12, the AAP-led Delhi government had proposed four dates -- January 18, 20, 21 and 24 -- for holding the polls to L-G V.K. Saxena, underlining that the MCD is without a Mayor for the last eight months.
PM Modi addresses 1st batch of Agniveers, calls them pioneers of scheme
He congratulated the Agniveers and said that "this transformative policy will be a game changer in strengthening our Armed Forces and making them future ready for the challenges that lie ahead". The prime minister affirmed that the young Agniveers will make the Armed Forces more youthful and tech savvy.
CM Bommai ridicules Priyanka's visit to K'taka
"It is unfortunate that she has to claim herself as a leader," he maintained. Talking to reporters, CM Bommai stated, he does not have any objections to her visit to the state. "However she had claimed that she is the leader in the posters and advertisements," he said.
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