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Rahul Gandhi dares govt to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra
Referring to certain Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) leaders questioning the need for the BJY, he said that it is intended to "connect" the country, "hear" the voices of the masses, and spread the message of love through the march. "If the government still feels they want to stop it, then let them do it... No problems. I have decided to continue it from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and hoist the tricolour in Srinagar," declared Gandhi, in a media interaction here this afternoon.
Newly-appointed Bengal Guv Ananda Bose says will function by the Constitution, thanks PM
Dr C.V. Ananda Bose, 71, retired from service at the rank of Chief Secretary and Secretary at the Centre and has worked as an University Vice Chancellor, Additional Chief Secretary and District Collector. One of his key assignment was when he was Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister K. Karunakaran and Bose is often spoken about the Nirmithi Kendra (Building Centre) founded by him as District Collector of Kollam in 1985 to provide cost effective and environment friendly houses to the people.
Setback for Vijayan as Kerala High Court says pvt secretary's wife lacks qualifications
It pointed out that the scrutiny committee failed in finding out that she did not have the required qualifications. Noting that all the UGC guidelines were flouted and the court cannot overlook it, the court asked the Kannur University to revisit the rank list and come out with a new one. Ragesh is a former Rajya Sabha member of the CPI-M, who hails from Kannur and considered a close aide of Vijayan.
Rebellions by disappointed aspirants hit all parties in Gujarat
Three BJP rebels are contesting as Independent candidates, while a Congress MLA has resigned after being denied ticket, another is not going to campaign for the selected candidate, and a former MLA has alleged that party tickets are sold by the state chief. After the ruling BJP did not nominate cooperative leader Mavji Desai from Dhanera seat, he called a supporters' meeting on Wednesday and announced to contest as an Independent.
'Forcible religious conversions in Assam's BTC areas'
The BPF supremo in his letter, which was also addressed to BJP president J.P. Nadda, alleged that the religious conversion has been undergoing under the leadership of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Executive Member (CEM) Pramod Boro. Churches are being built everywhere in the BTC area, said Mohilary, who recently met senior BJP leaders in Delhi and reportedly promised to the saffron party's central leadership that his party would not put up candidates in Lok Sabha seats and sought BPF's entry into NDA besides cabinet berth for the party in the Assam council of ministry and CEM post in the BTC.
ED grills Jharkhand CM for over 9 hrs in 'illegal' mining case
On ED's summons, the Chief Minister had reached the ED's zonal office in Ranchi at 12:05 p.m., from where he left at 9.35 p.m. His wife Kalpana Soren reached the ED office to pick him up after the questioning. According to sources, a team of three ED officials asked him about 100 questions on Thursday, and the Chief Minister can be again called for further questioning.
Azam Khan's name removed from electoral rolls
Azam Khan's name has now been removed from the electoral roll in Rampur, weeks after he was convicted in a 2019 hate speech case. The decision means that the senior SP leader will not be able to vote in the December 5 by-election in his traditional seat of Rampur. The decision to remove his name from the list was taken by the Rampur Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) on a complaint by BJP's poll candidate Akash Saxena, who cited various provisions of law to seek the deletion of his name.
Meghalaya: Militant-turned-BJP leader to contest 2023 Assembly polls
The relationship between BJP and Sangma's National People's Party (NPP), which is dominating the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) coalition government, soured since the saffron party's state vice-president Marak was arrested on July 25 for allegedly running a 'brothel'.
Cattle smuggling case: ED arrests Trinamool leader Anubrata Mondal
An ED source said it would soon initiate the legal process for taking Mondal to Delhi and question him at the agency's headquarters in the national capital. The Central Bureau of Investigation which is conducting a parallel probe in the case, had first arrested Mondal on August 11 this year. Since then, he had been in judicial custody at the Asansol Special Correctional Home.
Protests erupt in Maha over Rahul Gandhi's comments on Veer Savarkar
Maha Vikas Aghadi constituent, Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray washed his hands off Gandhi's comments saying he was not in agreement with the Congress leader, but also called upon the BJP not to politicise the issue. The Mumbai police said that they are probing the matter further before registering a first information report in the matter.
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