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PM Modi to visit Telangana amid protests, KCR to stay away
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to skip the Prime Minister's programme. He is also not likely to receive the Prime Minister when the latter arrives at Begumpet Airport from Visakhapatnam. This will be the fourth time this year that KCR will not be receiving Prime Minister Modi.
'Grandmother was my role model', says President Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu, who was in Odisha on a two-day visit, said this while interacting with the students during her short visit to Tapoban High School in Bhubaneswar. "My grandma was the only role model for me. She was known for her courage and her service to mankind," the President said.
Rajiv Gandhi 'misused' Governor's office to dismiss elected governments: BJP
DMK of Tamil Nadu, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) of Telangana, Trinamool Congress of West Bengal, Left Democratic Front (LDF) of Kerala and AAP of Delhi, Punjab have earlier charged the BJP government with misusing the Raj Bhavan. The Congress had also raised questions on the role of the state governor in toppling the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra: BJP calls Sharad Pawar 'bhondu baba' who practices 'black magic'
This hitherto "unknown face" of the 82-year-old veteran politician Pawar was "unmasked" by the state BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule during a media interaction, creating political ripples. "Sharad Pawar is like a 'bhondu baba' (fake godman). He resorts to 'black magic' on anyone who comes in his sphere of influence. In fact, his entire party also does this," claimed Bawankule.
Double engine government contributing to Karnataka's progress: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Addressing a huge gathering after unveiling the 108 feet tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda at the Bengaluru International airport, he said Karnataka is reaping the benefits of the beliefs and aspirations that the entire world has shown towards India.
Record seizures in run-up to Gujarat, Himachal polls
Recently, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had stressed on inducement-free elections while announcing the schedule of Gujarat polls citing the significant amount of seizures made in Himachal Pradesh.
Kejriwal announces 10 guarantees ahead of MCD polls
Announcing the guarantees, Kejriwal said that the first is that no new landfill sites will be formed in the city. "We will clear off all three garbage mountains and ensure that no more gets formed". Global experts will be roped in for a solution to the menace, he added. He also pledged to make the MCD corruption free. As the building department is said to be the most corrupt, an online easy process will be developed to pass the map of new buildings, he said. The third guarantee, he said, is the practical and permanent solution of parking.
Madhya Pradesh's economic condition likely to be an issue in assembly polls
The BJP pats its back claiming that the state has witnessed tremendous growth in the last 17 years under Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the increasing state debt has been a major concern and the Congress is making no mistake in cornering the ruling party over the economic condition of the state.
Assam: BJP, allies bag 12 of 22 seats in Deori Autonomous Council polls
Of the total 22 seats, BJP and its allies have won 12. The state's ruling party needs the support of one candidate to retain power in the autonomous council. Congress has bagged two seats, while eight seats went to the Jimochhaya Peoples Party and independent candidates.
Fissures in DMK-led alliance as Congress welcomes EWS verdict
State Congress President, K.S. Alagiri welcomed the judgment upholding 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections in government jobs as well as for admissions to state-run and private unaided educational institutions. While this was the political stand of the Congress at the national level, in Tamil Nadu, it has created confusion within the SPA as the DMK, which heads the alliance, was totally against the EWS quota.
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