POLITICS

Lalu Prasad's daughter blames 'Kans Mama', Asaduddin Owaisi for Gopalganj bypoll loss
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She accused them of playing the role of 'vote katwa (divider of votes'. "I want to tell Owaisi Sir that he has not taken revenge from Tejashwi Yadav but has given the gift to the party which helped in releasing the rapists of Bilkis Bano," Rohini Acharya said. In June, four of the five AIMIM MLAs had broken ranks and joined Tejashwi Yadav's RJD.
Relief for Jharkhand CM, Supreme Court sets aside High Court order in a mining lease case
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On August 17, the Supreme Court had stayed the proceedings before the Jharkhand High Court on PILs filed against Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleging money laundering shell companies and irregularities while granting mining leases, and also reserved its verdict on pleas filed by the state government and Soren challenging maintainability of PILs before high court.
Bharat Jodo Yatra continues in Kamareddy district on last day in Telangana
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After the night-halt at Jukkal, the Congress MP resumed his walkathon from the Fathlapur bus stand. The yatra stopped at Shekhapur for the mid-day break.
Kerala Governor stops 2 TV channels from covering press briefing
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Sidelining of a section of the media has come under fire from both the CPI-M and the Congress-led UDF. Khan has been upset with Media One and said that they are settling scores with him over the Shah bano case by giving false news, while Kairali is a party channel.
BJP slams Arvind Kejriwal after conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's another letter surfaces
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Speaking to IANS, Poonawalla "This is why Satyendra Jain has not been removed from the cabinet by Delhi CM Kejriwal despite the court not granting him relief... so that he can do extortion from inside the Tihar Jail. Imagine the number of people from whom money has been extorted. This is just one case.
Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar writes another letter to Delhi L-G, cites threat
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Chandrashekhar even requested the L-G to order a CBI probe urgently claiming that the truth will expose AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendra Jain.
TRS wrests Munugode with 5% increase in vote share
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Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy of the TRS has been elected by a majority of 10,309 over his nearest rival Rajagopal Reddy, who recently switched loyalties to the BJP necessitating the by-election.
Maharashtra to welcome Rahul Gandhi and Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday, thousands to join
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The BJY began from Tamil Nadu, and moved through Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, before entering the central Indian phase from Maharashtra, with a massive crowd expected to join Gandhi. After taking a night's rest at a local mill ground in Deglur town, Gandhi will start the 14-day long state leg on Tuesday morning which would take him through six Lok Sabha and 15 Assembly constituencies spanning 381 kms in five districts of Marathwada-Vidarbha regions.
2 months after quitting, Ghulam Nabi Azad now praises Congress
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Azad subsequently formed his own political party, Democratic Azad Party which he said would contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Surprising his supporters who followed him by resigning from the Congress, Azad on Sunday said that the Congress alone has the capacity to challenge the BJP in Gujarat and Himachal assembly elections. He said the the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is just a party restricted to the Union Territory of Delhi.
People of Munugode upheld Telangana's self-respect: KTR
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K.T. Rama Rao said people of Munugode have given befitting reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who out of their "arrogance" imposed a by-election. Rama Rao was addressing a news conference after the TRS won the bitterly contested by-election, defeating BJP by a margin of over 10,000 votes. The TRS leader said though Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy was the face of BJP, it was Amit Shah and Narendra Modi who were running the show from behind.
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