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Gujarat Assembly polls likely to be advanced: state BJP president
The polls have been scheduled for December. In 2017, the Assembly elections were held in two phases -- December 9 and 14 --, while the counting was held on December 18. The state assembly has 182 seats.
Gandhi family has no issues with me contesting for party chief: Tharoor
The Thiruvananthapuruam MP made a quick visit to Rahul Gandhi soon after his morning session of the Bharat Jodo yatra ended at Pattambi in Palakkad district. "I came and met Rahul Gandhi. I spoke to the three people in the Gandhi family and they have no issue with contesting for it. I am yet to make a decision and have been getting reactions from across the country, he said.
Amanatullah Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody in Waqf board graft case
Amanatullah Khan was arrested on September 16. He was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court at the end of his five-day custodial interrogation by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) which was allowed by the court on September 21. According to the top Anti-Corruption Branch sources, the first FIR into the case was registered in January 2020 under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code.
'Unofficial meeting is indiscipline', Maken hints action against defiant Rajasthan MLAs
The two said that what emerged from the Gehlot camp's defiance 'could be termed as indiscipline'. "Yes, this is indiscipline, when one official meeting has been called and parallel to it another meeting is called, then it is termed as indiscipline... We will see what action will be taken against it," said Maken, who is also Rajasthan in-charge of the Congress, to the mediapersons.
Gehlot camp not in favour of Pilot as CM, says Maken
Maken, told the mediapersons, said that Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi and Pratap Khachriyawas, representing the Gehlot group, visited him on Sunday night with three proposals and had said 'a strict no for Sachin pilot as the new CM'. "In their first proposal, they said if you want to pass a resolution that the Congress high command should be allowed to take a final decision, then pass it after October 19.
Will deport all Bangladeshis staying illegally, says Goa CM
During the tenant and foreigners verification drive in the last two months, the Goa Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) identified 22 Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in the state, and are looking out for more such illegal migrants. "While doing tenant verification, police found many staying here without proper address from our country. They are into illegal scrap business and into other illegal businesses.
Congress high command thought Rajasthan is Punjab but checkmated
The reason of the Rajasthan MLAs revolting is that unlike Amarinder Singh in Punjab, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been with the MLAs and had held them together since the 2020 crisis. In Punjab the change of guard was smooth as Amarinder Singh did not resist and resigned, but in Jaipur, the veterans have checkmated the rival camp, who thought MLAs will go as the wish of high command.
Rajasthan crisis: CLP meet cancelled as over 90 MLAs threaten to resign
"The MLAs want either Gehlot or his pick to be Chief Minister instead of Sachin Pilot," Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas told the media. Gehlot reportedly received a call from Rajya Sabha MP K.C. Venugopal who asked him to "handle the situation" but the Chief Minister told the Congress' central leadership that it was "not in his hands".
RSS' Muslim wing demands immediate ban on PFI from Centre
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate of the right wing organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has demanded an immediate ban on the PFI from the Central government after holding a meeting with other nationalist organisations.
Anyone living in India is Hindu, says RSS chief
Elaborating the RSS' philosophy, Bhagwat said that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. Addressing a gathering in Shillong, the RSS chief said all are Hindus as all Indians are the inhabitants of Hindustan, which, he said is in the south of the Himalayas, north of Indian Ocean, on the bank of the Indus river.
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