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I was not invited properly for Netaji statue unveiling: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also informed that Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi has already replied to the invitation on this count. Wanting know why the Union government is so 'angry' with her, Banerjee said, "What is the reason for such anger? They had earlier broken Netaji's statue in New Delhi."
Telangana Governor says state government humiliating her
On completion of three years in office, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundrarajan alleged that the state government was discriminating against a woman governor by not following the protocol. She said she was even denied the opportunity to unfurl the national flag on the Republic Day or deliver her speech.
Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra YouTube channel faces glitch on first day
"Video unavailable! This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been closed," says the YouTube link. Congress social media head Supriya Shrinate said she was trying to find out the reasons and only then could she comment on it. The Congress had made a livestreaming arrangement for its over 3,570 km yatra, which will traverse through 12 states and two union territories.
Hanged terrorist Yakub Memon's grave 'makeover' rattles Maharashtra politics
Memon, 53, a CA, was found guilty and convicted for his role in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai blasts, and hanged in Nagpur Central Jail on July 30, 2015, after all his pleas for pardon/clemency up to the President were rejected. An earthen grave, the burial site in Mumbai recently got a face-lift with a marble grave coming up there, amid lighting and apprehensions that the terrorist's final resting place would soon become a 'mazar' (mausoluem).
Bengal deliberately kept out of the visit schedule of Sheikh Hasina: Mamata
"I heard that Sheikh Hasina expressed keen interest in coming to West Bengal during her recent India visit. But for some unknown reasons, West Bengal was kept out of her visit schedule," the chief minister said while addressing a gathering of Trinamool Congress leaders and workers at Kolkata's Netaji Indoor Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
BJP only party with strong internal democracy, ideology: Nadda to foreign diplomats
Nadda said that from the booth president to the national president, all are elected through elections in the party and it is the only political organisation which has never compromised on its ideology and principles since its inception. As part of the fifth phase of the 'Know BJP' initiative, Nadda on Wednesday interacted with the Heads of Missions of nine countries - South Africa, Paraguay, Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Maldives and Mali at the party headquarters.
'Bharat Jodo Yatra': Rahul Gandhi starts walking from Kanyakumari
The yatra will traverse 12 states and 2 Union Territories while party leader K.C. Venugopal said: "We have not involved the poll-bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh." However, all the party's state organisations will take a separate padyatra in their respective states for one month while all the blocks took out a padyatra on Wednesday.
Nitish failing to control Bihar, wants to run country: Bihar LOP
Sinha's statement came after he visited the house of Chandan Kumar, who, along with his property dealer friend Saurav Abhinandan, was gunned down by unknown assailants at Badi Pahadi locality under Bypass police station on Tuesday night. "Nitish Kumar is the Home Minister of Bihar but he is unable to control the law and order situation.
Delhi L-G receives complaint of financial irregularity against Kejriwal
The complaint has claimed that Kejriwal sold three plots for Rs 4.54 crore but showed on paper an undervalued price of Rs 72.72 lakh, said a source. "Arvind Kejriwal grossly undervalued and sold three urban commercial plots on a 100 feet road situated in a market in Bhiwani, Haryana, on February 15, 2021, at a market price of Rs 4.54 crores actually and showed it on paper at a grossly undervalued price of Rs 72.72 lakh," the complaint read.
Registered unrecognised political parties mushrooming in India
Election Commission data revealed that nearly 500 new political parties registered with the poll panel between April 2019 and August 2021. As per the EC data, the number of unrecognised political parties has increased from 2,301 to 2,796 during the above period, recording a jump of over 20 per cent. As per the Election Commission, there were 694 such parties in 2001. In two decades, the growth in registration of such parties has been 300%.
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