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UPDATE: The Manipur government scrapped its decision to reopen schools and colleges in Imphal Valley and Jiribam district on Monday, officials said.Schools and colleges were shut in Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Kakching, and Jiribam for about a week due to prohibitory orders...
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Anil Patil. ANI Photo
There is unrest in the Maha Vikas Aghadi camp and its five to six MLAs might join the ruling Mahayuti in the next few months, claimed Nationalist Congress Party chief whip Anil Patil, who has retained his Amalner assembly seat, on Sunday.The MVA of the Congress, the NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar and...
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Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence in Sambhal, alleging the survey team was sent to the mosque by the party to nurture its 'politics of hatred'.The BJP, in turn, alleged that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) had been...
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Floor leaders of several opposition parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) would meet Monday morning to chalk out their joint strategy for the upcoming winter session of parliament.The leaders would meet at 10 am at the office of the leader of opposition in Rajya...
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Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the chief minister of Maharashtra, state minister and party leader Deepak Kesarkar said on Sunday.A day after the Mahayuti coalition of which Shiv Sena is a constituent scored a stupendous victory in the state assembly polls, Kesarkar...
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A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager's male friend in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in...
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Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Ladki Bahin scheme, women's participation in voting in large numbers, and religious polarisation may have played a role in Mahayuti's victory in Maharashtra assembly polls.He said the election results, declared...
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A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party bit the dust in Jharkhand, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said he had never claimed that the party would win the assembly polls in the eastern state.Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand for a...
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Schools and colleges in Manipur's Imphal Valley and Jiribam district will reopen on Monday after remaining closed for a week, an official said.The schools and colleges were shut in Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Kakching, and Jiribam last week due to prohibitory orders issued in...
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Trinamool Congress workers, allegedly belonging to different factions, came to blows in front of actor-turned-politician and the party's local MP Deepak Adhikari during a meeting called for organising a children's fair at Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal on Sunday.Party sources...
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The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat's Morbi...
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A man in Jaipur was prevented from dying by hanging himself, an act he livestreamed on Facebook, after his friend alerted police, authorities said on Sunday.He was taken to Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur for treatment, they said.The incident took place on Saturday night when Pavan,...
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The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance in Jharkhand has elected Hemant Soren as the leader of alliance after a massive victory in Jharkhand assembly polls.After his election as the leader of the INDIA bloc, Soren met Governor Santosh Gangwar and resigned as chief minister.He also...
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Former chief justice of India D Y Chandrachud Sunday revealed that his favourite game was cricket while Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli were his favourite cricketers among the current players. Speaking at NDTV India's Samvidhan@75 Conclave, he said even though his schedule does not permit...
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A strict vegetarian diet, alcohol abstinence and behavioural training are among the steps the Uttar Pradesh Police is taking to ensure its personnel act as servants of faith and create a pleasant experience for the devotees gathering in this holy city for the Maha Kumbh.The Maha Kumbh will...
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Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Sunday refuted talk of his stir not being a factor in the Maharashtra assembly polls, which were swept by the Mahayuti comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. The Mahayuti won 40 out of 46 seats in Marathwada region, including all five in Jalna,...
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A District Reserve Guard constable was injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites exploded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Sunday, police said.Security personnel also recovered another IED planted by Naxalites at a separate place in same area of the...
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The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday elected party president Ajit Pawar as the leader of the party in the legislative assembly.In a meeting chaired by party state president and Lok Sabha MP Sunit Tatkare, Pawar was appointed as the leader of the legislative party, and his colleague Anil Patil...
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Former Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said social media is being used by special interest groups to influence outcome of cases and judges need to be wary of them.He also noted that people nowadays want to form an opinion on the basis of 20 seconds they see on YouTube or any other social...
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BJP national joint general secretary Shiv Prakash and Maharashtra unit head Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday met Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his residence in Mumbai on Sunday.The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance on Saturday retained power in Maharashtra, pocketing a whopping 230 of the...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday slammed former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, alleging that he had removed the fear of the law from politicians who defected from parties in Maharashtra.Raut claimed that by not deciding on the disqualification petitions, Chandrachud kept doors...
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A Viksit Bharat Young Leaders' Dialogue will be held on January 11-12 in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday and said the initiative was part of efforts to connect youngsters having no political background with politics. In the 116th episode of his monthly Mann Ki Baat...
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Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday said his party's defeat was shocking and dubbed it as the worst-ever loss in the state assembly polls.Talking to PTI, Chavan said the Mahayuti government's Ladki Bahin Yojana, for providing financial...
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The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has suffered a significant rout in the sugarcane belt of western Maharashtra, as the ruling Mahayuti alliance bagged 53 of the 70 assembly seats in the region.The Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the NCP, emerged as...
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As many as 21 women candidates have emerged winner in the elections to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, with only one of them from the opposition, according to the poll results.The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected:...
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Manipur Police arrested seven more people for causing damage and engaging in arson at the residences of legislators in Imphal Valley on November 16, an official statement said on Sunday.The arrests were made in the last two days.From Kakching district police arrested three persons on Friday, the...
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Four key ministers in the JMM-led Hemant Soren government faced crushing defeat in Jharkhand assembly polls despite a stellar performance by the coalition which retained power for the second consecutive term.The ministers who bit dust included Health minister Banna Gupta who courted several...
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The Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has trounced rival Shiv Sena-UBT of Uddhav Thackeray in 36 assembly seats in Maharashtra, putting to rest the debate over which is the real party founded by late Bal Thackeray. Shinde's Sena, a constituent of the...
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis/@MahaDGIPR/Twitter
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shine of Shiv Sena and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar from BJP and NCP, respectively, are among the prominent candidates to win the assembly elections, results of which were declared on Saturday. All ministers of the Mahayuti, who were in the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shakes hands with Arvind Kejriwal/File image
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday, criticised the Congress party following the assembly elections in Maharashtra, where the Maha Vikas Aghadi suffered a drubbing. AAP national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that the Congress pulls down its alliance parties. It further added that even...
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Independent candidate Shivaji Patil, who won from Chandgad assembly constituency was injured in a fire during his victory celebrations Saturday night, an eyewitness said. Some women who were in the procession have also been injured, the eyewitness said. The video of the incident has...
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Music composer AR Rahman and Saira Banu/File image
Music composer AR Rahman on Saturday issued a warning to individuals speculating about his separation from his wife, Saira Banu. Taking to social media on Saturday, the 57-year-old musician shared a three-page legal notice addressing those spreading defamatory and objectionable content...
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Fifteen candidates from the ruling Mahayuti breached the 1-lakh victory margin threshold, including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Ajit Pawar in their respective strongholds of Kopri-Pachpakhadi and Baramati. The 15 comprise eight from the BJP, four from Ajit Pawar-led...
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