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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said he rebelled because Uddhav Thackeray abandoned the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Addressing a meeting of his party workers in Ramtek in Nagpur, Shinde said he did not want to become chief minister but had to rebel...
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Vistara on Sunday said it is reducing capacity by 10 per cent or around 25-30 flights daily as the full-service carrier strives to stabilise operations amid pilot woes.The airline, which was to operate more than 300 flights every day in the summer schedule that started on March 31, hopes to have...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday strongly refuted the allegation of mala fide intention while carrying out raids and arrests in a two-year-old blast case during which its team was attacked by an unruly crowd in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. One NIA officer was...
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Nepal Army on Sunday said that it will collect around 10 tonnes of garbage and five bodies lying at Mt. Everest as it launches Mountain Cleaning Campaign 2024 in the Everest region. A 12-member team led by Maj. Aditya Karki will embark on the Everest base camp on April 14 to bring the...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Sunday trolled on social media for predicting that the National Democratic Alliance will win more than 4,000 seats, several times the sanctioned strength of Lok Sabha. Kumar, who heads the Janata Dal-United and returned to the BJP-led coalition less...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged on Sunday that the Trinamool Congress desires a free license for corruption and violence in West Bengal, which is why central agencies investigating such cases face attacks in the state. While addressing a mega rally in Jalpaiguri, Modi also claimed that...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited the family of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at his home in Ghazipur, and said he hoped the truth of his death will come out and the family will get justice.It's shocking that Mukhtar Ansari himself made apprehensions that he is...
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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag constituency, the party announced on Sunday as it declared candidates for the three seats in the Valley. PDP Parliamentary Board Chief Sartaj Madni said the party's youth wing...
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The Congress on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is rattled by its guarantees and is making baseless statements against it in desperation to save his chair. The opposition party's reaction came as Prime Minister Modi launched a blistering attack on the...
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Political strategist Prashant Kishor has suggested that Rahul Gandhi should consider stepping back if the Congress does not get the desired results in the Lok Sabha polls. In an interaction with PTI editors, he said Gandhi, for all practical purposes, is running his party and has been unable...
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Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University's hostel rooms for overstaying, an official said on Sunday, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises. An Afghan and a Gambian...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the biggest issue in the Lok Sabha elections is the unemployment imposed by the BJP, claiming the youth are struggling to find jobs and the country is staring at a demographic nightmare.In a post on X, Kharge said the Congress 'Pehli Naukri...
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Validating the BJP's claims, eminent political strategist Prashant Kishor said the ruling party will add significantly to its seats and vote share in south and east India, the two regions where its hold is weak-to-non-existent, barring Karnataka.In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor also...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a stinging attack on the Congress, charging that its recently released manifesto smacked of politics of appeasement and read as if it was brought out by the Muslim League.Addressing an election rally in Bihar's Nawada district, Modi also lambasted...
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Eleven months of conflict, over 50,000 displaced people and an anti-poll sentiment among few---the Election Commission in violence-hit Manipur is gearing up for the challenging task of holding Lok Sabha elections in the state where the poll scene is muted. Chief Electoral Officer, Pradeep...
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Stakeholders have shown a distinct lack of seriousness in bringing a law against corruption in Indian sports, a reason why someone like tainted former pacer S Sreesanth got away despite strong evidence of spot-fixing against him in the 2013 IPL, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has...
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Top leaders of Aam Aadmi Party gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday for a day-long fast to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Similar protests were being held in other states as well as by Indians abroad,...
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The Delhi police have recovered the car of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda's wife from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, weeks after it was reported stolen from Delhi, officials said on Sunday.Two persons have been arrested for the theft, they added.According to the police, the Fortuner...
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Karnataka Health Department is on alert after two students from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) were tested positive for cholera, officials said on Sunday.These two were among the 47 students who were hospitalised complaining of loose stools and dehydration, officials...
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Come May 13, many interior areas in the Maoist den of Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand will witness voting for the first time, or after decades-long gap, as polling teams and materials will be air dropped from helicopters to enable people living in Saranda, Asia's densest Sal forest, to...
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'We will reduce prices of commodities,' may be the standard refrain of every political party fighting an election.However, in Andhra Pradesh, opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is wooing the avid booze lover with the promise of better quality spirit at reduced prices, if voted to...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged before a court in New Delhi on Saturday that Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia and other accused were delaying the trial in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy 'scam'.The agency opposed Sisodia's bail plea before Special Judge...