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Suvendu Adhikari claims ‘Sheikh Shahjahan has cut a deal Mamata Banerjee’ West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said, "I told you there will be light at the end of the tunnel. That is democracy. We waited but it has been done.

Rajya Sabha Polls: Elections will be held to elect 15 Rajya Sabha candidates in three states - Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh - on February 27. Polling will be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, four in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh from 9 am to 4 pm. The counting will also be held today from 5 pm onwards.

Check out all the LIVE updates on Rajya Sabha Elections 2024 here, Rajya Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Jairam Thakur said he expects party candidate Harsh Mahajan to win in the Rajya Sabha elections underway in the state. "Our candidate for Rajya Sabha elections is Harsh Mahajan. I want all MLAs to vote and we expect our candidate to win.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed on Sunday that the ruling BJP in Assam is so «scared» of the success of his party's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that they attacked the state Congress chief. Kharge said the party's first Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022-23 had passed through several BJP-ruled states but «no stone was hurled» at it.

ANI, Mishra said, “Today is the day before Pran Pratistha and is very important for all of us. All the arrangements have to be seen...it has to be ensured in such a way that all the assurances given to the nation may be fulfilled. We will start our work from 23rd January with new enthusiasm and a new commitment so that the entire temple can be built in 2024." Sharing more details on the construction plans, he said that seven more temples are to be built on the temple premises.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bigwigs led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the 'Sadaiv Atal' memorial in New Delhi on Monday to offer floral tributes on the 99th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar were also present at the memorial. Leaders like Former President Ram Nath Kovind, BJP National President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, and others paid their respects by offering floral tributes on the occasion.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP is set to organise several events across the country. Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and was elected three times as the nation's prime minister. BJP national president JP Nadda has asked party officials and state presidents across the country to pay floral tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee's portrait at all booths and discuss the wonderful personality and work of the former Prime Minister.

Mohan Yadav, who was picked as the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh by BJP MLAs on Monday, will take oath on Wednesday at Lal Parade Ground in the state capital Bhopal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, and other senior leaders of the party will attend the swearing-in ceremony, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma said. "Prime Minister Modi ji, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, several chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states and central ministers, among others, will attend the oath-taking ceremony," Sharma told reporters after taking stock of the preparations for the event.

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday. The BRS MLC told ANI news agency that the Congress party, including Rahul Gandhi, has not done anything for Telangana. "Rahul Gandhi is like a guest in our state.

As Rajasthan votes today, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday expressed confidence that there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will return for a second tem in the state. “There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated,” he said.

Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh may get to change the name of another city Aligarh, after successfully changing Mughal Sarai as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Nagar, Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad district as Ayodhya district, reported NDTV on 7 November. According to the report, the Aligarh Municipal Corporation has unanimously passed a proposal to change Aligarh's name to Harigarh. Mayor Prashant Singhal in a meeting on 6 November presented the proposal and it was supported by all councillors.

Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday claimed 95 per cent of cases registered by central probe agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate are against opposition leaders, and asserted its MLA Amanatullah Khan was being raided by the ED in a case he was granted bail in last year. The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided Khan's premises in Delhi as part of a money-laundering investigation against him and some others, official sources said. The 49-year-old legislator represents the Okhla constituency in the Delhi Assembly.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, for the second straight day, Tuesday visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar and offered 'Sewa' at the community kitchen, known as Langar. On Monday too, Rahul Gandhi offered 'Sewa' after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, the most revered Sikh place of worship. As a part of the services, the Congress leader could be seen washing dishes and other utensils at the Golden Temple. Punjab Congress president Raja Waring had on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi was on his personal, spiritual visit. «Rahul Gandhi ji is coming to Amritsar Sahib to pay obeisance at Sachkhand Shri Harmandir Sahib. This is his personal, spiritual visit, let's respect his privacy.

TMC has arranged special buses to ferry nearly five thousand MGNREGA job cardholders to Delhi for their scheduled protest programme next week against the alleged withholding of funds by the Centre, a party leader said on Saturday. Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee announced on Friday that his party would make alternative arrangements for transporting its supporters to Delhi for the October 3 protest programme, accusing the BJP of creating roadblocks after the request for a special train was denied. «As we were denied a special train, we have made alternate arrangements for special buses to transport the MGNREGA workers to Delhi.

ANI. Pointing out that he finds it difficult to adjust, Shaifullah said "Even it is for survival, people like me find it difficult to adjust to the kind of mental set up and the kind of propagation of hate in the country." He also slammed the Centre over ethnic clashes in the BJP-ruled state of Manipur since May.

₹450 under the Ujjwala Yojana and Ladli Behna Yojana. The sale of LPG cylinders under the subsidised rate will begin on September 1.

Opposition parties have questioned the government's motive of convening a special session of Parliament and the intention and feasibility of holding all polls together once in five years. Sensing the government move to dictate the electoral agenda and strategy, the Opposition claimed the government was concerned and jittery about Opposition unity and the moves of the INDIA bloc. They also questioned the propriety of asking a former president to head the panel to look into the feasibility of 'one nation, one election.' Opposition camps are also trying to prepare for more surprises during the special session of Parliament.Madhya Pradesh PCC chief Kamal Nath questioned how Opposition-ruled states could be forced to change poll schedules of their respective assemblies without the consent of state governments. «For this (one-nation-one-poll), not just an amendment of the Constitution but also approval of states is needed.

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath said on Friday it is not possible to do so without taking the nod of state assemblies. The Centre has tasked former President Ram Nath Kovind with the responsibility of heading a committee to explore the feasibility of "one nation, one election", opening the possibility of Lok Sabha polls being advanced so that they could be held with upcoming assembly elections in many states, including MP. «There is a need for a constitutional amendment for it.

New Delhi: A day after the union cabinet approved a Rs-200 cut on domestic LPG cylinders, union minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri has asked states with non-BJP governments to cut the value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, he said that the Centre lowered the excise duty on the transport fuels in November 2021 and May 2022, which was followed by reduction in VAT by BJP-ruled states. "The BJP central government and states reduced their excise on two occassions, November 2021 and May 2022.

Haryana is safe and nobody should worry about it, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday, a day after his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann claimed that governors of BJP-ruled Manipur and Haryana were «silent» on the law-and-order situation there. Mann made the remark on Saturday as he lashed out at Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit for «threatening» to impose President's rule in the state. Replying to a question on the Punjab chief minister's remarks, Khattar on Sunday said, «Haryana is safe and nobody should worry about it. If there is a talk of (imposing) President's rule, it is for there (Punjab).» Mann had said that while the AAP government in Punjab had been taking proactive steps to tackle the scourge of drugs, confiscating, raiding properties of smugglers, and going after gangsters with the formation of an Anti-Gangster Task Force, the governor claims law and order in the state was not good. «I want to ask Governor Sahab, has the Haryana Governor issued any notice to Haryana Chief Minister Khattar regarding what happened in Nuh, communal clashes and violence that took place there and curfew had to be imposed? Did the Haryana governor write any letter to Khattar? No, because their government is also ruling at the Centre,» he had said.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday alleged that Governor Banwarilal Purohit was threatening to impose President's rule in the state, while his counterparts in Manipur and Haryana are observing silence on the law and order situation there. Purohit had on Friday warned the Mann government that he could recommend President's rule in the state and also launch criminal proceedings if his letters are not answered. Purohit has been accusing Mann of not responding to the letters sent to him in defiance of his authority, whereas Mann has claimed he has replied to all but seven such missives he has received. «The threat which the governor gave to the people of Punjab, peace loving people of the state, I will call it a threat — of imposition of the President's rule.