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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Modi to fight again from Varanasi; 34 ministers in BJP’s first list of 195 candidates

Some of the prominent names that will not be contesting include union ministers Meenakshi Lekhi, John Barla, Rameshwar Teli and former union minister Harshvardhan. The BJP on Monday named Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Home Minister Amit Shah as well as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among 195 names in its first list…
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PM Modi Chairs Late-night Meet to Pick Lok Sabha Poll Candidates, BJP May Release List Before Voting Dates Announcement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening chaired the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting in the national capital to take a call on the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The meeting, which began around 10:30 pm on Thursday, lasted for more than four hours and was held at the…
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Geeta Basra on Harbhajan Singh joining politics: Great that he is a part of something that brings that change

Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has joined the Aam Aadmi Party and has been elected to the Rajya Sabha. His wife, actress Geeta Basra is happy that her husband is going to be part of something that can bring about a change. Speaking to ETimes, Geeta emphasised on the need to have good and honest leaders who can make a difference. Reacting to Harbhajan Singh…
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Yogi Cabinet 2.0: Adityanath includes fresh faces, drops 24 ministers from first term of BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh

With Yogi Adityanath taking oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second term, his Cabinet saw a rejig. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were included in the Yogi Cabinet 2.0 as Deputy CMs, while a few prominent ministers in the first term, including Satish Mahana, Shrikant Sharma, Dinesh Sharma and Siddharth Nath Singh, were dropped…
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Assembly Election Results Updates: Modi, Shah, Yogi Among Star-studded List for U’khand CM’s Oath Ceremony

Meanwhile, the stage is set for a grand swearing-in ceremony of the second Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh at the sprawling Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ikana stadium in Lucknow on March 25 Assembly Election Results: Pushkar Singh Dhami will be sworn-in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Wednesday at a grand ceremony to be held at the Parade…
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Hillary Clinton tests positive for Covid-19

Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. “Well, I’ve tested positive for COVID. I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine,” the 74-year-old former first lady and onetime secretary of state said in a tweet. “I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness. Please…
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Shaheed Diwas: Holiday in Punjab today; CM Bhagwant Mann to launch anti-corruption WhatsApp helpline

Bhagwant Mann has declared that the Punjab anti-corruption helpline will be his personal WhatsApp number. Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Adami Party (AAP) government in Punjab has announced that it will launch an anti-corruption helpline in Punjab on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas on March 23. The government has already declared a holiday on the Shaheed Diwas (Martyr’s Day), which is observed to…
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G-23 leaders meet Congress chief amid signs of thaw

The meeting assumes importance as Sharma’s current term in the Rajya Sabha is coming to an end, though Congress leaders categorically denied that Sharma’s continuation in the Upper House was discussed at the meeting. Senior Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari, both members of a group pushing for internal reforms, met party chief Sonia Gandhi on…
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Harbhajan, IIT prof-strategist, Delhi MLA, varsity founder, businessman: AAP’s choices for RS

Apart from ex-cricketer Harbhajan Singh, AAP’s Raghav Chadha, poll strategist Sandeep Pathak, LPU founder Ashok Mittal & businessman Sanjeev Arora are candidates for RS polls. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) nominees for the upcoming Rajya Sabha (RS) elections are a mix of personalities from different walks of life. Former international cricketer Harbhajan Singh, joint in-charge…
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‘Sincere’ Pushkar Singh Dhami gets a second term, unanimously chosen as the CM of Uttarakhand

Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami will continue as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Pushkar Singh Dhami has been elected as the Leader of the Legislative Party in Uttarakhand. “I congratulate him, I am confident that under his leadership Uttarakhand will make rapid progress,” Singh said after Dhami was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.…
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Punjab CM Mann’s 1st decision: Govt to recruit 25,000

Punjab’s new cabinet, led by chief minister Bhagwant Mann, took its first decision on Saturday – undertaking recruitments for 25,000 government jobs in the state. Of these, 10,000 jobs will be for various positions in Punjab police while the remaining will be in other government departments, boards and corporations of the state government. After the cabinet meeting,…
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‘My WhatsApp Number’: Punjab CM Mann Announces Anti-Corruption Helpline in First Big Decision

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched on March 23, which marks the death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, adding that the helpline will “be my personal WhatsApp number”. “If anyone asks you for a bribe, send it to me by recording a video/audio of it. Strict action will be…
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Post Assembly poll debacle, Uttarakhand Congress chief resigns following Sonia Gandhi’s order

After Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought the resignations of state party chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur following the party’s poor performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal submitted his resignation on Tuesday, taking the moral responsibility for Congress’ defeat in the polls. Godiyal took…
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India’s missile system highly reliable and safe: Rajnath Singh in Parliament on accidental missile firing into Pakistan

On Friday, the Indian government said it accidentally fired a missile that landed in Pakistan on March 9 and that the “deeply regrettable” incident was caused by a technical malfunction in the course of its routine maintenance. India’s defence ministry said that the government has taken a serious view of the incident and ordered a ‘Court of…
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Only Bhagwant Mann may take oath on Mar 16

Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann will submit his resignation as the Member of Parliament from Sangrur on Monday. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party have told The Tribune before Mann takes the oath of office and secrecy as the Chief Minister on March 16, he will submit his resignation. The deliberations on the new Cabinet and Speaker of…
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Shashi Tharoor calls PM Modi ‘man of tremendous vigour and dynamism’, credits BJP’s victory in UP elections to him

Jaipur (Rajasthan): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him ‘a man of tremendous vigour and dynamism’ and gave credit to him for the BJP’s victory in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a man of tremendous vigour and dynamism and has done some things which are very…
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Gandhis’ Accessibility, AAP’s Rise: Congress Key Meet Addresses Elephant in the Room After Poll Rout

The four-hour Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting concluded on Sunday with senior members requesting party president Sonia Gandhi to continue to lead from the front. The meeting was held to introspect the Congress’s crushing defeat in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur – leading to renewed demands from several quarters for a change…
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Little-known faces knock bigwigs out in Punjab assembly poll

Commoner who breached SAD patriarch’s fortress AAP leader Gurmeet Singh Khudian, 59, son of former Faridkot MP late Jagdev Singh Khudian, emerged as a ‘giant killer’, defeating grand old man of Punjab politics and five-time former Chief Minister-cum-SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal from his home turf Lambi. Gurmeet’s father was elected to Parliament in 1989 as an SAD (Amritsar) candidate.…
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Uttarakhand Result 2022: After Dhami’s Loss In Khatima, Who Will Be Frontrunner For CM’s Post?

Uttarakhand Election Results 2022: According to the data released in Uttarakhand till 7 pm, the BJP has won 34 seats and is leading in 13 seats. New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party has registered a win in the Uttarakhand assembly elections on Thursday, Bhuvan Kapri of Congress surprised the political pundits by defeating Chief Minister Pushkar Singh…
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Next on AAP’s radar: Gujarat and Himachal

In Gujarat, where elections are expected this year-end, the party is already on campaign mode as it seeks to capitalise on its moment in history by filling the space vacated by a diminishing Congress. OVER THE years, this line has figured in almost every speech by Arvind Kejriwal: “Mujhe rajneeti karni nahi hai aati, ji (I don’t know…
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Assembly election results 2022: Time to reform Cong’s organisational leadership in manner that inspires people, says Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi: With the Congress suffering a crushing defeat in the latest round of assembly polls, party MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said it is time to reaffirm the idea of India that the Congress has stood for and reform the party’s organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people. Tharoor, who…
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PM Modi Congratulates AAP For Historic Win In Punjab, Assures Centre’s Support

Notably, the Bharatiya Janata Party has retained power in four states- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur. New Delhi: As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourths majority with 92 seats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the party and assured all possible support from the Centre…
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Uttarakhand Assembly elections 2022 results: Dhami loses but party beats anti-incumbency

Considered by many as an “accidental chief minister”, 46-year-old Pushkar Singh Dhami last year replaced Tirath Singh Rawat as the CM after the latter quit BEATING ANTI-INCUMBENCY, the BJP became the first ruling party to be voted back to power in Uttarakhand on Thursday, winning 47 seats. However, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the election from Khatima, where…
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UP Assembly Election Results 2022: Modi Hails ‘Festival of Democracy’ After Saffron Surge in 4 States, Says Results Have Set Tone for 2024 Polls

Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2022: Hailing BJP’s emphatic victory in the four states of Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that these results have set the tone for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing BJP workers at the party office in New Delhi, PM Modi also gave a big shout out…
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