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AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and urged him to take steps to start the Vande Bharat train from Agartala to Guwahati and double-laning of the railway track in the state. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that during the meeting, the … Read more
PATNA: The Janata Dal (United) has not fielded any Muslim candidates in its first list of 57 nominees for the Bihar Assembly elections. According to party sources, more lists are expected, and the JD(U) may still field Muslim candidates in upcoming phases. However, the absence of Muslim names in the first list, announced on Wednesday, … Read more
AMARAVATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate, lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation several development projects worth around Rs 13, 430 crore in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. These projects will cover key sectors like industry, power transmission, roads, railways, defence manufacturing, and petroleum and natural gas. At an event in Kurnool, the … Read more
KOLKATA: On the occasion of World Food Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee outlined the details of the initiatives her government has taken to ensure food security for every person in the state, and pointed out that over seven crore people were provided free ration every month. In a social media post on Thursday … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a jolt to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the interim stay granted by the Telangana High Court on a Government Order (GO) providing 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies across the state. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep … Read more
KOLKATA: A section of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) on Thursday wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, seeking deployment of paramilitary forces after receiving threats to include “false names” in the voter’s list. The BLOs, as part of the Electoral Workers Unity Forum, said they must be given security when … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the final date for filing nominations for the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, there appears to be a pall of uncertainty over seat-sharing agreements, leading to the chances of “friendly fights” in a few constituencies. Among Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) partners, with principal components like the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD), … Read more
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday that he knows the pain of hunger and the value of food, and therefore had introduced the Anna Bhagya scheme He was speaking after inaugurating the World Food Day programme organised by the Department of Food and Civil Supplies at the Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned, to November 4, the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. In a brief hearing, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi remarked that the poll … Read more
MUMBAI: Raj Thackeray, the founder and President of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), on Sunday, made serious allegations against the Election Commission, asserting that nearly 96 lakh fake voters have been incorporated into Maharashtra’s electoral rolls. During the rally, he also reiterated his disapproval of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His remarks were aimed at the Bharatiya Janata Party … Read more