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NEW DELHI: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has dismissed the demand to announce a Muslim Deputy Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh as a symbolic, constitutionally meaningless exercise. In a candid interview with IANS, the veteran politician argued that the position of Deputy CM holds no real authority and therefore … Read more
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lost his cool when asked about the possibility of Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D. K. Shivakumar taking over as Chief Minister on Friday. When asked whether a change of leadership was likely in November as the Congress-led government completes half its term, Siddaramaiah grew visibly irritated and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Support for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar among the state’s women voters is seen as a major factor for his government’s earlier electoral successes. Though Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav — projected as the Opposition Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial candidate — has been trying to include schemes aimed at women’s empowerment, he carries … Read more
PATNA: A sense of shock and fear gripped Belghat village under Mufassil police station in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Friday after two persons — a father and his son — were found lying murdered on the roadside. The deceased have been identified as Pramod Kushwaha and his son Priyanshu Kushwaha, residents of Belghat. According to local sources, the duo had gone out for … Read more
AHMEDABAD: In a move to simplify the payment of traffic e-challan fines, the Gujarat government has introduced a new facility allowing vehicle owners to pay penalties online through the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). Under Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and the guidance of State Police Chief Vikas Sahay, the State Traffic Branch of Gujarat … Read more
NEW DELHI: With Assembly elections expected in West Bengal by May-June next year, every move made by Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee will be under public scrutiny. Thus, the large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle carried out by her government hours before the Election Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the … Read more
LUCKNOW: The ‘Charan Suhawe Guru Charan Yatra’ of sacred ‘Jode Sahib’, a profound symbol of the Sikh community’s faith, received a rousing welcome in the capital on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath welcomed the Yatra in Lucknow and said that the Guru tradition has given India the ideals of service, sacrifice and national protection. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Almost two months after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised an explosive disclosure at the level of dropping a ‘hydrogen bomb’, he will launch the grand old party’s campaign for a poll process that he has been criticising for allegedly benefitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Meanwhile, his party workers are yet to collect … Read more
BENGALURU: BJP National Yuva Morcha President and Bengaluru South MP, Tejasvi Surya, met Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, at his residence in Bengaluru on Tuesday to discuss the Tunnel Road Project and traffic congestion in the city. The meeting has drawn attention as Dy CM Shivakumar had earlier … Read more
AHMEDABAD: Several parts of Saurashtra and South Gujarat were drenched in heavy unseasonal rain over the past 24 hours, with Mahuva in Bhavnagar district receiving the highest rainfall at 195 mm. According to data from the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), Shihor in Bhavnagar followed with 128 mm, Songadh in Tapi recorded 100 mm, while … Read more