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28 Jan

‘Worshipers of Jinnah, close to Pakistan’: UP CM Yogi Adityanath takes a dig at SP

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday mounted an intense attack on Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav for his comments on Pakistan. Yogi in a tweet said that while the BJP is the follower of Sardar Patel's principles, the SP leader is the worshiper of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. "The SP’s are worshipers of Jinnah, we are worshipers of Sardar Patel. Pakistan is dear to them, we sacrifice our lives on Maa Bharati," the firebrand BJP leader tweeted. Akhilesh Yadav is facing a barrage of criticism from the BJP leaders for his comments that Pakistan is a "political enemy"…

27 Jan

PM Modi to host India’s first-ever summit with Central Asian leaders later today

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit to take ties to "newer heights" on Thursday. The event will see the participation of Presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The summit is symbolic of the importance attached by the leaders of both sides to an enduring India-Central Asia partnership. The key focus will be trade and connectivity, development partnership, culture, and people-to-people ties, apart from regional security and the Afghanistan issue. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said this will be the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central…

22 Jan

Election Commission extends ban on physical rallies, roadshows till January 31

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The Election Commission of India has extended the ban on physical rallies and roadshows till January 31, 2022. The Election Commission held a series of virtual meets today (January 22) to decide whether the ban imposed by it on physical rallies and roadshows to prevent the spread of coronavirus should continue. Announcing dates for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8, the poll panel had announced a ban on physical rallies, road and bike shows, and similar campaigning events till January 15. On January 15, the commission extended the ban until January 22. However, the…

13 Jan

Unnao rape victim’s mother among first list of 125 candidates released by Congress

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Congress UP list of candidates: Congress has fielded Unnao gangrape victim's mother as the party candidate from the seat for the upcoming Assembly election. Announcing the first list of 125 candidates on Thursday, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that the list includes 50 women. "Our Unnao candidate is the mother of the gangrape victim. We have given her a chance to continue the struggle. The power which oppressed them andruined their family, they should now get that power," Priyanka Gandhi said as she announced the name of candidates during a virtual press conference. "Out of the total 125 candidates,…

05 Jan

PM Modi’s message on security lapse to Bhatinda officials: ‘Thank your CM, made out alive’

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In a massive security breach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday was forced to cancel his visit to Ferozepur in Punjab after his convoy was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes after being blocked by some protesters. The visibly furious PM reportedly expressed his anger after returning to Bhatinda airport on his way back to Delhi. Sources have told ANI that after PM Modi reached the Bhatinda Airport post the shocking disruption of his movement in Punjab's Ferozepur, he told the airport officials in a sarcastic response-- "Apne CM ko thanks kehna, ki mein Bhatinda airport tak zinda laut…

05 Jan

Congress postpones major rallies in poll-bound states amid Covid-19

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The Congress on Wednesday postponed all political rallies and programmes in poll-bound states, including Uttar Pradesh, citing the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country and growing alarm that these - which draw crowds of thousands - could emerge as super-spreader events.KC Venugopal, the Congress' General Secretary, said the party had asked its state units to assess the on-ground situation and decide whether or not to proceed with planned political events. "Congress has decided to postpone major rallies in UP and other poll-bound states. We have asked state units to assess the COVID-19 situation in their states and then take a…

03 Jan

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Case: SIT Files 5,000-page Chargesheet Against Minister’s Son, Others

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The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday, January 3, submitted a 5,000-page charge sheet in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The police named Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra Teni’s son Ashish Misra as the prime accused in the case. Eight people were killed on October 3 after violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Four of the dead were people in cars that were part of a convoy of BJP workers who had come to welcome the…

24 Dec

Postpone UP Elections, Ban Poll Rallies: Allahabad High Court to Election Commission, PM Modi Over Omicron Worries

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The Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 by a month or two, reported news websites. The court also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the EC to immediately ban rallies and public meetings of political parties in the state amid the rising fears of the highly contagious Covid variant Omicron. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," Justice Shekhar Yadav said. The court made the observations while hearing an unconnected bail petition. The observation comes on the same day when PM Modi…

15 Dec

BJP falls one short of majority in Karnataka Legislative Council

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The ruling BJP emerged victorious in 12 of the 25 seats but felling one seat short of gaining a simple majority in the Karnataka Legislative Council for which biennial elections were held on 10 December. The Opposition Congress managed to clinch 11 seats, while the JD(S) has won Hassan seat and is leading in one of the seats in Mysuru. An Independent candidate has managed to win one of the two seats in the prestigious Belagavi constituency, the poll official said. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai heaved a sigh of relief, calling it "a good result". However, the fact that the…

15 Dec

Yogi avoided dip in Ganga as he knows it is dirty: Akhilesh Yadav

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that the UP CM Yogi Adityanath did not take a dip in the Ganga as he knew the river is dirty. "The BJP spent crores on cleaning the Ganga. But CM Yogi Adityanath knew that the Ganga is dirty. That's why he didn't take a dip," Yadav said. "The question is, will Mother Ganga ever be clean? Funds flowed out, but the river hasn't been cleaned," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Varanasi, however, offered prayers and took a dip in the Ganga at Lalita…