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20 Aug

Apni Party member shot dead in J&K, 4th politician to be killed in 10 days

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Terrorists shot dead a senior Apni Party member outside his residence at Devsar in south Kashmir's Kulgam on Thursday, making him the fourth political functionary to be killed in J&K since last week after a husband-wife panchayat duo and a constituency in-charge of BJP.The terror attack that claimed Ghulam Hassan Lone's life – and the three other political killings that preceded it – appeared to trigger at least one fear-induced resignation by a BJP constituency in-charge from Noorabad in the same district. Mubarak Ahmad Bhat quit both his post and primary BJP membership with a statement that had a familiar…

19 Aug

Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed a court-monitored CBI probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal. The high court has also directed the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases related to violence following the Assembly elections results declared on May 2. The five-judge bench presided over by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal had earlier ordered the NHRC chairman to constitute an inquiry committee to probe accusations of human rights violations during the "post-poll violence". The panel, in its report, indicated the Mamata Banerjee government, as it recommended handing over the investigation…

16 Aug

Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev Quits Party, To Join Trinamool Congress

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Former MP and the Congress’ women’s wing chief Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party, ANI reported on Monday. In a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, dated August 15, Dev did not mention any reason for her decision. Dev, however, said that she was going to begin “a new chapter in my life of public services”. She also updated her Twitter bio which now describes her as a former member of the Congress. Meanwhile, she is likely to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later in the day amid speculations that she might join the Trinamool Congress, reported…

14 Aug

Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi Account. “Satyameva Jayate,” Says Congress

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Twitter on Saturday unlocks the official handles of the Indian National Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, day after the latter lashed out on Twitter for locking his and his party's official accounts and termed the micro-blogging site 'biased', 'which only listens to the government'. Shortly after the Twitter handle of Congress was unlocked, the grand old party tweeted 'Satyameva Jayate', to mark its comeback. Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter deemed it a violation of its rules. In…

12 Aug

According to party leaders The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’

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According to party leaders The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’ on August 12.This comes a day after several party leaders said that their handles were suspended tooCongress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Rahul Gandhi's account under pressure from the government which resulted into temporary suspension of his twitter account. The party on August 11 said that Twitter suspended accounts of its media in-charge Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party's whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge, and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila…

10 Aug

‘Wake up soon’: SC fines parties for not complying with its order on criminal candidates

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalSUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that political parties must publish criminal records of their election candidates within 48 hours of selection, Live Law reported. The court modified its judgement from February 13 last year, which said that the criminal history of election candidates must be made public either within 48 hours of selection or two weeks prior to the first date of filing of nomination papers for an election. The Supreme Court had added that political parties must publish the records in one regional and one national newspaper and also on Twitter and Facebook, PTI reported. In November 2020,…

03 Aug

PM Modi slams TMC MP Derek O’Brien over his ‘papri chat’ tweet.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took strong exception to a tweet from Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien. The Rajya Sabha MP had on Monday criticised the Union government for rushing to pass bills in Parliament without any debate. "In the first 10 days, Modi-Shah rushed through and passed 12 Bills at an average time of UNDER SEVEN MINUTES per Bill. Passing legislation or making papri chaat!" Derek O'Brien had tweeted along with a chart of the bills passed during the ongoing Monsoon Session. Talking to reporters after the BJP Parliamentary party meeting, which was attended by PM Narendra Modi,…

02 Aug

‘The matter should be discussed’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar demands probe into Pegasus row

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose party JD(U) is an ally to the BJP called for a probe in the Pegasus spyware controversy on August 2. “A probe should be done, indeed. We have been hearing about telephone tapping for so many days,” Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. He also said that the matter should be discussed in Parliament as Opposition leaders have been “reiterating (for talks) for so many days," reported ANI. Addressing reporters in Patna, the JD(U) chief also echoed the Opposition's demand for a discussion on the issue in the ongoing Monsoon Session…

02 Aug

Northeast BJP MPs meet Modi, blame Cong for politics over border dispute

editor0 CommentsPoliticalNortheast BJP MPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Amid the ongoing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, BJP’s MPs from the Northeastern states on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and blamed the Congress for indulging in politics over the issue.Sources said that the MPs met the Prime Minister to discuss issues concerning their states and the ongoing border dispute between Assam with other neighbouring states. The MPs submitted a memorandum on various issues pertaining to the development of the region along with border disputes between Assam and Mizoram. The BJP MPs mentioned that under the NDA government led by Prime Minister Modi development work in the Northeast…

02 Aug

‘Chai pe charcha’: held by Lalu and Mulayam, with Akhilesh also present

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STAFF REPORTER: On Monday, Lalu Prasad, the president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), met with Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Over a cup of tea, the seasoned leaders got together. Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam's son and the leader of the Samajwadi Party, was also present at the meeting. "I met with Mulayam Singh ji, the country's most senior socialist leader, to check about his health. Ours is a united front against inequity, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, and issues affecting farmers "Lalu posted a few photos from his meeting with Mulayam, who is 81 years old. Both…