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Sanjay Raut appreciates Rahul’s gestures

Sanjay Raut appreciates Rahul’s gestures

Sanjay Raut, leader of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, today tweeted that Rahul Gandhi called him and asked about his health, amid a row over the Congress leader's comments attacking Veer Savarkar. Sanjay Raut tweeted in Marathi, "Rahul called me at night even though he was busy with Bharat Jodo Yatra. He asked about my health, said 'we were worried about you. It is only human to feel sorry for a political friend framed in a false case and tortured for 110 days in jail,". He followed it up with a longer post in English. Mr. Raut wrote," Inspite of…
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Retired IAS Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner

Retired IAS Arun Goel Appointed Election Commissioner

Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel has been selected as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in the state of Gujarat. The third post in the country's top poll body was vacant for around 6 months. An official notice from the law ministry this evening mentions, "The President is pleased to select Shri Arun Goel, Retired IAS of 1985 batch , Punjab Cadre, as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission with effect from the date he takes over his duties in the office". Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel…
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Calcutta High Court Appoints New Head To Probe West Bengal Teachers’ Job Scam

Calcutta High Court Appoints New Head To Probe West Bengal Teachers’ Job Scam

Calcutta High Court has appointed senior police officer Ashwin Shenvi as the head of the SIT, investigating the alleged teachers' job scam in the state of West Bengal. Mr Shenvi is a 2006-batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre. He had joined the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2020 and was the SP at Jind, Haryana. "CBI has referred the names of Sudhanshu Khare, Michaelraj S and Ashwin Shenvi. Out of these three names, I select Mr Ashwin Shenvi, who is DIG ACB in CBI Chandigarh, that has vast experience in investigation of corruption cases," the single judge…
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BJP files an F.I.R against Satyendar Jain, Kejriwal over Tihar jail video; AAP tweets medical report

BJP files an F.I.R against Satyendar Jain, Kejriwal over Tihar jail video; AAP tweets medical report

Bharatiya Janta Party on Saturday filed an F.I.R against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and CM Arvind Kejriwal after claiming a video clip of Jain getting a massage inside his cell in Tihar Jail got leaked and went viral triggering a massive face-off between the two political party, BJP and the AAP. The Aam Aadmi Party, on the other hand, tweeted the post the medical report of Jain claiming that the minister has an L5-S1 vertebrae disc injury for which the doctor suggested regular physiotherapy and acupressure treatment. The AAP said that the massage, Satyendar Jain was shown to be receiving…
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Great Grandson Joins Bharat Jodo Yatra

Mahatma Gandhi’s Great Grandson Joins Bharat Jodo Yatra

Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi joined in the Bharat Joro Yatra with Rahul Gandhi at Shegaon in Maharashtra's Buldhana district this morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as "historic".The yatra, which has been continuing in Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day's journey from Balapur in Akola district around 6 am and reached Shegaon a few hours later, where writer and activist Tushar Gandhi joined in the rally. Tushar Gandhi tweeted, ''I will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as well. The train my mother was traveling in, 1 Dn. Howrah…
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India joins Moscow talks for inclusive govt. in Kabul

India joins Moscow talks for inclusive govt. in Kabul

India attended the current meeting of the ‘Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan’ which was carried on Wednesday in the Moscow. Joint Secretary, J.P. Singh, represented India at the talks. “During the meeting, the partaker focused on matters in connection to Afghanistan, including the present humanitarian condition and the continuous efforts of different stakeholders to provide cooperation, intra-Afghan talks, creation of an inclusive and representative government, efforts to oppose threats of terrorism and ensuring regional security,” said the Ministry of External Affairs in a statement. India’s participation in the talks was established by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on 8th of…
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Some people don’t work with me: Prakash Raj 

Some people don’t work with me: Prakash Raj 

Prakash Raj is outspoken about his political views. The actor has been a vocal critic of the current central government and even contested the elections from Bengaluru in 2019. He tweets on daily basis on social and political issues but confesses that all this comes at a cost. His politics now began to influence his work and the relationships he built in the film industry over the years. Talking about the impact of his political views on his work relationships, Prakash says, “It is affecting. Now, some people don't work with me because they're told not to. But they are…
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Narendra Modi, visit South India, inaugurated South India’s first Vande Bharat Express

Narendra Modi, visit South India, inaugurated South India’s first Vande Bharat Express

Vande Bharat Express is launched for the first time in South India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Vande Bharat Express from Bengaluru during his visit to Karnataka.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to South India. Narendra Modi visited Karnataka on Friday. Modi at Bangalore's Kempegowda airport this morning. On this day, the Prime Minister inaugurated the Vande Bharat Express from Bangalore. Vande Bharat Express was launched for the first time in South India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Vande Bharat Express from Bengaluru during his visit to Karnataka. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the train from…
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Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba gets BJP ticket from North Jamnagar

Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba gets BJP ticket from North Jamnagar

Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja has won the BJP ticket from North Jamnagar in the Gujarat Assembly elections. On September 5, 1990 Rivaba Jadeja was born, and studied Mechanical Engineering at Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot, Gujarat. She joined BJP in 2019. On April 17, 2016, Ribaba and Ravindra Jadeja tied the knot. The BJP announced the first list of candidates for the election of Gujarat, which is scheduled to be held in December. Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav announced this list with the names of 100 people. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will contest from the Ghatlodia constituency,…
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Morbi Disaster – Rescue team in full swing

Morbi Disaster – Rescue team in full swing

"Such a sad day has rarely come in life," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the bridge accident in Gujarat on Sunday. He visited the scene after two days. On Tuesday afternoon, Modi got down from the car and walked to the broken bridge in Morbi. He was accompanied by Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. The officers present informed the Prime Minister about the accident. Along with the national and state disaster response teams, the army has also joined the rescue operation in Morbi since Tuesday morning. Rescue workers are searching the Macchu river with boats and speedboats for missing people.…
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