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05 Nov

West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee passes away at 75; ‘big blow’, says Mamata Banerjee

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Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. Mukherjee, who was the state panchayat minister, was 75. He is survived by his wife. Mukherjee was also in charge of three other departments. The veteran politician who underwent angioplasty early this week, died at 9.22 PM after suffering a massive cardiac arrest, state minister Firhad Hakim said. The chief minister who was performing Kali Puja at her Kalighat residence, visited the SSKM Hospital and announced that he is no more. "I…

28 Oct

BJP To Be Centre Of Indian Politics For Many Decades: Political Strategist Prashant Kishor

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Political strategist Prashant Kishor has said that even if the people of this country throw Narendra Modi out, the BJP would remain at the centre of Indian politics for the next many decades. Interacting with the media in Goa, Kishor equated BJP’s current influence in India to the first forty years of the Congress. According to him, it was difficult to envisage the saffron party fading away easily as it had crossed the 30 percent vote share at the national level. On this occasion, he asserted that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was mistaken in believing that people will vote…

27 Oct

CM Arvind Kejriwal announces free Ayodhya Ram Mandir pilgrimage for senior citizens

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On Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Cabinet has approved the addition of Ayodhya in its free pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens. Addressing the media, Kejriwal said that the Delhi government's 'Mukhya Mantri Teerth Yatra Yojana' will be free of cost for the aged people. The religious places that are already included under the scheme are Vaishno Devi, Rameshwaram, Dwarka Puri, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura and Vrindavan. Over 35,000 senior citizens have undertaken pilgrimage under the scheme. "Elderly people can also bring a member/kin along," he said, adding that the scheme which was stopped for over one year due…

24 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra hospitalised with dengue symptoms

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Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, has been shifted to a government hospital due to suspected dengue. His blood samples have been sent to a laboratory for testing. The son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, Ashish, was taken on police remand on Friday. He was hospitalised by the jail authorities after he had complained of fever. Four farmers and a journalist were run over on October 3 by a convoy of three vehicles, one of which belongs to Union Minister of state for home, Ajay Mishra. The minister's son was arrested on October 9,…

22 Oct

‘Barbaric attack’: TMC MP Sushmita Dev attacked in Tripura, party blames BJP

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Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev's car was vandalised by some people in Tripura today. Some employees of a private firm that is helping Ms Dev's party in political campaigns were injured in the attack. Ms Dev, who is overseeing the Trinamool Congress's activities in Tripura, alleged the BJP was behind the attack. Ms Dev was with employees of Indian Political Action Committee or I-PAC, a political public relations and consultancy firm, when the attack happened. Political strategist Prashant Kishor and I-PAC had worked with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party for the West Bengal assembly election earlier this year. TMC MP…

22 Oct

Amit Shah to begin his three-day Jammu and Kashmir visit on Saturday

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Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, will address a mega public rally, flag off the first Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, lay foundation stones of two medical colleges and chair a high level security review meeting during his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir which will begin on Saturday. This will be his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the agreement of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories. Amit Shah will arrive first in Srinagar on Saturday accompanied by the Home Secretary AK Bhalla, other senior officials of the Home Ministry, heads of most of the Central…

21 Oct

Smartphone for Class 12 pass girls, electronic scooty for graduate girls – Priyanka Gandhi’s poll promise in UP

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After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electronic scooty if her party forms a government in the state. "Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic…

08 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Dissatisfied with UP Police probe, SC hints at giving it to an agency other than CBI

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The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu case arising from the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which eight persons, including farmers, were killed. Of these, four were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by vehicle of Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni. Yesterday, the court had asked the UP government to file a status report by today specifying action taken and the eight who were killed on Sunday during a protest. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The Uttar Pradesh Police…

07 Oct

Order probe into Lakhimpur Kheri violence by sitting judge: Priyanka Gandhi

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or a high court into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. She also said that Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son is among those booked, should resign to ensure an impartial probe. "In my view and that of the victims' families as well, the case should be probed by a sitting Supreme Court or high court judge, and not the retired judge," she said. The state government, on Thursday, had appointed retired high court judge Pradeep Srivastava to probe the Lakhimpur violence. Retired…

06 Oct

Priyanka Gandhi has same fire as her grandmother Indira Gandhi: Shiv Sena

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A day after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana said in its editorial that she has the same fire as her late grandmother Indira Gandhi. Shiv Sena, a former ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has questioned the silence of PM Modi over the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri and slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for detaining Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while she was on her way to meet the family members of the victims. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers…