YSRCP congratulates Justice Nazeer on appointment as governor
Amaravati, Feb 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's ruling party YSR Congress on Sunday congratulated former Supreme Court judge Justice Abdul Nazeer on being appointed as the state's new governor.
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National Politics 02:04 PMPM inaugurates year-long celebrations to mark Swami Dayanand Saraswati's birth anniv
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National Defence/Securit 01:58 PMVeteran of three wars appointed Ladakh's new L-G
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With Kataria now Assam Guv, BJP starts strategic changes in poll-bound Rajasthan
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) The appointment of Gulab Chand Kataria, the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly as Assam Governor, is one of the BJP's strategic moves to bring a lean working system in the organisation which presently looks faction-ridden, party sources said on Sunday.
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Resentment in SP over Maurya's remark on Ramcharitmanas
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) The controversy sparked off by senior SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya on the allegedly objectionable verses from Ramcharitmanas, has now started boomeranging on the Samajwadi Party itself.
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Banda Prakash elected Deputy Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Banda Prakash Mudiraj of ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) was Sunday unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Telangana Legislative Council.
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PM Modi's speeches in Tripura based on falsehood: Ex-Tripura CM Manik Sarkar
Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) Former Tripura Chief Minister and opposition leader Manik Sarkar while reacting strongly to the statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two election rallies in Tripura, said the PM gave speeches based on "falsehood" and tried to hide the "misrule" of the BJP government in the state.
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Delhi L-G reconvenes MCD House to elect mayor on Feb 16
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) After three unsuccessful meetings of the MCD House to hold the mayoral elections, Delhi's civic body will meet on Thursday to elect the mayor, deputy mayor and the members of standing committee.
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TN BJP leader Radhakrishnan appointed Jharkhand Guv
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) Senior leader of the BJP and former MP from Coimbatore, C.P. Radhakrishnan is the new Governor of Jharkhand. He replaced Ramesh Bias as the Governor of Jharkhand. Bias has been transferred as the Maharashtra Governor.
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BJP shies away from caste census to safeguard its Hindutva project
Amita Verma
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) With regional parties in Uttar Pradesh raising the issue of caste census, the 'Mandal' brand of politics is all set to return to the Hindi heartland after almost three decades.
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Playing caste census card, Bihar Grand Alliance puts BJP in a fix
By Ajay Kumar
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections just a little more than a year away, Bihar is one of the states which will decide the fate of the BJP and the parties having an anti- saffron ideology.
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Caste census will make case for higher reservations stronger: DMK
By Arun Lakshman
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) The ruling DMK is for a caste-based census in Tamil Nadu to fulfil the long-standing demand of various communities in the state.
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BJP, Bihar Grand Alliance plot ways to upset caste equations of rivals
By Ajay Kumar
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are crucial for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ruling party is facing anti-incumbency due to the rising prices of every essential commodity, growing unemployment, unresolved farmers' issues and non-fulfilment of old election promises, such as Rs 15 lakh in the bank account of every individual, two crore jobs per year, 'Achche Din', and others, say analysts.
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Cong to amp up Udaipur resolution to make 2011 caste data public
By Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The caste census has come as a weapon to counter the Hindutva politics. It will be mandal vs kamandal politics which has been at the forefront after former Prime Minister late VP Singh implemented the Mandal commission report and the BJP went ahead with its Mandir politics. BJP leader LK Advani took out a chariot march to Ayodhya from Somnath but was arrested in Bihar and the BJP pulled down the government. The following decade was the mandal era and OBC leaders became the local satraps.
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JD(U)-RJD use caste census to neutralise 'Vote Katwa' Chirag, Owaisi
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) During the 2020 assembly elections, the BJP and the JD-U were part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested under one umbrella.
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Bengal govt mulling to amend structure of search panels for V-C appointments
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) West Bengal government is considering bringing about certain changes in the structure of the search committees meant for appointments of vice-chancellors in state universities.
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Gulab Chand Kataria, Raj LoP is now Assam Governor
Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) A few hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi' visit to Rajasthan, the BJP in Rajasthan had a surprise after the leader of opposition Gulab Chand Kataria (LoP) was named as Assam Governor.
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Five Governors hail from UP's Purvanchal
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) Purvanchal is striking it rich in Raj Bhavans in the country. With Sunday's gubernatorial appointment, the country now has five Governors, who hail from Purvanchal-eastern Uttar Pradesh,
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Justice Abdul Nazeer, part of Ayodhya & demonetisation verdicts, appointed Andhra Guv
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Justice Abdul Nazeer has been appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, a month after retiring from the Supreme Court. He was the lone minority judge in the bench which gave the judgement in Ayodhya case and paved the way for the construction of Ram temple.
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Prez Murmu appoints 13 new Governors; accepts resignations of Maha, Ladakh Guvs
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Accepting the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and of Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh, President Droupadi Murmu appointed 13 new Governors.
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Acting on Yatra feedback, MP Cong likely to field 40% new faces
By Praveen Dwivedi
Bhopal, Feb 12 (IANS) Determined to return to power with absolute majority after the Assembly elections scheduled later this year, the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has stepped up its preparations for the polls and the process of finalising candidates has also been initiated.
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Yatra comes as morale booster for Punjab Cong wracked by rebellions
By Vishal Gulati
Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) After an eight-day-long Bharat Jodo Yatra through Punjab led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the party leadership in the state seems to be back on their toes with enthused cadres to convey the message of unity at the block level by starting the "Join Hands" campaign.
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Cong's Raipur plenary will strengthen Bhupesh Baghel's hands
By Sundeep Pouranik
Raipur, Feb 12 (IANS) The Congress party has its strongest hold in the state of Chhattisgarh.
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To keep up Yatra momentum, Bihar Cong plans Banka-Gaya walkathon
By Ajay Kumar
Patna Feb 12 (IANS) After the grand success of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the enthusiasm has returned in the part camp.
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Odisha Cong cadres root for a leader of J.B. Patnaik's stature
By Biswa Bhusan Mohapatra
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 (IANS) Will the Congress bounce back in Odisha? This question is on the minds of Congress workers and supporters in the state following the successful completion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra by Rahul Gandhi and the state's ex-chief secretary Bijay Patnaik joining the party.
