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WB Assembly Bypolls: Mamata Banerjee leads in Bhabanipur, Trinamool ahead in other 2 seats also
In two other constituencies -- Jangipur and Samserganj -- both in Murshidabad district, the Trinamool Congress candidates have maintained their lead. Jakir Hossain, who is contesting from the Jangipur Assembly constituency was also leading by a margin of 1,300 votes after the first round of counting. Trinamool candidate from Samserganj, Amirul Islam was also leading.
Newer trends in New India: Politicians rise over petty politics to praise oppn leaders
They are breaking the political barriers to accept the 'goodness' of a leader sitting on the opposition side. The trend started recently when Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly praised Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the foundation stone laying ceremony of medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh and Dausa districts on Thursday.
Hope of breakthrough in decades old Naga peace talks before Christmas
To take forward the Naga peace process, in a significant political development the ruling and opposition parties in Nagaland recently agreed to form an all-party government named the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
Chhattisgarh MLAs seek appointment with Rahul; Baghel named observer for UP polls
Going by the recent political developments, the Congress in Chhattisgarh seems to be split into two camps, one led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, and the other by Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo, who is demanding a change of guard at the top. Both the leaders are presently in Raipur though.
Assam Congress MLA held for 'communally provocative' remarks
Ahmed was elected to the state assembly from Baghbar seat in Barpeta district of western Assam. He made the "communally provocative" comments last week, triggering a widespread political controversy across the state with various organisations lodging complaints at different police stations, forcing the police to detain him from his official residence in Guwahati.
Modi govt not playing by the rules: Kapil Sibal
Delivering the Girish Patel memorial lecture on the theme 'India in the Age of Modi' on Saturday, Sibal said, "He (Modi) doesn't play by the rules of the game. And your children will suffer because of that. If you have the umpire in your pocket, how do you play cricket? All the democratic institutions are controlled by the government.
Delhi reports 33 fresh Covid cases, one death
With the addition of one new fatality, the city's death toll has climbed to 25,088. The fatality rate continues to be at 1.74 per cent. The Covid infection rate in the national capital stands at 0.05 per cent, while the active case tally has gone up to 383, with 58 patients recovering in the last 24 hours to take the total number of recoveries to 14,13,462 so far, the Health Department said.
Flood situation in Bengal snowballing into political row
Speaking to the media, the Chief Minister said, "In the last three days, they (DVC) have released more than 10 lakh cusec of water, most of which has been released without informing the state. This is a crime and the state is not going to sit and watch. If they do it again, the state will be forced to demand compensation."
Amarinder Singh slams Congress over preposterous lies
Pointing to the conflicting numbers shared by Harish Rawat and Randeep Surjewala on the purported letter received by the party's central leadership expressing lack of confidence against him, Captain Amarinder termed it a comedy of errors. His remarks came after Surjewala claimed that 78 of the 79 Punjab Congress MLAs had written to the party leadership seeking Captain Amarinder's ouster.
Muslim Brotherhood launches campaign against India
A hashtag on Twitter #BoycottIndianProducts was launched a few days ago, and has been going on since. While the nexus tried to give it a colour that it was triggered by the unfortunate incident in Assam, which was deplorable, and the guilty should be brought to justice, be as it may, the trigger was mere excuse. This was not the first time the trend was attempted. It was started in 2018, and since then it's an annual ritual.
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