Tag: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Varun Gandhi files defamation suit against Varanasi man
Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi, has filed a criminal defamation suit against Varanasi-based Vivek Pandey, who introduces himself on his Twitter account as an office bearer of a right-wing group. Gandhi approached the court of additional chief judicial magistrate II, Abhinav Tiwari, against some derogatory comments that Pandey posted through his Twitter handle, ‘@vivekkumar_IND’, on March…
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BJP demands resignation of KCR over TSPSC exam paper leak
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded resignation of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for the leakage of question paper of an examination conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). A delegation of the party leaders met Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and requested her to intervene in the matter to save the…
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NDPP-BJP govt likely to assume office in Nagaland on March 7
The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), along with its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which retained power in Nagaland for a second straight term by winning 37 seats together in the 60-member Assembly, is likely to assume office on March 7. Party sources said that the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister and other…
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BJP to support NPP in Meghalaya: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that after the announcement of the result of the Meghalaya assembly election, National People’s Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma called up Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sought his blessings to form the new government in the state. Sarma also said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
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BJP to go alone in Telangana polls: Bandi Sanjay
The BJP will go alone in the Telangana Assembly elections scheduled to be held towards the end of this year, party’s state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Wednesday. A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda and other central leaders held a crucial meeting with the party’s state leaders in…
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For second day, AAP protests in Mumbai against Delhi Dy CM’s arrest
For the second consecutive day, the Aam Aadmi Party protested against the arrest of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation in an alleged corruption case, here on Monday. On Monday, hundreds of AAP workers staged noisy demonstrations near Churchgate station, after a similar protest outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus…
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‘PM has become a tourist’, says Cong as Modi visits K’taka
The Karnataka unit of Congress on Monday took a jibe at Narendra Modi over his visit to the poll-bound southern state, saying the Prime Minister has become a tourist. PM Modi on Monday inaugurated Shivamogga airport in Karnataka. The Congress said: “He never bothered to visit when Karnataka faced the flood fury (last year). When…