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New Delhi, March 30 BJP MP Nishikant Dubey refuted allegations on Monday that he disrespected Biju Patnaik, asserting that he always held the former Odisha chief minister in high regard.“There has never been any lack of respect for Biju Patnaik. When the Congress treated Biju Babu unfairly, it...

Amritsar, March 30 – Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Monday that the police investigation into the death of state Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Randhawa has once again proven that the state government “intends to delay and weaken the case”.He said the BJP would...

Kolkata, March 30 – Six days after the mysterious death of a young girl in Siliguri, a northern Bengal town, the prime suspect, a private tutor, has been arrested in Chennai along with another individual, the police said on Monday.Earlier, one person had been detained in connection with the...

New Delhi, March 30 The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, protesting alleged disparaging remarks made by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey against former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.Shortly after the official papers were laid on the table, BJD leader Sasmit...

New Delhi, March 30 The Lok Sabha session was adjourned until 12:30 pm following protests by opposition members demanding a discussion on the West Asia crisis.The issue came up as soon as Zero Hour began at 12 noon, with Congress leader Manish Tewari stating that a discussion on West Asia was...

Kolkata, March 29 CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim said on Sunday that the Left Front will stage demonstrations outside BDO and SDO offices across West Bengal from March 30 to April 1, demanding that no genuine voter's name be left out of the supplementary electoral lists published by the...

Ranchi, March 29 Jharkhand BJP chief Aditya Sahu on Sunday alleged that the state government is constructing a new residence for Chief Minister Hemant Soren at a "cost of Rs 100 crore" and announced that the party would protest the move.Addressing reporters at the party headquarters, Sahu...

Chennai, March 29 – The DMK is facing a wave of internal unrest in the Tambaram Assembly constituency following its decision to deny renomination to incumbent MLA S.R. Raja, which triggered sharp protests from party members, exposing fault lines within the local unit ahead of the elections.The...

Kathmandu, March 28 Members of the CPN-UML staged demonstrations across Nepal on Saturday to protest the arrest of party chairman and former prime minister K.P. Oli.The leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Oli, and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested...

Panaji, March 28 Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar on Saturday claimed that the sex scandal in which the son of a councilor is an accused involves more than 100 minor victims, and that the police were initially reluctant to register a case.Soham (20), son of Sushant Naik, a member of Curchorem...

Srinagar, March 28 The People's Democratic Party (PDP) held a protest here on Saturday, accusing the Jammu and Kashmir government of ignoring the people's concerns and failing to fulfill its promises.Numerous party leaders and workers gathered at the Press Enclave and protested against the...

Chennai, March 28 The DMK on Saturday responded to TVK chief Vijay's claim that the police were preventing his campaign at the behest of the ruling party, stating that matters related to granting permission for public meetings fall under the purview of the Election Commission."Why would he...

Kannauj (UP), March 27 A day after Uttar Pradesh minister Asim Arun raised concerns about mismanagement and delays at a government event in Kannauj, BJP workers staged a protest on Friday, chanting slogans against district officials and briefly disrupting traffic.In a letter to District...

Hazaribag, March 27 The opposition BJP in Jharkhand has threatened to call a Hazaribag bandh on Monday if those involved in the recent "rape and murder" of a girl in the Bishnugarh area were not promptly arrested.State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu and Hazaribag MP Manish...

Jaipur, March 27 – Protesting the reported hardships faced by ordinary people due to a widespread shortage of LPG across the country, allegedly a result of flawed policies of the Central government, the Congress organized a massive protest (sit-in demonstration) and demonstration at Shaheed...

Kolkata, March 27 On a day the Election Commission is scheduled to publish the second supplementary list of voters in connection with the SIR exercise in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the poll panel and the BJP for "not making the complete and final first...

Jammu, March 27 All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Shahnawaz Choudhary on Friday strongly criticised BJP legislators for using derogatory words against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly here.Amid slogans in support and against...

Chennai, March 27 TVK chief Vijay claimed on Friday that the state administration and the police are blocking his party's election campaign in Chennai, a move he described as a "fascist attack on democracy".The TVK was denied permission to hold a campaign at Mullai Nagar Junction in the...

Hazaribagh, March 27 – The brutal rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in the Kusumba village under the Vishnugarh block of Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district has sent shockwaves across the state, triggering widespread outrage.The victim’s family refused to perform the last rites for three days...

Kolkata, March 27 – Saikat Chatterjee, a polling officer in West Bengal, which is preparing for elections, and a teacher at a state-run school, was allegedly beaten up by some individuals after he protested against the playing of a purported Trinamool Congress campaign video during an electoral...