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  1. 'Constitution Killing Day' will remind people of Congress's 'dictatorial mentality': BJP

    New Delhi: The BJP on Friday said commemorating June 25 as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' every year will remind people of the "dictatorial mentality" of the Congress and also pay tribute to those who suffered torture and sacrificed their lives fighting against the imposition of Indira Gandhi's...
  2. Congress now history, BJP led NDA and India's 'Mahayuti' future, Maharashtra: Shinde

    Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said the BJP-led NDA alliance at the Center and the ruling 'Mahayuti' coalition were the future of the country and Maharashtra respectively, while the Congress was history.Speaking in the legislative assembly on the last day of the...
  3. Council elections: Mahayuti wins all 9 seats contested; MVA got 2 seats, Uddhav's ally got a place

    Mumbai: Maharashtra's ruling Grand Alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP on Friday won all nine seats contested in the biennial elections for 11 seats of the state Legislative Council.In the results declared in the evening of the elections held earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
  4. Congress criticizes Kerala Chief Minister for not mentioning Oommen Chandy in Vizhinjam port program

    Thiruvananthapuram, Opposition Congress on Friday lashed out at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Left government for not mentioning the name of late party stalwart Oommen Chandy at the ceremony welcoming the first cargo ship at the port of Vizhinjam, saying that it shows his...
  5. MP: Preparations for counting of votes for Amarwada Assembly by-election completed.

    Chhindwara (MP): All preparations have been completed for counting of votes for the by-election in Madhya Pradesh's Amarwada assembly constituency, an official said on Friday.The official said that 78.71 percent voting took place in the by-election for Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in...
  6. No politics of adjustment in Lok Sabha elections: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar

    BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday dismissed any rumors of "politics of adjustment" in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections and said Congress party workers fought hard.Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, was reacting to reports that party...
  7. Karnataka BJP leaders protest against MUDA 'scam', detained

    Mysuru/Bengaluru, BJP on Friday organized a protest in Mysuru against the alleged fraudulent allotment of land to land losers by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, involving land given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi.They demanded allocation of sites to the poor by removing...
  8. Chennithala tells Youth Congress: Don't be lazy after Lok Sabha victory, now work for Maharashtra Assembly elections

    Making some strong comments, he said that though the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the Congress did very well in the LS polls, “the upcoming Assembly battle will not be easy.”“Congress has now become the largest party in the state. But we still have to work aggressively for the upcoming Assembly...
  9. June 4 Will Go Down as 'Modi Mukti Diwas': Song Slams Govt's Constitution Killing Day Move

    New Delhi: Congress on Friday slammed the government's decision to declare June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' as another "headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy" by the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi.Criticizing the decision, the opposition party...
  10. After Uddhav, Mamta met Sharad Pawar on Mumbai tour

    Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar during her first visit to Mumbai since the Lok Sabha election results were declared more than a month ago.Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee met Pawar at his residence 'Silver...
  11. Center declared June 25 as 'Constitution Murder Day', PM Modi welcomed the move (Lead-1)

    Home Minister Shah announced this on social media platform X and also shared a gazette notification."The Government of India has declared 25th June as Constitution Killing Day to pay tribute to all those who faced and fought against the gross abuse of power during the Emergency and to remind...
  12. Don't be bad towards Smriti Irani, Leader of Opposition Rahul said on X; BJP called it 'most fraudulent'

    In X, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi urged trolls to refrain from hurling degrading and derogatory comments against her.LoP Rahul Gandhi's attempt to quell insults against the BJP leader came in the wake of hatred that Smriti Irani was subjected to, allegedly from Congress supporters, after she lost...
  13. Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'fierce' loses trust vote in Parliament

    KATHMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Friday lost the trust vote in Parliament after the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) withdrew its support to his government.69-year-old Prachanda got 63 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives...
  14. Another attempt to make headlines: Congress government is considering declaring June 25 as Constitution Murder Day.

    New Delhi: The Congress on Friday criticized the government's decision to declare June 25 as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas', calling it another "headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Congress reaction came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the...
  15. Voting ends for 11 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council, 274 MLAs cast their votes

    There are 12 candidates in the running for 11 seats.The quota of winners for the elections is set at 23, as the current strength of the 288-member Assembly is 274.Counting will begin at 5 p.m. and the result is expected late Friday night.Ruler MahaYuti has fielded 9 nominees, while Maha...
  16. Voting ends for Maharashtra council elections; All 274 MLAs cast their votes

    Mumbai, amid threat of cross-voting, voting for the biennial elections for 11 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council concluded at the Vidhan Bhavan Complex on Friday afternoon.Voting took place between 9 am and 4 pm, officials said. The votes will begin for counting from 5:00 p.m. and...
  17. Video showing journalist allegedly uttering objectionable words not edited: Ex tells Delhi High Court

    New Delhi, Social media platform edited".X said the video in the publications on the social networks that Sharma seeks to eliminate from his platform coincides with the live broadcast of his Indian TV channel and is a "authentic" cousin.The microblogging site has approached the apex court...
  18. Another BRS MLA decides to join Congress

    Prakash Goud, MLA from Rajendranagar constituency in Greater Hyderabad, on Friday announced his decision to join the Congress after visiting the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh.He will be the eighth BRS MLA to switch allegiance after the Congress comes to power in the state in December 2023...
  19. Mamta Banerjee met Uddhav Thackeray

    Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence 'Matoshree' here on Friday.Both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress are part of the opposition's India group.This was the first meeting between the two leaders...
  20. Union Minister criticizes Karnataka government, says SC/ST welfare funds were used for party's election promises

    He said that welfare funds, meant for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), were being diverted and redirected to fulfill the Congress Party's election promises and assurances, made during the elections.Arjun Meghwal demanded that Rahul Gandhi explain why the most impoverished...