‘Tried to belittle Marathi’: Raj Thackeray slams assembly brawl; defends MNS ‘soldiers’ | India News

Raj Thackeray (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray on Friday lashed out at the chaos and violence that erupted at the Maharashtra Assembly, questioning the decline in political standards and decorum. Referring to the clash between BJP and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) leaders, Thackeray called it a reflection of an…

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‘Can come to the ruling side’: Fadnavis offers Uddhav Thackeray, says BJP not going to be in opposition ‘at least till 2029’ | India News

Devendra Fadnavis andUddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray “can come to the ruling side in a different way,” giving a new offer to the former ally UBT. While addressing the Maharashtra assembly, the CM said that till 2029, there is no scope for…

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‘Support of 138 MLAs’: Karnataka Congress picks side; leader’s remark sparks fresh DKS vs Siddaramaiah | India News

NEW DELHI: Karnataka’s political landscape heated up once again as Congress MLA Ravikumar Gowda publicly took sides in the ongoing power tussle between DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the chief ministerial post, should a leadership change arise.“DK Shivakumar will become CM when the time comes. 138 MLAs are in favour of DK Shivakumar and CM…

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Bihar SIR row: ‘Sootra ko hum mootra samajhte hain’, Tejashwi mocks ‘illegal voters’ claim; calls EC ‘cell’ of political party | India News

Tejashwi Yadav (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday rejected source-based reports claiming that the Election Commission, during its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), found people from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar registered as voters in poll-bound Bihar.“Who are these sources?” Tejashwi Yadav asked Rubbishing the reports, the RJD leader…

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No water, no electricity: BJP, TMC trade blows over ‘Bangladeshis’ in Delhi; row takes ‘golgappa vs phuchka’ turn | India News

File photo of five Bangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in South-West Delhi. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday engaged in a war of words over Bengal and illegal Bangladeshis. The political storm erupted after TMC alleged BJP of “witch hunting” Bengalis in Delhi after branding…

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Karnataka caste survey: CCTV footage shows BBMP workers skipping houses; BJP calls it ‘comedy of errors’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday upped the ante against the Congress-led Karnataka government after CCTV footage showed Bengaluru civic body workers randomly pasting stickers without collecting any data during the ongoing door-to-door survey of Scheduled Caste households in Karnataka.BJP MP PC Mohan shared the video in a social media post, dubbing the…

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New BJP state chiefs: Party announces new leaders for seven states; inches closer to elect new national president | India News

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed 9 new presidents for seven states and two union territories including states like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana among other states.The party is also likely to announce state chiefs for West Bengal and Odisha in the next couple of days, news agency ANI reported citing sources.This comes…

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BJP state unit chiefs: Party appoints Ramachander Rao as Telangana head – JP Nadda to get successor soon? | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will appoint chiefs of more state units on Tuesday, a day after VP Ramalingam and K Beichhua were elected as the presidents of the party’s Puducherry and Mizoram units respectively.The appointment of BJP’s state chiefs will pave the way for the election of its new national president, a…

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‘Namazvad, not Samajwad’: BJP attacks Tejashwi for ‘will bin Waqf Act’ remark; says ‘won’t happen’ | India News

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday went all out in its attack against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, after he vowed during a rally in Patna to “throw the Waqf Act into the dustbin” if the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) is voted to power in…

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‘The Prada paradox’: Maharashtra artisans meet CM Fadnavis over ‘Kolhapuri chappals’ at fashion show; raise GI violation issue | India News

NEW DELHI: When a global luxury house like Prada walked the Milan runway with what looked unmistakably like Kolhapuri chappals, priced at over Rs 2 lakh, it ought not to have sat well with the artisans who had handcrafted the original for generations.Artisans from Maharashtra have raised alarm over what they see as a clear…

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