AAP-BJP fight in Gujarat polls will affect urban vote-bank, benefit Congress: Paresh Dhanan

Ahmedabad, 9/10: Senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani on Sunday said the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) into Gujarat’s Assembly election arena will dent the urban and semi-urban vote-bank of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which will ultimately benefit the grand old party.     Dhanani claimed that the AAP does not have…

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Odisha government Appoints Advisors & Chairpersons To Different Boards, Councils & Departments

Bhubaneswar, 9/10: In a major development, CM Naveen Patnaik approved the appointment of Advisors and Chairpersons of different Boards, Councils and These appointments are as follows Advisor to Departments: Rama Chandra Panda, Advisor, Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department   Anubhav Patnaik, Advisor, E & IT Department Patnaik   Sudhir Das, Advisor, Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana…

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Age catching up with Nitish Kumar, claims Prashant Kishor

Patna, 9/10: Poll strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday alleged that age was catching up with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was also feeling “politically isolated, after being surrounded by people whom he did not trust”.     Kishor made the stinging remarks in response to the statement by 71-year-old Kumar the day before that…

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Second highest rainfall since 2007 in Delhi brings day-night temperature margin to record low: IMD

New Delhi, 9/10: The national capital received the second highest rainfall since 2007 in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am, according to the India Meteorological data on Sunday.     The city weathered near ceaseless rains – measuring 74mm till 8.30 am on Sunday – that brought the maximum temperature on Saturday down by…

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Uddhav Thackeray faction calls EC order on symbol injustice

Mumbai, 9/10: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Saturday termed the Election Commission’s order barring both the Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions from using the party name and election symbol in the coming Andheri East Assembly bypoll as “injustice”.     The group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on the other hand, termed…

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Nitish says Prashant Kishor asked him to merge JD(U) with Congress

Patna,8/10: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday claimed that poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor had asked him to merge his JD(U) with the Congress.     Speaking to reporters in Sitab Diara, the birthplace of socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan, Kumar claimed that Kishor was working for the BJP.   “He came to meet me recently…

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