Vasundhara Raje retained in new BJP posters in Rajasthan, Poonia out

Jaipur, 27/3: New posters put up outside the BJP state party headquarters here hint towards new political equations being formed in the Rajasthan unit of the party after the appointment of Chittorgarh MP C.P. Joshi as the state president.   In the latest posters seen outside the party office, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s picture…

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui files defamation suit in Bombay HC seeking Rs 100 crore damages from his ex-wife, brother

Mumbai, 27/3: Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court seeking Rs 100 crore damages from his former wife Aaliya alias Zainab Siddiqui and his brother Shamasuddin Siddiqui accusing them of making defamatory and false statements against him.     The suit is likely to be heard on March…

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Gandhi family considers itself elite and above Constitution: BJP

New Delhi, 27/3: The BJP on Monday accused the Gandhi family of considering itself a “class apart, elite and above the Constitution” as it kept up the counterattack on the Congress amid the opposition party’s nationwide protests against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.     The ruling party fielded Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat…

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In a first, TMC joins Opposition meet in Kharge’s office over floor strategy in Parliament

New Delhi, 27/3: After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha, the Trinamool Congress joined the opposition meeting called by the Leader of opposition, Mallikarjun Kharge in his chamber on Monday.     After the opposition meeting, the Congress MPs will be assembling to devise a strategy for the House.   Trinamool Congress’s Prasoon Banerjee,…

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Amit Shah defends Karnataka govt’s decision to scrap 4% reservation for Muslims

Bangalore, 26/3: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday justified the decision to scrap 4 per cent reservation to Muslims, which he said the Congress and its allies had provided “for the greed of vote-bank”.   Shah was speaking after unveiling equestrian statues of social reformer Basavanna and Bengaluru founder Kempegowda—Lingayat and Vokkaliga icons, respectively—at…

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Vande Bharat Metro to operate between Jammu and Srinagar: Vaishnaw

Kashmir, 26/3: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said a Vande Bharat Metro train will be operated between Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir once the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) becomes fully operational. Addressing mediapersons at the first run of a track-mounted trolley on the world’s highest arch bridge constructed on the Chenab…

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Elderly woman dies in IED blast in Jharkhand village

Singhbhum, 26/3: A 62-year-old woman was killed and another elderly woman injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the banned CPI (Maoist) near Chiriabeda Tola in West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.   The deceased Gurubari Tamsoy, along with Chandukai Tomsoy, both residents of Chiriabeda Tola of Anjanbeda…

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