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PM-led panel to appoint 2 election commissioners by March 15

New Delhi, 10/3:  The central government appears to be scrambling to fill the vacancies in the Election Commission following the surprise resignation of Arun Goel by tentatively fixing a meeting of PM Narendra Modi-led selection panel by March 15. The Opposition raised questions about the resignation asking whether it has to do anything with differences…

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Mamata did not even visit Sandeshkhali but PM protested atrocities: Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata, 10/3: Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi protested against “atrocities” on women at Sandeshkhali at all four rallies he addressed in West Bengal recently, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not find it necessary . BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that the people will ensure that…

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Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan’s President

Islamabad, 9/3: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on Saturday, becoming the head of state for a second time. Zardari, 68, was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while his rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, 75, was the candidate of…

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Lok Sabha polls: DMK seals seat-sharing pact with Congress, allots 9 seats in Tamilnadu and 1 in Puducherry

Chennai, 9/3: Repeating its 2019 seat-sharing formula for principal ally the Congress, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday allotted 10 seats in the state and neighbouring Puducherry to the national party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Dravidian party gave Congress nine seats in Tamil Nadu, besides the lone Puducherry segment  

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Follow 5T Principles, Join Movement for a New, Empowered Odisha- CM to New Appointees

Bhubaneswar, 9/3: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today said that People’s will is supreme in his governance mechanism. Joining a programme for orientation of newly recruited officials at the convention centre, the CM said that his government is working hard bring transformative changes in the lives of people.    The new employees should work with…

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Former bureaucrats urge EC not to announce LS poll schedule till SBI shares info on electoral bonds

New Delhi, 9/3: Around 80 former bureaucrats on Saturday urged the Election Commission not to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections till SBI shares information on the scrapped electoral bonds as mandated by the Supreme Court. The former civil servants said the SBI’s argument that it cannot collate information before the Lok Sabha elections…

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‘It will be a sweep,’ says Chandrababu Naidu as TDP, Jana Sena seal alliance with BJP

Andhra Pradesh, 9/3: The BJP, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party have come to an understanding for stitching up an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls, former chief minister of the southern state N Chandrababu Naidu said. “Andhra Pradesh has been destroyed badly. The BJP and…

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