SC has not acted in consonance with spirit of India: Congress on early release of Rajiv Gandhi assassins

New Delhi, 11/11: Congress on Friday said it was “most unfortunate” that the Supreme Court “did not act in consonance” with the “spirit of the country” when it ordered the release of six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. While it described the judgment as “totally unacceptable and completely erroneous”, the party also made it…

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BJP, AAP field several turncoats in Gujarat polls, Congress says loyalists its first choice

New Delhi, 11/11: The ruling BJP and the AAP have rewarded several leaders, who quit rival political parties and joined them, by offering tickets to them to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat, while the Congress has preferred to field party loyalists, including 21 sitting MLAs.     The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition…

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Congress, NCP forge pre-poll alliance in Gujarat; Sharad Pawar-led party to contest three seats

Ahmedabad, ,11/11: The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered into a pre-poll alliance for the next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections, as part of which the Sharad Pawar-led party will contest three of the total 182 seats in the state, the leaders of the two parties announced here on Friday.        …

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PM Modi flags off South India’s first Vande Bharat Express in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, 11/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the inaugural special of south India’s first Vande Bharat Express at Krantiveera Sangolli Railway station here.     The train connects Mysuru and Chennai via Bengaluru. The Prime Minister also flagged off the ‘Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan’ train, which is operated by Karnataka’s Muzrai Department,…

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LDF govt amends Kerala Kalamandalam deemed varsity rules to remove Guv as its Chancellor

Thiruvananthapuram, 10/11: The LDF government on Thursday amended the rules of Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university to remove the Governor as its Chancellor, a position which would now be filled with an eminent person from the field of Art and Culture.     Suiting action to its words that it no longer wants Governor Arif Mohammed…

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