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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts at hiding behind a veneer of satire to run down the TRS government on the paddy procurement issue on Thursday is bound to boomerang on the BJP government at the Centre. Describing the Telangana government as anti-farmers was probably the ultimate faux […]
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Hyderabad: MLC K Kavitha hit out at BJP leaders for their irresponsible remarks on issues pertaining to paddy procurement and questioned their commitment towards the development of the State. She demanded that the union government implement a ‘One Nation-One Procurement’ policy across the country. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the former MP derided […]
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Hyderabad: Striking a touch posture on paddy procurement, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday demanded that Centre procure the entire Yasangi paddy crop produced in Telangana State just as it was doing in the case of Punjab and Haryana. “If the BJP government at the Centre fails to heed our demand, we will launch […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS party is preparing to launch a prolonged political battle to pressurise the BJP-led Central Government on paddy procurement in Yasangi season as was being done in northern States like Punjab. This decision to launch the agitation was taken by TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who held an improptu meeting […]
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By Jaspreet Kaur The results of the Punjab Assembly elections this time were astonishing as well as historic. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) not only won 92 seats with a 42% vote share, it also defeated many veterans, including SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and former Congress chief minister Amarinder Singh, who has now floated […]
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Chandigarh: International kabaddi player Sandeep Singh from Nangal Ambiyan village was shot dead by assailants during a match at Malian village in Jalandhar district on Monday. At least 20 bullets were pumped into his head and chest. The disturbing video of the crime went viral. Hailing from Nangal Ambian village in Shahkot, Sandeep was a […]
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Telangana Telangana Legislative Council member Gutha Sukhender Reddy is all set to be elected to the post of chairman for a second term. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader filed nomination for the post. He submitted his papers to Legislature Secretary Narasimha Charyulu. He was accompanied by State ministers Vemula Prashant Reddy, Mohammed Mahmood Ali, […]
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Barnala: The mother of Aam Admi Party MLA Labh Singh Ugoke, Baldev Kaur, on Saturday continued working as a sweeper in the government school, even after her son won the 2022 Assembly elections in Punjab. Ugoke, who defeated the outgoing Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from the Bhadaur seat with a margin of 37,550 votes, […]
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Chandigarh: All the Badals, led by five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the eldest candidate at 94 in fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as well as their kin, on Thursday lost to AAP’s greenhorns. The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi […]
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is poised to return to power with a comfortable majority for an unprecedented second term in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on course to a historic victory in Punjab, according to election results and trends on Thursday. In the other two states of Manipur […]
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New Delhi: After the Congress’ dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he accepted the people’s verdict and congratulated the winning parties. Rahul Gandhi tweeted in the afternoon: “Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers […]
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As per the early trends in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party was leading on 155 seats while Samajwadi Party was ahead on 97.
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The elections occurred in 690 assembly constituencies in the above-mentioned five states. The counting of electronic voting machines (EVM) will commence at 8.30 am.
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New Delhi: Several exit polls on Monday forecast a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab with some of them giving an edge to the saffron party in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Exit polls on CNN News 18, Times Now, India Today, Republic TV, News 24 and […]
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New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said that five jawans have been killed in an incident of fratricide in Khasa in Punjab’s Amritsar. The BSF said that a constable, identified as Satteppa S.K., had fired at five of his colleagues in the camp, which is located 20 km from the Attari-Wagah border. […]
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Chandigarh: A 22-year-old student from Punjab’s Barnala district who had suffered an Ischemia stroke and was undergoing treatment for about a month died Wednesday in the war-hit Ukraine. Chandan Jindal was admitted at the Emergency Hospital Vinnytsia in Ukraine, official sources here said. His family has requested the government to bring back his mortal remains. […]
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New Delhi: As the voting for Assembly elections in Punjab and third phase polling in Uttar Pradesh began on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of both the States to vote especially the youth as well as the first-time voters. “The Punjab elections and the third phase of the UP elections are being held […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday. “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with […]
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By Arun Sinha Which way will the farmers vote in the elections in UP and Punjab? That is a serious worry for the BJP. The signs are not good for it, and the Budget has not made them any better. The fire of farmers’ anger is still not extinguished. They recently observed a Vishwasghat Diwas (Betrayal Day) […]
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At least 7,000 police personnel, including Central teams, will be deployed as part of the security for the Prime Minister's half-day visit to attend two programmes, both on the outskirts of the city.
