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"Has lost mental balance...no longer worthy of holding CM post": Union Min
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a scathing riposte to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women during a debate on caste census at the state Assembly, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said he has lost his "mental balance".
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"If as PM Modi says BJP gives maximum representation to OBCs, why does he
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the BJP is the only party that "gives maximum representation to the OBC community, Telangana Minister and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao on Tuesday asked that if that is the case, then why is PM Modi against conducting a
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CM Nitish demands special status for Bihar, appeals for caste-based census
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demanded special status for Bihar state so that it can move forward and also appealed to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census across the country.
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BJP protests outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha over use of water cannons on Angan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
On the second day of the Bihar assembly winter session, Bhartiya Janata Party workers staged a protest outside Vidhan Sabha against the Bihar Government over the use of water cannons on Anganvadi workers and the caste-based census report.
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"Can see a repeat of 2003 in 2023," says Union Minister Prahlad Patel on u
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister Patel made the remark while speaking to ANI in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Tuesday in view of how many seats the party would secure in the upcoming state assembly polls. Patel is in fray from Narsinghpur assembly seats for the poll scheduled to be held this mont
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UP: Yogi government to conduct census of cows in three categories
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With the aim of promoting and protecting cattle, the Yogi government is running several schemes to promote cattle rearing in Uttar Pradesh and encourage cattle rearers.
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"Neither did anything for backward classes": K Kavitha tears into BJP, Con
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the frenzied political discourse around caste census, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Monday hit out at the Congress and the BJP on Monday, claiming that neither has done anything for the backward classes.
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Corruption, welfarism key issues in Chhattisgarh as Congress and BJP seek
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress and BJP are engaged in a fierce fight in Chhattisgarh, with both parties seeking to outdo each other in terms of poll promises as the state faces the first phase of assembly polls on Tuesday for 20 seats in Naxal-affected Bastar region and a few constituencies in other districts<
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"Parties ruling states with casteist mindsets trying to end quota in govt
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing political discourse around caste census, Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati on Monday said some parties running governments with a "hateful mindset" towards some castes, are trying to make constitutionally sanctioned reservations in government jobs ineffective.
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Tejashwi Yadav rubbishes Home Minister Amit Shah's allegation on Caste cen
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the population of Yadavs and Muslims has been increased in the state caste survey thereby minimizing the rights of the Extremely Backward Classes, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav questioned that on what basis the Home Minister wa
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Chhattisgarh polls: Congress manifesto focuses on caste census, farm loan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With Chhattisgarh set to hold its first phase of Assembly polls on November 7, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Congress manifesto for the elections on Sunday, promising a caste-based census, farm loan waivers, and subsided LPG cylinders to women, among other things, if voted back
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"BJP doing what Congress did when in power": Akhilesh barb at INDIA ally o
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, took a swipe at both the Congress and the BJP, accusing them of misusing central probe agencies such as the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Opposition leaders when in power.
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