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Four MLAs missing from Cong Legislature Party meeting in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Four Karnataka Congress MLAs did not turn up for the meeting of the Legislature Party here on Friday which was convened to assess whether its flock was intact amid speculation of defections.
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Action under anti-defection against MLAs who abstain from CLP: Former CM S
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru ( Karnataka) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah said that the party would take action under anti-defection law against those MLAs who abstain themselves from attending the meeting of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Friday.
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Anti-open defecation campaign flagged off in Lucknow
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Wednesday launched an anti-open defecation campaign, titled "Khule me shauch ki ghanti bajao - siti bajao" (whistleblowing campaign against open defection), in line with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's vi
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Pune man build toilets out of thermocol
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Amid the Centre's efforts towards making India Open Defection Free (ODF), a man from Pune has been contributing to it in a unique way by building toilets out of thermocol.
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Jaganmohan Reddy writes to President on defection
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 27 (ANI): Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) President Jaganmohan Reddy wrote a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday over the issue of migrated party leaders into Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
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Centre launches national campaign 'Darwaza-Band' against open de
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Centre today launched an aggressive new campaign titled 'Darwaza Band' to promote toilet use and freedom from open defecation across the country's villages.
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This MP village is setting 'Adarsh' example of Swachh Bharat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): In the midst of a nationwide drive to make India a defection-free state by 2020, a small village in Madhya Pradesh has emerged out to be the ideal for every other village, where from sanitation to security, from nutrition to education, it h
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Kerala becomes third open defecation free state
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday declared Kerala as an open defection free state.
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Congress dubs merger of 42 Arunachal MLAs as 'illegal'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 17 (ANI): Dubbing the decision of 42 Arunachal Pradesh Congress MLAs to join the regional People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) as 'illegal', the Congress Party on Saturday said it would like to see how the courts react to this defection and merger.
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Arunachal Congress exodus: BJP blames Sonia, Rahul; calls for 'intros
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi to introspect on why they are not able to deal with political crises such as what occurred in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday (defection of MLAs).
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Congress can't keep blaming us for every internal failure: BJP on Aru
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 17 (ANI): Calling on the Congress Party to introspect on its internal failures after the defection of 42 of its MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh, including Chief Minister Pema Khandu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the grand old party cannot always blame the saffron
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Anti-defection law: SC refuses to answer politicians' queries
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to answer the queries of politicians Amar Singh and Jaya Prada whether a lawmaker expelled by a political party can be tried for anti-defection law for defying a party whip even after their expulsion.
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