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Chidambaram resigns from Maharashtra seat following election to RS from Ta
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram resigned from his seat in Maharashtra on Thursday, following his election to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Candidate for Presidential polls cannot be elected without Congress, says
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Ahead of an Opposition parties' meeting called by TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Miniter Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that candidate for the upcoming Presidential elec
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CPI(M) MP writes to DGCA alleging assault on Kerala CM inside flight
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, Dr V Sivadasan, wrote a letter to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Arun Kumar alleging assault on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inside a flight from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram
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Mumbai: NCP top brass meets top leaders to discuss Rajya Sabha poll result
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar chaired a meeting with top leaders of the party on Monday to discuss the results of the recently held Rajya Sabha elections.
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Gehlot hails Cong's win in RS polls, says BJP dividing people on basis of
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New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for 'dividing people on the basis of religion', amid the ongoing row over the suspended BJP spokesperson's remarks against religious minorities.
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Congress has rules for some leaders, exceptions for others: Kuldeep Bishno
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New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): After the Congress expelled MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Saturday from all party positions, he took a jibe at the party and said that the rules of the party existed only for some leaders while there were exceptions for others.
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PM lauds CM Bommai for his political strategy, acumen on winning 3 RS seat
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for his political strategy and acumen which helped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in winning three seats in the Rajya Sabha election in the state.
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Congress, Janata Dal (Secular) have accepted BJP as 'A' team: Karnataka CM
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Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): Slamming the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) party, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that both the opposition parties have accepted the BJP as an 'A' team.
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Karnataka RS election result: BJP bags 3 seats, Congress wins 1
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): The BJP on Friday won three out of the four seats in the Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka while the Congress bagged the fourth seat.
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This was a small battle, big one still left: Fadnavis after BJP's poll win
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): Former chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday termed his party's victory of three out of six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra as winning a small battle and that there was still a big battle left to win.
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Remarks against Prophet: Supriya Sule targets Centre over protests, says i
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): A day after protests erupted in parts of the country over the inflammatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the now-expelled leader Naveen Kumar Jindal, Nationalist Congress Party (NC
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Sharad Pawar 'not suprised' with RS polls results, reveals reason behind B
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he is not surprised by the results of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra and said that the BJP managed to win three out of the six seats due to the efforts made by former chi
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