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Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM-S quits grand alliance in Bihar ahead of assembly p
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): In a setback to `mahagathbandhan' ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has decided to snap ties with it.
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Bengaluru violence: Kumaraswamy demands strict action against those found
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): No one is above the law and strict action must be taken against those responsible for the attack on police station and vandalism, said Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday in connection with the Bengalu
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Goa Congress accuses AAP of creating political atmosphere against them
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Margao (Goa) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is "team B of the BJP" that indirectly helps the BJP by creating a political atmosphere against the secular Congress.
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Karnataka govt, Centre must step up relief efforts for people affected by
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Friday said that the Karnataka government and Centre must step up relief efforts to help people affected by the monsoon fury in the state.
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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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JDS meeting on Aug 4 to discuss 'anti-farmer amendments' protest: Deve Gow
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 1 (ANI): Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief H D Deve Gowda on Friday said that his party has convened a meeting on August 4 to discuss details about the protest against the amendments made by the state government in the land reforms.
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Congress slams Kumaraswamy over 'another name for horse-trading' remark
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI): A day after Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy said that Congress is another name for horse-trading, Karnataka Congress rebutted the same and brought up their erstwhile coalition government in Karnataka.
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Congress expert in dividing parties, purchasing MLAs: Kumaraswamy over BSP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 28 (ANI): A day after Congress staged a nationwide 'Save Democracy' protest, Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy slammed Congress for "dividing" the political parties and "buying MLAs" and questioned their "democratic behaviour" to lure Bahujan Sama
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COVID-19 signboards outside infected families' houses leading to 'discrimi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy has urged the Karnataka government to stop putting warning signboards in front of COVID-19 patients' houses alleging that they are leading to "social discrimination and untouchability" in the present tim
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New French PM says battle against 'radical Islamism' an 'absolute priority
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France] July 16 (ANI): The new French Prime Minister Jean Castex, has promised to be "intransigent" in defending the nation's official secularism. He gave his word to fight "radical Islamism in all its forms" as "an absolute priority", reported Al Jazeera today.
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HD Devegowda welcomes Karnataka government's lockdown decisions
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) Chief HD Devegowda on Monday welcomed the state government's decision of lockdown imposition in Bengaluru city and rural areas starting from July 14.
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Opposition should refrain from doing politics amid COVID-19 spread: H D De
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Deve Gowda on Monday said the opposition political parties must not do "politics" and focus on securing the health of the people amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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