India Politics Highlights | Amid language row, pro-Kannada activists stop Maharashtra bus, write 'Jai Kannada' on it

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TMC's Sagarika Ghose moves privilege motion against Jaishankar over US deportation statement

Congress top brass reads Kerala leaders the riot act, warns against infighting as party devises poll strategy

Telangana CM questions Amit Shah's delimitation assurance, accuses BJP of power grab

Bengal CEO defends electoral roll process amid Mamata's fake voter allegations

DH Editorial | Delimitation and a rising trust barrier

While Shah has given an 'assurance' that no south Indian state will lose a Lok Sabha seat due to delimitation, the fine print needs careful scrutiny. Which population census would form the basis of delimitation?

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India Politics LIVE | Satish Jarkiholi dismisses talk of coup in Karnataka Congress, terms B Y Vijayendra statement ridiculous

Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi said on Friday there won’t be any Maharashtra-like development and that no leader would take the splinter group (of MLAs) to the BJP like Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde did in the neighbouring state.

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India Politics LIVE | Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin pays tribute to DMK founder and former CM CN Annadurai

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, along with Dy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin and other ministers pays floral tribute to DMK founder and former CM CN Annadurai at Anna memorial at Marina Beach.

India Politics LIVE | Went to Kumbh to wash off their sin of abandoning Balasaheb's ideology: Shinde hits back at Uddhav

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he took a holy tip at the Maha Kumbh to wash off the sins committed by those who betrayed people by abandoning Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's ideology, a remark targeted at Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray.

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India Politics LIVE | We keep interest of the state ahead while working: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that everyone has the right to expand their party.

"Everyone has the right to expand their party. Wherever Eknath Shinde goes in the state, he can say that he wants to saffronise the district. In the same way, CM Fadnavis can say he wants to see the BJP's flag in the whole district. Similarly, I can also say that I want to see NCP's flag everywhere in the state. But there is nothing special about it. We have decided to be united. It's people who decide who gets the mandate. We keep interest of the state ahead while working," he said.

India Politics LIVE | AAP hiding behind Baba Ambedkar & Shaheed Bhagat Singh, says Satish Upadhyay

BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay on Saturday alleged that AAP govt ran the Delhi assembly in anarchy for 11 years.

"...The way this (AAP) government ran the assembly in anarchy for 11 years, this government spent the tax money collected from the hard-earned money of Delhi on its own luxuries, spent it on advertisements to make its party a national-level party... looted Delhi's money, did corruption due to which today they do not have the courage to sit in the assembly and face what they have done. To hide their deeds, they are hiding behind Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh...," he said.

India Politics LIVE | TMC begins voter list verification drive amid allegations of electoral roll manipulation by BJP

Trinamool Congress leaders on Saturday began a door-to-door campaign to scrutinise the electoral rolls amid allegations of voter list manipulation by the BJP ahead of next year’s assembly polls in West Bengal.

Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim personally carried out the voter list verification drive in the Chetla area of south Kolkata.

India Politics LIVE | Police use water canons to disperse Congress Workers protesting in support of ASHA worker in Kerala

The protest of ASHA workers enters its 22nd day, demanding their honorarium to be raised to Rs 21,000 and that they should receive Rs 5 lakh as retirement benefits.

India Politics LIVE | Mamata Banerjee does corruption in everything related to elections: BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar

"Mamata Banerjee does corruption in everything related to elections including voter list which is why she wins, and not by public vote... Mamata is against Hindus... I demand that the Rohingyas who migrated here and became the voters should be ousted...," he said.

India Politics LIVE | Union Minister Suresh Gopi meets ASHA workers' in Kerala

Union Minister Suresh Gopi visited the ASHA workers' protest in front of the Secretariat. The protest has been ongoing for the past 20 days. The workers are demanding an honorarium of Rs 21,000 and Rs 5 lakh as retirement benefits.

Speaking to media post his meeting with protesting ASHA workers, he said, "...The kind of methods that I just discussed with ASHA workers now, which was not a promise, but which is an idea which erupted in my heart...So, I am carrying it to the PM and also the Health and Social Welfare Ministers of the country. So that a countermeasure will be emulated by the PM. It should rather support perhaps whatever they are craving..."

India Politics LIVE | Amit Shah reviews situation in Manipur

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the security situation in Manipur with a focus on bringing back normalcy in the restive state.

India Politics LIVE | Congress MLC Teenmaar Mallanna suspended from the party for indulging in anti-party activities

Uddhav Thackeray Sena to claim Leader of Opposition post

Though falling short in numbers after defeat in the 2024 Maharashtra polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) will stake claim for the post of the Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly during the ensuring Budget Session, reports Mrityunjay Bose.

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India Politics LIVE | CAG report exposes over Rs 19,000 cr of unaccounted spending by Soren govt: BJP

India Politics LIVE | Let Women's Day come: Delhi BJP chief on poll promise of Rs 2500 made to women

Regarding the promise of Rs 2500 made to women, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva said, "March 8 is Women's Day, and I feel that every day in India should be celebrated as Women's Day. Our government is ready to work for every section and take them along with it. And let the date of March 8 come, things will become clear soon." (ANI)

India Politics LIVE | Amid language row, pro-Kannada activists stop Maharashtra bus, write 'Jai Kannada' on it