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Congress releases list of 55 candidates for Meghalaya polls

Former Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang says left BJP as felt 'humiliated'

CPI(M) releases a list of candidates for the upcoming Tripura polls

Madhya Pradesh CM Shuvraj Singh Chouhan performs aarti on Narmada river bank

Bengal job scam: TMC leader confident of masterminds getting caught someday

TMC's Saket Gokhale remanded in ED custody till Jan 31 in money laundering case

Chhattisgarh: BJP trying to shield its MLA’s son booked for rape, says Congress

The ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to protect its legislative party leader's son who is absconding since he was booked in a rape case last week. Addressing a press conference here, state Congress chief Mohan Markam sought to know whether the rape-accused son of the MLA was hiding in a BJP-governed state to evade arrest. Palash Chandel, son of Assembly Leader of Opposition and Janjgir-Champa MLA Narayan Chandel, was booked under Indian Penal Code sections after a tribal woman accused him of exploiting her sexually in Janjgir-Champa for the last few years on the pretext of marriage. (PTI)

AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap resigns as Punjab Assembly committee chairman

AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has resigned as the chairman of the committee on government assurances of the Punjab Assembly, official sources said on Wednesday. The Amritsar North MLA sent his resignation to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha secretary on Tuesday through email, they said, adding it is yet to be accepted. (PTI)

TDP to start 4,000 km long padyatra in Andhra, Nara Lokesh to lead

President Droupadi Murmu addresses 13th National Voters’ Day celebrations

MNM will support Congress in Erode East bypoll in TN: Kamal Haasan

Actor Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Wednesday extended unconditional support to Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan for the February 27 Erode East by-poll, saying it was a "moment of national importance" to fight for the common cause of joining hands against "communal forces."(PTI)

K'taka Cong files plaint against BJP Prez, Karnataka CM, after MLA's Rs 6,000 per vote remark

The Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the police against BJP national President J P Nadda, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi levelling allegations of offering bribes to woo voters in the ensuing assembly polls in the state.

Due to incessant rains and landslides, Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was halted near Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Wednesday.

Rahul was seen wearing a jacket amid rain as his yatra began from Ramban on foot towards Banihal under heavy security cover. The yatra was scheduled to reach highway town of Banihal today evening and is scheduled to culminate with the hoisting of tricolor at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar on January 30.

Nobody should be allowed to trample upon the sovereignty of India. It is unfortunate that a party which claims to have been part of the freedom struggle does not the sovereignty and security of the country: MoS MEA V Muraleedharan on BBC documentary

Rahul Gandhi should first remove hatred from Congress: MoS MEA V Muraleedharan on Anil K Antony's resignation

Rahul Gandhi is conducting a Yatra saying that there is hatred in the country but Antony's son (Anil K Antony) is not free from such hatred. His own party members are abusing him. Rahul Gandhi should first remove hatred from Congress: MoS MEA on Anil K Antony's resignation V Muraleedharan

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) to support DMK-Congress alliance candidate EVKS Elangovan in Erode East by-poll: Kamal Haasan, founder & chief, MNM

This's the time India has assumed G20 presidency, why this particular time chosen to bring out this documentary? asks Kerala Governor

Particularly coming from a source who had predicted at the time of our freedom that India not capable of preserving its freedom: Kerala Governor over BBC documentary on PM

They are fighting with judiciary, state govts, farmers, traders; no one can stop India from becoming no 1 if this fight ends: Arvind Kejriwal

JNU authority strictly warned not to screen BBC documentary. Later a group of students tried to lynch an ABVP worker: Rohit, ABVP president, JNU

VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) supporters protest against the release of Shah Rukh Khan's movie 'Pathaan' in Bangalore, burn posters

A customary Halwa ceremony will be performed before the “lock-in” process of officials involved in Budget preparation in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tomorrow.

The ceremony marks the final stage of preparing the Union Budget. The Finance Minister begins the ceremony by stirring the halwa in the kadhai and then serves it to their colleagues at the Ministry's headquarters in Delhi.

Afternoon leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ramban & Banihal cancelled due to bad weather. Yatra will resume on January 27th at 8 am

People of Telangana will be liberated soon from autocratic rule: Bandi Sanjay slams KCR

"I have not spoken to Anil. He has not discussed it with me, but he is capable of speaking for himself: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Anil K Antony's resignation from Congress

How can a (BBC) documentary affect sovereignty of our nation? The ban is an overreaction & unnecessary by Centre: Shashi Tharoor

We're a strong country, we could've ignored this. Our sovereignty and national security isn't something that can be easily affected by a documentary, Tharoor says

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar meets the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Egyptian President will attend the Republic Day Parade 2023 as the Chief Guest.

Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Ashish Mishra on condition that he will not stay in NCT of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and he will leave Uttar Pradesh one week after he releases on bail.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends greetings on National Voters’ Day.

This is my personal decision & I do think this is the best course of action. I did not discuss it with my father: Anil K Antony

It is very disappointing because you have your leader Rahul Gandhi who is walking from Kanyakumari to Kashmir spreading the message of love & his supporters are tearing down everything he is trying to achieve: Anil K Antony on his resignation

On Tuesday, Anil K Antony had tweeted opposing the BBC documentary on Modi

BBC's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi drew flak from an unexpected quarter on Tuesday with former Defence Minister and veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony's son Anil Antony slamming the project.

Anil Antony, who heads the IT wing of Kerala Congress, tweeted: Despite large differences with BJP, I think those in India placing views of BBC, a (UK) state sponsored channel with a long history of India prejudices, and of Jack Straw, the brain behind the Iraq war, over Indian institutions is setting a dangerous precedence, will undermine our sovereignty."

AK Antony's son Anil K Antony steps down from party, in a big blow to Congress

Kerala police register case against BJP workers over protest against screening of BBC documentary

Kerala police have registered a case against BJP protestors for unlawful assembly and traffic disruption. BJP workers protested at Poojapura and Manaveeyam Street in Thiruvananthapuram where DYFI and Youth Congress had screened the BBC documentary yesterday.

JNU students claim Akhil Bharatiya Vishwa Parishad student members pelted stones and caused physical harm to a few.

JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghose addressed a gathering of students who had come to watch the documentary at the University’s Student Community Centre and condemned the power cut. “This is undemocratic, and if they had an issue they should have condemned us. They can shut down the electricity but they cannot stop us from watching the documentary,” Ghose said.

Ahead of the screening, the JNU administration tightened security measures at the campus and stopped vehicles from entering. Roughly half an hour before the screening, the power at the varsity went off. Students also alleged that the Internet stopped working just minutes before the screening was scheduled.

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