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MCD proposes House session on Feb 10 to elect mayor

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has proposed February 10 to convene a session of the House to elect a mayor, sources said on Monday, even as the Kejriwal government suggested three dates in the first week of the next month.
The newly elected councillors could not elect a mayor in the first two proceedings of the House, as it was adjourned on both the occasion due to ruckus.

BJP slams Delhi CM Kejriwal for requesting Centre to give 1,300 MGD water to city, calls his 'promise' of round-the-clock water to city residents a 'bluff'

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alleges BJP against Dalits and backward classes, afraid of conducting caste census

Govts in states where BJP not in power being troubled through governors, says Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

JDU leader Upendra Kushwaha alleges his convoy was attacked near Nayka Tola turn in Jagdishpur of Bhojpur district

BSP leader joins National Conference

ECI withholds bye-election for Parliamentary constituency in Lakshadweep

Day after death of Odisha's health minister Naba Kishore Das, CM Naveen Patnaik allocates his portfolio to cabinet member Niranjan Pujari

Respect Visva-Bharati, but condemn attempts to saffronise hallowed institution: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

BJP should stop insulting Amartya Sen, says Mamata after handing him over land documents amid allegations of illegal occupation by Visva-Bharati

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in Birbhum, says allegations of land grabbing against him baseless

JD(U) announces first candidate for Nagaland election

TheJD(U) hasannounceditsfirstcandidatefor the Februray 27NagalandAssemblyelection. Kitoho S Rotokha, the state party general secretary, will contest from Ghaspani-II seat in Chumoukedemia district. Speaking on the occasion on Sunday,JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh said that the party will force the Centre to implement the Naga political solution if it is given "enough support" in the poll. Singh said the party will contest the stateelectionas it believes in fulfilling the people's aspirations.JD(U) never betrays the people but implements every commitment, he said on Sunday and appealed to the people ofNagalandto trust the party as it is the only one that can usher in the solution to the Naga political issue.

Yatra began in Kerala, where Congress leaders joined the march, who had street beef parties, then Pastor George Punia marched, who said they were desecrating India's soil: BJP

Rahul was 'confused' during entire Yatra: BJP

"In Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi met SP Uday Kumar, who has even given a statement on Tamil separatism. Then he gives an interview to Kamal Haasan in Tamil Nadu, where Rahul Gandhi says- Nation with a confused vision," says Sudhanshu Trivedi

BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi takes on Cong; says Bharat Jodo Yatra is unsuccessful

Bharat Jodo Yatra is politically motivated: BJP

Sharad Pawar meets with LS speaker Om Birla

In the all-party meeting called by the government today ahead of the Budget session of Parliament, RJD raised the Adani issue and TMC raised the issue of the ban on the BBC documentary on PM Modi.

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture today will take up the issue of unruly behaviour by passengers on flights and what airlines need to do in this regard.

Several officials from the Civil Aviation ministry will be present before the Committee.

We can defeat extremist ideologies if we stand together with love. Not only in the country but from the hearts of these people too, says Rahul Gandhi. In the bazaar of hatred, we have come to open a shop of love, Rahul says in his concluding remarks

I was aprised of my grandmother's death, my father's death via an ill-fated phone call. The goal of this Yatra is to ensure that nobody ever receives such calls again: Rahul

"...Four children came to me. They were beggars and had no clothes on...I hugged them...They were cold and shivering. Maybe they didn't have food. I thought that if they're not wearing jackets or sweaters, I too shouldn't wear that," Rahul at rally

I thought I'll walk for 4 days, let them turn my white t-shirt red. The people of J&K did not give me a hand-grenade, but welcomed me with love: Rahul Gandhi

Was advised, probably to scare me, to not walk afoot in Kashmir. I thought if walk in my home, what could happen? I thought I'll walk for 4 days, let them turn my white t-shirt red. The people of J&K did not give me a hand-grenade, but welcomed me with love. Gandhi ji taught me, if you have to live, live without fear, Rahul tells Yatra finale.

Those who have not faced, seen violence will not understand. Amit Shah, Modi ji have not seen violence. Nobody from the BJP will be able to walk like this in J&K. Not because the state's people will not let them, but because they are afraid, Rahul Gandhi says amid cheers.

This case (sex CD row) should be handed over to CBI. DK Shivakumar has made CDs of 120 people including Cong leaders: BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi

That MLA (Cong MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar) is the reason why my relationship with DK Shivakumar got damaged. Through this woman, he damaged my image: BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi

I learned a lot. One day, I was in a lot of pain. I thought I've to walk for 6-7 hrs more & it'll be difficult. But a young girl came running to me & said that she has written something for me. She hugged me & ran away. I started reading it: Rahul Gandhi,

Coming to Kashmir truly felt like homecoming. For me the structural, physical called home, doesn't exist. It's a thought, a way of being. What you called Kashmiriyat, I call that home: Rahul Gandhi

Many women told me that they were raped, molested. They didn't want me to inform the police. This is the reality of India: Rahul Gandhi

To tell the truth, for many years, I've been running 8-10 kms every day and I thought walking from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, won't be so hard. But this Yatra proved my ego wrong. My arrogance disappeared: Rahul addresses finale rally

I was injured once while playing football when I was kid. I had forgotten about it until now

Rahul Gandhi addresses Bharat Jodo Yatra finale

Standing here, I can say that the politics going on in the country is something which can't benefit the nation. A politics that divides & breaks, affects the nation. So, in a way, this was a spiritual yatra: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge greets party MP Rahul Gandhi at the concluding event of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar

My brother walked for 4-5 months from Kanyakumari. Wherever they went, people came out for them. Why? Because there still remains a passion in this country-for the county, for this land, for its diversity that resides in hearts of all Indians: Priyanka

I feel proud when I stand here, that Cong completed a yatra which the country has been watching, partaking in: Priyanka Gandhi addresses rally to mark end of Bharat Jodo Yatra

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva and BSP MP Shyam Singh Yadav also attend the concluding event of Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar, J&K.

As Bharat Jodo Yatra nears end, leaders in J&K address rally amid snowfall

Life in Kashmir was disrupted on the final day of the 'Chilla-i-Kalan', the harshest winter period in the region, on Monday as fresh snowfall snapped the Valley's connections with the rest of the country, affecting surface and air traffic, officials said.

Moderate to heavy snowfall was recorded in the plains of Kashmir, while the higher reaches experienced heavy to very heavy falls, they said.

Leaders of DMK, NC, PDP, CPI, RSP and IUML join Kharge, Rahul and Priyanka at rally to mark culmination of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Completely atrocious that the so-called leader of a party will hoist the National Flag but do so in total violation of Flag Code by putting his own cutout that overwhelmed the Flag: Union Min Rajeev Chandrasekhar

I hope what the Godse ideology snatched from J&K, from this nation will be restored. Bapu said he can see a ray of hope in J&K. Today, nation can see a ray of hope in Rahul Gandhi: Mehbooba Mufti

The Yatra has proven that there are people who like BJP & there are people who want a new Govt except BJP: Omar Abdullah

All party-meeting, a day ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session of Parliament, under way in Delhi.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra share a light moment in Srinagar after hoisting of the Tricolour at the party office.

Kharge hoists national flag at Congress office in Srinagar

Let us fight fascists to save democracy: V D Satheesan

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and other party leaders unfurl the National flag in Srinagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, others pays tribute at Raj Ghat in Delhi

China in our land, Centre's approach dangerous: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi said that the approach that the government was following "by completely denying" that the Chinese have "taken our land" is extremely dangerous as it would give them the confidence to do even "more aggressive things".

"The Prime Minister of India is the only person in the country who is under the impression that the Chinese have not taken any land from India. I recently met some ex-army people, even a delegation from Ladakh which clearly said that 2000 square kilometres of our Indian territory have been taken over by Chinese," Gandhi said.

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Das stood up to BJD wave before joining Patnaik, managed Covid pandemic for Odisha

Naba Kishore Das, 60, who succumbed to bullet injuries at Apollo hospital on Sunday, was among the few Congress leaders who could withstand the Naveen Patnaik wave for nearly two decades, winning electoral battles against BJD candidates, before smoking the peace pipe and joining Patnaik in 2019.

Das, a law graduate, was in politics from his college days and was elected as the Students’ Union president at Gangadhar Meher College at Sambalpur, one of the oldest colleges in western Odisha.

He later became vice-president of Odisha NSUI and Odisha Youth Congress before becoming a member of OPCC. His rise was steady – AICC member and one of the working presidents of the OPCC - over the last two decades.

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Opposition parties may have differences but united against BJP-RSS ideology: Rahul Gandhi

Opposition parties may have differences but they will stand united and fight the ideology of the RSS and the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Sunday, a day before his Bharat Jodo Yatra culminates with a rally where several Opposition parties have been invited.

Asked if the Opposition unity was in a disarray in the country, he said it is not correct to say that the Opposition is fragmented.

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Modi Govt's China strategy can be summed up as DDLJ -- Deny, Distract, Lie and Justify: Jairam Ramesh

Maharashtra: Members of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti carried out a protest march against 'Love Jihad', in Dadar, Mumbai yesterday. Members of a few other Hindu organisations also participated in the march.

All-party meeting ahead of Parliament's Budget Session to be held today

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik pays last respects to the state Health Minister Naba Das

PM Modi pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi