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Kerala poll jitters: CPM scrambles to pacify Satchidanandan after backlash | India News

K Satchidanandan (File photo) THRISSUR: CPM on Tuesday launched efforts to pacify pro-Left writer and Sahitya Akademi president K Satchidanandan , who caused embarrassment to LDF govt ahead of assembly polls by warning against dangers of returning the same political formation to power repeatedly.Party district secretary K V Abdul Khader and Sahitya Akademi vice-president Asokan…

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‘India-Japan friendship to reach greater heights’: PM Modi congratulates Sanae Takaichi on poll win | India News

PM Modi with Japan PM Sanae Takaichi (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her landmark victory in the elections to Japan’s House of Representatives, expressing confidence that bilateral ties between India and Japan would further deepen under her leadership.Congratulating her on the outcome, PM Modi…

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Didi’s poll sop: Stipend for jobless youth, hike in payout to women | India News

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: A new welfare scheme called ‘Banglar Yuba-Sathi’ for Bengal’s unemployed youth and a 50% hike in the payout to ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ beneficiaries headlined the Mamata Banerjee govt’s last budget — a vote-on-account — before the state goes to polls later this year.Finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday had some…

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‘Misbehaved, thumped table and left’: EC hits back at Mamata’s fiery attack on poll chief over SIR | India News

Mamata Banerjee, CEC Gyanesh Kumar (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.ECI sources claimed the Trinamool Congress leader “raised false allegations, misbehaved, thumped the table and left” during a meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…

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Mamata Banerjee moves Supreme Court against Bengal SIR; Election Commission and state poll body made parties in case | India News

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state, PTI reported on Sunday. Banerjee filed the petition on January 28, naming the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the chief electoral officer…

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Day after Bombay HC rap, Shiv Sena MLA’s son Vikas Gogawale surrenders in Mahad poll violence case | Mumbai News

Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale’s son, Vikas MUMBAI: The State on Friday informed Bombay high court that Vikas Gogawale, the son of Shiv Sena MLA and cabinet minister Bharat Gogawale, has surrendered.Both are accused in the Dec 2 violence that broke out between NCP and Shiv Sena supporters during Mahad Municipal Council elections. Advocate general…

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Congress vs Tharoor again? Kerala MP to skip key poll meet; Sandeep Dikshit says ‘relevant people coming’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit took a vile dig at his party colleague Shashi Tharoor, saying the Thiruvananthapuram MP was “not relevant” to the party after the Kerala leader reportedly skipped a key meeting meant for the upcoming state assembly polls.Stepping up his attack on Tharoor, who has gradually been moved to the periphery…

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