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Shiv Sena Has Softened Its "Love Jihad" Stand, Says Devendra Fadnavis

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 24, 2020

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Shiv Sena "softened" its stand on "love jihad" after it formed a government with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra last year.

"Follow All Safety Measures": Rahul Gandhi Ahead Of Cyclone Nivar

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 24, 2020

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked people to follow safety measures as cyclone Nivar was expected to intensify and hit the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on November 25.

Opinion: Sonia's Holding Operation For Rahul Now In Shambles

Opinion | Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday November 24, 2020

The Congress dissenters have not asked the Gandhis to relinquish organisational/party roles - yet. But, after the loss in two general elections and serial defeats in state elections (most recently, the disastrous run in Bihar), it has come down to this - when, not if.

Mamata Banerjee "Most Secular": Ex-Leader From Asaduddin Owaisi's Party

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday November 24, 2020

Mamata Banerjee is "the most secular leader" in the country, a number of ex-AIMIM leaders said Monday as they joined the Trinamool Congress in Bengal and promised that neither the BJP nor AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi would make political gains

"Love And Jihad Don't Go Hand-In-Hand": Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan

India News | ANI | Monday November 23, 2020

Amid the uproar over "love jihad", Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Nusrat Jahan on Monday said that love and jihad don't go hand in hand and people come up with certain topics like this just before elections.

Probe Agency Questions Former Congress Mayor In Bengaluru Violence Case

Bangalore News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 23, 2020

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials today interrogated former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj in the central prison in Bengaluru in connection with violence that rocked parts of the city in August.

"Tarun GogoiJi Was Popular Leader, Veteran Administrator": PM Modi

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday November 23, 2020

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi died Monday evening after multiple organ failures resulting from post-Covid complications; he was 86 years old

Tarun Gogoi, Trusted Congress Old-Timer Who Took Risks And Won

People | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday November 23, 2020

Tarun Gogoi, the chief minister of Assam for three continuous terms who changed the face of the state from a hotbed of insurgency to a land of opportunities, is no more.

Actor Vijayashanti Likely To Swap Congress For BJP Ahead Of Hyderabad Polls

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Monday November 23, 2020

Actor and senior Congress leader Vijayashanti is set to join the BJP, becoming the second big name - after former Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana - to swap parties just days before the prestigious Hyderabad municipal election

Even Gandhiji Called For Congress's Dissolution: Madhya Pradesh Minister

India News | ANI | Monday November 23, 2020

A day after Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that polls are not won by "five-star culture" and party office-bearers should be elected, Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said that Congress cannot be renewed.

Who'll Get COVID-19 Vaccine First, Rahul Gandhi Asks PM Modi

India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday November 23, 2020

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi a flurry of questions in connection to the anticipated vaccine for the COVID-19, raising issues like funding, timing, and priority of candidates.

Tarun Gogoi Critical; Indira Gandhi Speeches Played Out As "Therapy"

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Monday November 23, 2020

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's health condition has become "extremely critical", said doctors overseeing his treatment for post-Covid complications over the past month.

Rahul Gandhi's "PR Driven Media Strategy" Dig At Centre On Doklam Pics

India News | Reported By Sunil Prabhu, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Monday November 23, 2020

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's relentless criticism of the government has continued over China, the coronavirus pandemic, and the economy even as senior leaders of his party have been questioning the leadership over the party's performance in Bihar state election and bypolls elsewhere.

Odisha Government Defends Merger Of Schools

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Monday November 23, 2020

The Odisha government on Sunday informed the assembly that there was no "illegality" in merging of schools with low enrolment, while the opposition BJP and Congress alleged that children were being deprived of their rights to education due to closure of such institutes.

"India, Pak, Bangladesh Should Be Merged": Maharashtra Minister To BJP

India News | ANI | Monday November 23, 2020

Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Sunday said that his party - the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - will welcome the BJP's move "if it creates one country by merging India, Pakistan and Bangladesh".