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Sonia Gandhi tests Covid positive.

Sonia Gandhi tests Covid positive.

New Delhi Bureau Congress president Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for Covid and isolated herself. The party has clarified that as of now, she would appear before the Enforcement Directorate on June 8 for questioning in the National Herald case. Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said Mrs Gandhi developed mild fever and other Covid symptoms last evening.  "Congress President, Smt Sonia Gandhi has been meeting leaders and activists over last week, some of whom have been found Covid +ve. Congress President had developed mild fever &…
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Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi caught in sex tape scandal quits

Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi caught in sex tape scandal quits

Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, who was caught in a sex tape scandal, resigned on Wednesday. According to reports, Jarkiholi has sent his resignation to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. "The allegations against me are far from the truth, it has to be investigated at the earliest. Though I'm confident about my innocence, taking moral responsibility I'm resigning my position as the Cabinet Minister. I request you to accept it," Jarkiholi said in the letter adressed to the Chief Minister. It may be recalled that an alleged…
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AAP enters in Gujarat via Surat: Congress practically exits Gujarat

AAP enters in Gujarat via Surat: Congress practically exits Gujarat

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power in all six municipal corporations results of which were declared on Monday, the Delhi-based Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that contested in Gujarat for first time, won 27 seats, all in Surat Municipal Corporation with the Congress not getting a single of the 120 seats in the city where it had gained ground in 2015. The All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen which contested 21 seats in AMC won seven capturing them from Congress. The number of seats of the Congress went down in all the six…
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Gujarat civic polls live updates: BJP ahead in early trends, takes massive lead in 150 seats

Gujarat civic polls live updates: BJP ahead in early trends, takes massive lead in 150 seats

The ruling BJP is ahead in early trends as counting of votes for 576 seats in 144 wards across six civic bodies in Gujarat is underway on Tuesday. The six municipal corporations that went to the polls on Sunday are Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar. All these civic bodies are currently being ruled by the BJP. The counting of votes began at 9 AM under the watchful eyes of the Election Commission. Polling in six civic bodies - Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar…
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Congress government in Puducherry slips into minority as one more party MLA resigns

Congress government in Puducherry slips into minority as one more party MLA resigns

The Congress government in Puducherry has slipped into a minority as one more party MLA resigned on Tuesday. According to reports, Congress MLA A John Kumar, a close confidant of Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, resigned on Tuesday. This has come as yet another setback to the ruling Congress dispensation ahead of the assembly polls due in few months. Kumar, who was elected from the Kamaraj Nagar constituency in 2019 by-election, is the fourth Congress lawmaker to quit the party ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Puducherry…
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Left, Congress take out rally in West Bengal’s Birbhum, rail services hit at many places

Left, Congress take out rally in West Bengal’s Birbhum, rail services hit at many places

Left Front in West Bengal gave a call for a 12-hour bandh on Friday after its workers were allegedly beaten up during a march to Nabanna in Kolkata on Thursday. The bandh will remain effective from 6 am in the morning to 6 pm in the evening. Though, the ruling Trinamool Congress has mandated the presence of all state government employees at their offices on Friday.
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Congress MP Anand Sharma hails PM Modi’s visit to vaccine facilities but later on says to give correct statement

Congress MP Anand Sharma hails PM Modi’s visit to vaccine facilities but later on says to give correct statement

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday (November 29) praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to visit three vaccine facilities across the country, saying the prime minister's visit to these centres developing vaccine against coronavirus will boost the morale of frontline warriors. Sharma also said that the PM's visit will also reassure the nation about the efforts taken by the government to tackle COVID-19. Sharma's comment left everyone surprised as the Congress has mocked PM Modi's vaccine tour with Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala attacking the prime minister…
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Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away at 71

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away at 71

Senior Congress leader and the party's top strategist Ahmed Patel died in a Gurugram hospital on Wednesday due to multi-organ failure. He was suffering from complications related to COVID-19. Patel (71), who was critical for a few days, was admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurugram on November 15 after he developed complications. His son Faisal said he died at 3.30 am. "With profound grief & sorrow, I regret to announce the sad and untimely demise of my father, Mr. Ahmed Patel at 25/11/2020, 03:30 AM. After…
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Bihar assembly election 2020: Congress fields Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha from Bankipore

Bihar assembly election 2020: Congress fields Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha from Bankipore

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha is all set to enter the political circuit by contesting the Bihar assembly election which is scheduled to be held later this month.  Luv Sinha, 37, is the Congress candidate from Bankipore; and will be contesting against BJP's three-time MLA Nitin Navin. Bankipore is a part of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency that elected former Union Minister Shatrughan Sinha twice to parliament when he was in the BJP, in 2009 and 2014. Last year, Shatrughan Sinha, 74, contested as a…
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Congress releases first list of 21 candidates for Bihar assembly polls

Congress releases first list of 21 candidates for Bihar assembly polls

The Congress on Wednesday (October 7) released the first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The party is contesting the polls in alliance with the RJD and the Left parties, including the CPI-ML and the CPI. In the list, there is no minority candidate while four scheduled caste candidates have been given tickets from Rajpur, Sikandra, Kutumba, and Chenari. The list includes Subhanand Mukesh from Kahalgaon, Lalan Yadav from Sultanganj, Gajanand Shahi from Barabigha, Vishwanath Ram from Rajpur SC, Sumant Kumar from Tikari.…
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