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20

Jan

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Singur emerges as key battleground for Modi, Mamata

After a gap of nearly 18 years, Singur has once again emerged as a focal point of West Bengal’s political landscape ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee choosing the politically sensitive Tata Motors land as the stage for major events within days of each other.   Prime Minister Modi attended a government programme and addressed a political rally at Singur on January 18, while the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a government programme and a political rally at the same venue…

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20

Jan

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BJP leader Nitin Nabin has been elected unopposed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He will formally take charge on January 20

BJP leader Nitin Nabin has been elected unopposed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and will formally take charge on January 20. The ceremony, scheduled for 11.30 am at the party headquarters today, will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home minister Amit Shah, Defence minister Rajnath Singh, and other senior party members. Nabin was declared as the new BJP president after 37 nomination papers were filed in his favour, with no other candidates emerging for the post. Forty-five years old and a five-term MLA from Bihar, Nabin’s elevation is described as a 'generational shift' and…

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19

Jan

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RSS-BJP trying to impose culture of silence: Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party were trying to impose the “culture of silence” in the country so that people have no voice.   He also said that the Congress was fighting a political battle in the state while at the same time it was fighting an ideological battle at the national level against the ideology of the RSS and the BJP.   Addressing the newly elected members of the gram, block and district samitis, municipalities and municipal corporations here today, Gandhi congratulated them, saying…

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19

Jan

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J&K PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar was contradicting the lived realities of Indian Muslims by dismissing music maestro AR Rahman’s concerns.

  In what can be seen as endorsement of AR Rahman’s ‘communal’ remarks, J&K PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar was contradicting the lived realities of Indian Muslims by dismissing music maestro's concerns about the alleged communalisation of Bollywood.     "When Javed Akhtar dismisses A R Rahman's concerns about the growing communalisation of Bollywood, he contradicts lived and shared realities of Indian Muslims including those of his own wife Shabana Azmi, who has openly spoken about being denied housing for being a Muslim in a cosmopolitan city like Bombay," Mufti said in a…

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18

Jan

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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the BJP’s political strategy in states where it is not in power or in majority is to ally with other political parties

In an apparent reaction to the outcome of civic polls in Maharashtra,  Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the BJP's political strategy in states where it is not in power or in majority is to ally with other political parties, come to power and then marginalise them.   He said this strategy was successful in Bihar and was being played out in Maharashtra.The message for opposition and small parties in the Maharashtra civic polls was that if they go with the BJP, they will be sidelined, he added.   In an X post, Sibal said, "BJP's political strategy:…

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17

Jan

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BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala alleged that BMC polls reflected internal bickering and lack of confidence in Congress leadership.

Commenting on what he alleged as internal bickering within the party and lack of confidence within the leadership on issues, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday said that reports emerging of Congress leader Bhai Jagtap blaming party MP Varsha Gaikwad for the poor performance in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections indicated that the Opposition party was slipping into " tukde tukde" (Self destruction) mode.   Reacting to the remarks, Poonawalla said "It is Congress versus Congress. Till now, we have seen it in Delhi. Rahul Congress versus Priyanka Congress. DK Congress versus Siddaramaiah Congress. Gehlot versus Pilot Congress.…

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17

Jan

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BJP trumps Thackerays in Mumbai, Pawars in Pune

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance made a clean sweep of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra on Friday, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis terming the victory a “landslide mandate” attributed to the party’s “all-encompassing” Hindutva. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is set to come to power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai, where elections were held on January 15, Fadnavis said, addressing jubilant party workers in south Mumbai in the evening. Results of elections in all the 227 wards in Mumbai were declared around midnight. The BJP became the single largest party by winning 89 seats, while…

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16

Jan

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BJP breaches BMC fortress, registers big win in Pune

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), breaking the nearly three-decade-long dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, and registered a strong victory in the Pune civic polls.   According to trends and results available so far, the BJP-led alliance is set to secure around 125 of the 227 seats in the BMC, India’s richest civic body with a budget of ₹74,427 crore for 2025-26.   Counting of votes for elections to Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations, including Pune, was held on Friday, a day after polling recorded…

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16

Jan

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Arrest of journalists triggers a political row in Telangana

The arrest of two journalists of a popular Telugu news channel “NTV”,  for airing a controversial report insinuating a relationship between a woman IAS officer and a state minister, has triggered a political storm in Telangana.The TV channel’s input editor Donthu Ramesh, along with Paripurna Chari and Sudheer, were also taken into custody by the police. They were granted conditional bail by the 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) in Hyderabad in the early hours of Thursday.  The arrests were made based on a complaint filed by the secretary of the Telangana IAS Officers’ Association and Special Chief Secretary to…

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15

Jan

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Exit polls predict BJP-Sena sweep in Mumbai civic polls

Exit polls on Thursday predicted a decisive victory for the BJP and its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, signalling a dramatic shift in the power balance of India’s richest civic body after nearly three decades of Shiv Sena dominance. An aggregate of six exit polls projected the BJP-Sena alliance winning around 132 of the 227 seats, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 114. The opposition bloc led by Shiv Sena (UBT) and its allies was forecast to secure about 63 seats, while the Congress was pegged at around 20. The projections suggest that…

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