Indian Politics Highlights | AAP MPs, MLAs & leaders to meet Delhi L-G tomorrow over water crisis This blog is closed. These were the highlights on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held wide-ranging talks with his visiting Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in Delhi on a two-day state visit. The raging row over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination and the now-cancelled UGC-NET examination continues as RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has accused BJP of 'politicising' the issue. In Tamil Nadu, AIADMK MLAs are staging a protest lead by AIADMK's Palaniswami over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, wearing black shirts at the Tamil Nadu Assembly premises. Thank you for staying with us.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury denies quitting as Bengal Congress president
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday rubbished reports that he has resigned as the president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
NCP (SP) won't settle for less in assembly seat-sharing, Pawar hints at party meet
NCP (SP) won't settle for less in assembly seat-sharing, Pawar hints at party meetNCP (SP) won't settle for less in assembly seat-sharing, Pawar hints at party meet
BRS MLA Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joins Congress
Adding to the woes of Telangana's former ruling party BRS, its Bhansawada MLA and former Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has switched over to the Congress.
On how many careers will you put a question, on how many careers will you put a full stop? says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on NEET row
NTA should be dissolved...The dreams of students are at stake, says President JNUSU, Dhananjay
President JNUSU, Dhananjay.
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The future of students gets affected due to paper leaks... What are the reasons behind recruitment scams in the BJP government? says MP Congress President Jitendra Patwari
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitendra Patwari.
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State govt has taken up 'Ram Van Gaman Path' and 'Krishna Path Gaman' projects, says MP CM Mohan Yadav
AIADMK MLAs raise slogans and protest over Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, at Tamil Nadu Assembly premises
Speaker M. Appavu refused to give time to speak about the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy
AIADMK MLAs raise slogans and protest over Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, at Tamil Nadu Assembly premises.
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The Minister says people died because they came for treatment with delay. But what is the reason for that? Government is the reason, says AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami
Congress is trying to mislead the nation and people on the issue of pro-term speaker, says BJP leader C R Kesavan
BJP leader C R Kesavan.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman chairs a pre-budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all States and Union Territories to take suggestions for upcoming Union Budget 2024-25
YSRCP's under-construction central office in Tadepalli was demolished today early morning. As per YSRCP, 'TDP is doing vendetta politics'.
New law to curb exam irregularities is 'damage control' to deal with scams, claims Jairam Ramesh
I tried everything but when Haryana Government didn't agree to supply water, I was left with no choice but to sit on a fast, says AAP's Atishi
The Government of Haryana is doing politics, and they are not allowing water to reach Delhi, says AAP leader Durgesh Pathak
TDP and Nara Chandrababu Naidu have never followed the path of political vendetta, says TDP leader Pattabhi Ram Kommareddy on YSRCP's office demolition
BSP releases a list of 13 star campaigners for the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly by-elections.
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Congress should draw a 'Laxman Rekha', especially in those states, where Congress is against the parties who are part of I.N.D.I.A. bloc, says AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj
BJP workers protest outside Delhi Jal Board office, over water crisis in the national capital
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai pays courtesy call to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan at Raj Bhavan today
The government has failed to safeguard the rights of students and youth...CBI inquiry is being conducted to save people involved in it, says Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on NEET row
Without following any procedures, bulldozers dismantled YSRCP office...This is pure vendetta politics of TDP, says YSRCP leader Ravi Chandra Reddy
Instead of taking action against the water tanker mafia, they are again doing drama and demonstrations, says BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla on Delhi's water crisis
India will start e-medical visa facility for people coming from Bangladesh to India for medical treatment, says PM Modi
Bangladesh is India's largest development partner and we give utmost priority to our relations with Bangladesh, says PM Modi
This is my first bilateral visit to any country after Bangladesh's 12th parliamentary elections and the formation of our new government in January 2024, says Sheikh Hasina
I invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh to further strengthen the friendly relations of our two countries, says Sheikh Hasina
Wherever there is BJP government, paper leaks are happening there, says RJD's Tejashwi Yadav
DMK means D for Do Nothing, M for Muzzle Everyone and K for Kill Everyone through illicit liquor, says BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla
BJP is fighting to get justice for Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: BJP leader Anil Antony
BJP leader Anil Antony lashed out at DMK, questioning the silence of the party on Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.
Speaking to news agency ANI, he said, "Our entire state unit is fighting to get justice for the victims in Tamil Nadu and to ensure the well-being, health and safety of our brothers and sisters in Tamil Nadu. There is a very clear collusion between the perpetrators of the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu and the government authorities... We want to ask all these INDI alliance partners of the DMK why they are silent on this issue..."
Centre forms high-level panel to review functioning of NTA
Centre on Friday formed the high-level committee to look at transparency and smooth and fair conduct of examinations at NTA
Dr K Radhakrishnan (Former Chairman, ISRO) Dr Randeep Guleria (Former AIIMS Director) Prof B J Rao (VC, Hyd Uni) Prof Ramamurthy K (IIT Madras) Pankaj Bansal (Co-Founder, People Strong and Board Member- Karmayogi Bharat) Aditya Mittal (Dean Student Affairs, IIT Delhi) Govind Jaiswal (Jt Secy, Education Ministry)Radhakrishnan will be Chairman
NEET-NET row: We are going to raise this issue in Parliament, says Supriya Sule
NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule said that her party will raise the issue of paper leaks in parliament.
Speaking to media, she said, "It is a complete failure of the government of India because, with so much technology, I can't seem to understand why there are so many glitches every time there's a competitive exam. Students and parents work very hard to cross this big milestone of their lives. If they are going to get cheated like this, it's very unfortunate and the government has failed us. We are going to raise this issue in Parliament. The government is on the backfoot on many issues..."
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Watch | OBC community protest over Maratha Reservation in Beed
In the early morning crackdown, bulldozers, excavators and cranes from the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) and Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation (MTMC) demolished the under-construction central office building of the former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP in Tadepalli mandal of Guntur district.on Saturday.
Here what Delhi BJP Chief said on Atishi's protest against water crisis
"This is a new 'Satyagraha' of the Kejriwal government, where you stay in an AC room for 18 hours after protesting for 4 hours... It is just a political drama to distract from the matters of water theft, tanker mafia and black marketing..."
Setting up high-level panel is first step to improve efficiency of examination process: Dharmendra Pradhan
Hours after Centre formed the high-level committee to look at tfair conduct of examinations by NTA, Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said it is first step to improve efficiency of examination process.
Here's what Chhagan Bhujbal said on OBCs community protest in Beed
"We just want to say that we are not against the Maratha people, we want OBCs and Maratha people to get a separate reservation. There should not be enmity between anyone. We should discuss things peacefully... Yesterday CM Eknath Shinde had a meeting with ministers and several people where it was decided that actions will be taken on the people who have taken a form for OBC certificates through false means. All the political parties will sit and take a decision on this. Devendra Fadnavis has also shown his support for caste-based census..."
Watch | Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets President Droupadi Murmu
AAP MPs, MLAs & leaders to meet Delhi L-G tomorrow over water crisis
AAP on Saturday wrote a letter to Delhi L-G regarding the shortage of water in the national capital. The party leaders will will go to meet the Lieutenant Governor tomorrow at 11 am.