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Ayodhya rape case: Akhilesh Yadav's DNA test demand sparks row; UP minister to protest at SP office

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sparked a controversy with his remarks demanding a DNA test of the accused in the Ayodhya gangrape case in which the 12-year-old victim became pregnant. In a statement issued from the SP headquarters on Saturday, Yadav said, "Without a DNA test in the Bhadarsa case of Ayodhya, BJP's allegation will be considered biased." The BJP hit back, alleging the SP is defending a "paedophile" and showing its ts "boys will be boys mindset" while leaders of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc are "silent".

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Rescue operations in landslide-hit Wayanad enter day 6.

Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar meets CM Eknath Shinde again, second time in 10 days

Amid open war of words between Maha Yuti NDA and Maha Vikas Aghadi I.N.D.I.A. ahead of the state assembly polls, Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde continues to engage with NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, meeting the veteran Maratha leader a second time in a fortnight.

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Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini inaugurated 'Raahgiri' programme in Panchkula— themed around making the youth aware about their health.

Ayodhya rape case: SP 'protecting rapists', alleges Keshav Maurya; Shivpal demands Dy CM's narco test

AAP govt has been in power for the last 10 years and Delhi drowns every monsoon: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj

Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and all the other leaders of 'Tukde Tukde' gang are silent on this matter because the accused is a Muslim: Union Minister Giriraj Singh

"Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra CM (Eknath Shinde) yesterday to discuss important issues of the state. It is surprising that a statement was given against me by an accused (Sachin Vaze) in a case: NCP (SCP) leader Anil Deshmukh

The state of affairs in UP is very sad: Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit

What is the problem with a DNA test? Is it wrong to investigate the matter? As per the reports we got, there is involvement of BJP workers: Samajwadi Party spokesperson Manoj Yadav

No leader of the Maha Vikas Aghadi can sleep without taking the name of Devendra Fadnavis. They are afraid that their corruption will be exposed: Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule

'Everyone knows who is mentally unstable' says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut over Devendra Fadnavis's 'Uddhav Thackeray is frustrated remark'

Uddhav Thackeray is reading the script of Congress. They are reading it again and again. By hurting Hindus, he is hurting the soul of Bala Saheb Thackeray: Union Minister Nityanand Rai

What is the need for such coaching centres if the schools and colleges are effective? How they are being allowed to operate in basement?: CPI leader D Raja

Siddaramaiah himself accepted on the floor of the House that there is only Rs 94 crores, instead of Rs 187 crores (in the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki ST Development Corporation): H D Kumaraswamy

FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party leaders and they have been arrested: JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi

I expect Akhilesh Yadav to give political advice according to the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita procedures. It would be better: JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar

Akhilesh Yadav talks about DNA testing. He talks about PDA but he cannot see and hear the pain of this daughter: BJP delegation led by Rajya Sabha MP Baburam Nishad

BJP won more seats in the 2024 LS poll than Congress got in three elections: Amit Shah in Chandigarh

Arvind Kejriwal began from zero. First, he built his own party and then in the first ever elections that they contested, he became the Chief Minister of Delhi, shaking the entire country’s politics: Sunita Kejriwal

Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurates 24x7 Manimajra water supply project in Chandigarh

Jan Suraaj will rid Bihar of Lalu, Nitish & BJP, says Prashant Kishor

Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday talked about the preliminary agendas of his upcoming political party and said his Jan Suraaj outfit will stop migration from Bihar and rid the state of JDU chief Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.

"On October 2, Prashant Kishore is not creating a party, but one crore people of Bihar are creating a party for the future of their children and to be free from the 30-year rule of Lalu, Nitish and BJP... Prashant Kishore's role is the same as before... This would be the first time that one crore people of Bihar will come together and form a party."

Here's what Sunita Kerjiwal said in Haryana's Sohna

"Is there any other party that has improved the conditions of government schools, hospitals, made mohalla clinics, provided free electricity? Only Arvind Kejriwal can do all such development works in the nation...PM Modi is not able to do such development works...To stop such development works of Arvind Kejriwal, PM Modi has put him in jail in a fake case...The son of Haryana Arvind Kejriwal will not bow down in front of PM Modi...In 2014, when Narendra Modi became the PM, the people of Gujarat voted in support of him. Arvind Kejriwal has made Haryana proud all over the nation...In the upcoming Haryana assembly elections not even a single vote should be given to BJP..."

Ramesh Chennithala holds discussions with state Congress leaders

All India Congress Committee in-charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala met state party leaders here on Sunday and discussed strategy and issues to be highlighted in the upcoming assembly polls, Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad said.

Chennithala held deliberations with the state Congress leaders ahead of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) meet scheduled on August 7, Gaikwad told reporters

CPI(M), CPI submit breach of privilege notice against Amit Shah

CPI(M) and CPI have submitted breach of privilege notices against Home Minister Amit Shah accusing them of misleading the Rajya Sabha by claiming in the House that the Kerala government did not act on early warnings issued to it on the devastating landslides in Wayanad that claimed over 200 lives.

While intervening on a Calling Attention Motion on Wayanad landslides on Wednesday, Shah had accused the Kerala government of “not heeding” to prior warnings sent on July 23, 24, 25 and 26, a charge denied by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Rajya Sabha MP V Sivadasan submitted the notice on behalf of CPI(M) on Wednesday itself while CPI floor leader P Sandhosh Kumar submitted a separate notice on Saturday seeking initiation of breach of privilege provisions against the Home Minister.

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'BSP doesn't agree with Supreme Court’s verdict on sub-classification of SCs and STs'

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said that her party doesn't agree with Supreme Court's verdict allowing sub-classification within scheduled caste

Speaking to media, she said, "They (the government) did not oppose it. Instead, their lawyers presented such arguments that it helped the honourable Supreme Court in delivering this decision. Lawyers from either Congress’ side or representing the government, both facilitated the Supreme Court. This shows that their intention is not right, instead of ending the reservation given to SCs and STs themselves, they are trying to end it through the judiciary and they have mostly been successful in it.”

Assam govt to soon bring law for life imprisonment in ‘love jihad’ cases: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at BJP meet

Speaking at BJP meet on Sunday, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Assam govt will soon a bring law for life imprisonment in ‘love jihad’ cases

Here's what Supriya Sule said on Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis' 'frustrated' remark for Uddhav Thackeray

“His (Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis') name was being suggested for the position of BJP president recently. He has been the CM of Maharashtra and currently is the Deputy CM. It’s sad that a person like him is making such remarks (against Uddhav Thackeray).”

Cannot accept Didi's claims that Jharkhand govt is responsible for West Bengal floods: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he cannot accept Didi's claims that Jharkhand govt is responsible for West Bengal floods.

Uddhav Thackeray, Devendra Fadnavis relationship touch new a low as Maharashtra heads to polls

The relationship between political bêtes noires - Uddhav Thackeray and Devendra Fadnavis - seems to be touching a new low as Maharashtra heads for the crucial Vidhan Sabha polls in October - the biggest polls in India post the Lok Sabha polls. 

The allies-turned-foes, who once shared a good working relationship, are leaving no stones unturned in targeting and taking potshots at each other. 

Thackeray (64) and Fadnavis (54), who once worked towards cementing the Shiv Sena-BJP saffron alliance, are now part of the diametrically opposite alliances - Maha Vikas Aghadi (I.N.D.I.A) and Maha Yuti (NDA).

The two former Chief Ministers seem to be setting the tone for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls. 

“Over the past few weeks, the relationship between Thackeray and Fadnavis have taken a beating,” political observers said adding that the BJP ranks and files have launched a broadside against Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray, but, they are leaving no stones unturned in returning the fire.