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However, the AIADMK is yet to announce their candidate. In a statement, DMK President MK Stalin announced the candidature of Poondi K Kalaivanan and said his nominee had the support of the party's allies, including the Congress party.

Kaushik emerged winner for the post after the name of former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh was opposed by two other contenders and former ministers — Brij Mohan Agrawal and Nanki Ram Kanwar.

Members of the AIADMK and DMK demands to withdraw permission for detailed feasibility report on the dam were refused by the government following which the MPs staged a walkout.

AICC spokesperson Sravan Dasoju says that it is a conspiracy of Modi and KCR to weaken the Congress and confuse the parties who are pro-Congress and to move away them from the UPA.

Aparna Yadav, who has been reportedly working for cattle welfare, welcomed the decision taken for ‘Gau Sewa’. However, she added that now it is the responsibility of the government to implement the tax and utilise funds in the right direction.

For now, the party has decided to contest just 33 seats in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Goa.

The Goa Chief Minister's comments came hours after the Congress claimed that he had a file on Rafale deal "lying in his bedroom".

Becoming the first BJP minister to hail women's 'right to pray', Udit Raj said that there traditions like sati and dowry also, which cannot be upheld.

The inter-departmental committee of ministers and officers headed by Dhariwal will set the eligibility criteria of farmers for claiming loan waiver and also set the directions according to the loan waiver announcement.

Jaitley in his Facebook post titled: 'Who killed the Sohrabuddin Investigation' said that those who have recently shown a belated concern for institutional independence, 'should introspect as to what they did to the CBI when in power'.

A report claimed that the United Kingdom on December 14 said it had decided to withdraw from the "show-piece, state-led event" due to lack of satisfactory "commercial outcomes".

The meeting was held at the residence of Janata Dal (United) state president and Rajya Sabha member Vashishtha Narayan Singh. A host of senior leaders, including the party's national general secretary Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, spokesperson Sanjay Singh, m...

Mob violence broke out near Chingrawathi police post on December 3 after cattle carcasses were found strewn in a field near Mahaw village. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and 20-year-old Sumit Kumar were shot dead as the mob attacked police.

At the first cabinet meeting, it was also decided that the 418-point public manifesto introduced by the Congress in run-up to the Assembly polls will work as a policy document.

Addressing party's national council meeting, Kejriwal accused the Centre of creating hurdles before the Delhi government and trying to humiliate the party.

The Tripura State Election Commission (TSEC) last month declared the by-elections to the 158 seats in 14 municipal bodies, including the Agartala Municipal Corporation.