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The K Palaniswami government has also written to the Centre that certain information and documents like Aadhaar should be avoided in the upcoming Census.

Arvind Sawant said the office of profit issue will not arise if he and Ravindra Waikar do not avail allowances and perks that come with the post.

The Delhi CM's comments came hours after a court directed the Delhi government to file a status report till April 3 on the issue of sanctions to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and others.

Navjot Singh Sidhu had been incommunicado ever since he resigned from the state cabinet last year. The Amritsar MLA, who had been at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, was stripped off key portfolios in the cabinet reshuffle in June last yea...

The Rajya Sabhya MP also demanded that former Prime Minister, late PV Narasimha Rao, be given the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, for the reforms he introduced during his tenure.

The Election Commission also pitched for having more than one qualification date in a year for a person to become a voter the statement said. At present, January 1 is the only date every year for a person to qualify as a voter.

In his book titled 'Let Me Say It Now', Maria wrote that Ajmal Kasab would have died as Bengaluru resident Samir Dinesh Chaudhari with a "red thread tied around his wrist" had militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) succeeded in its plans.

Arif Masood claimed that the BJP will not implement the nationwide NRC, as it has proposed, but manage to get it in force through the NPR.

As the protest entered the fourth day here, Palaniswami asserted in the House that 'Amma's (late Jayalalithaa) government,' will not allow any measure that may go against the minorities in the state.

Rahul had denounced the controversial ordinance brought by the UPA dispensation to negate a SC verdict on convicted lawmakers. He had termed it as "complete nonsense" that should be "torn up and thrown away".

Known for his penchant to kick up controversies, Dilip Ghosh last month wondered why none of those protesting in the winter under the open sky at Shaheen Bagh had fallen sick or died.

BJP President JP Nadda alsp appointed Dal Bahadur Chauhan as new president of the party's Sikkim unit.

Manish Sisodia is expected to swear-in as the deputy chief minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal and Sisodia, five other ministers are likely to take the oath of office and secrecy on Sunday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a stinging attack on the ruling BJP asking what was the result of the inquiry and who had benefitted from the attack.

The Centre last month transferred the probe in the case from Pune Police to the NIA, a decision which was then criticised by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra.

Lavishing praise on Nitish Kumar, Chandrika Roy said he had 'full faith' in the leadership of the JD(U) chief whom he credited with having worked for the betterment of Bihar during his 15-year-long stint as chief minister.