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Farmers yet to get loan waiver benefit: Kishan Reddy

Farmers yet to get loa

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

BJP trying to do politics on every issue, says M.B. Patil

BJP leaders trying to do politics in Cauvery issue due to election loss; CWC asked State to release 10,000 cusecs; TN sought 24,000 cusecs; SC approached for relief; BJP trying to cover up their sorry state by doing politics; people sent them home due to 40% commission govt; Kumaraswamy's statement…

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

BJP leader Manikanth Rathod taken into preventive custody by police in Kalaburagi

Karnataka BJP leader Manikanth Rathod was detained by Kalaburagi District Police for planning to protest police negligence in the murder of Devanand R. Koraba. A case was booked against him for airing a "fake" video. He is facing several criminal cases in multiple districts. He was banished from Kalaburagi for…

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

Explained | The proposed reservations for Kashmiri migrants, PoJK refugees in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Read about the J&K Reorganisation Amendment Bill which seeks to reserve three seats in the Legislative Assembly for Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from PoJK.

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

NL Interview: Manipur Naga MP on NDA leaders’ silence, state machinery’s failure, Kuki-Zomis demands

The BJP did not want any NDA coalition MPs from the Northeast to speak on the Manipur crisis during the no-confidence motion debate in the Parliament, said Lorho S Pfoze, Member of Parliament from Outer Manipur and leader of the BJP-led NDA alliance partner Naga People’s Front. The politician said…

Newslaundry · Aug 23, 2023

Two days since BRS list, it is still slim pickings for Congress and BJP, out to lure disgruntled MLAs

BRS sources maintain that K. Chandrashekhar Rao had conducted an elaborate exercise while finalising the candidates, preferring to retain a majority of the sitting legislators.

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

BJP leaders target Nitish Kumar over video of ambulance being ‘stopped’ for his cavalcade

Nitish Kumar's convoy stops ambulance carrying patient in Patna; BJP slams 'VIP culture'. CM Kumar, BJP leaders accuse each other of insensitivity; JD(U) MLC says law will take its course.

The Hindu · Aug 22, 2023

Congress demands quotas for OBCs at Gujarat demonstration

Gujarat Congress held a day-long sit-in in Gandhinagar to demand reservations for OBCs. Leaders from various communities, social and educational organisations, NGOs, and Opposition leader Amit Chavda attended. They criticised the BJP govt for not fixing quotas for OBCs in panchayats and not increasing welfare budget. Chavda demanded 27% of…

The Hindu · Aug 22, 2023

Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech sounded more like a snake oil salesman than a statesman

Narendra Modi’s tenth consecutive Independence Day speech as Indian prime minister, delivered from the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, was long (90 minutes) and characteristically loaded with bombast. It was not the inclusive message of a statesman seeking to address a nation’s challenges and opportunities, but more of…

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023

JD(U) hits back at Centre over Solicitor General’s intervention in Bihar caste survey case

Janata Dal-United has hit back at the BJP-led Centre, saying “their only objective is to disrupt the caste survey”

The Hindu · Aug 22, 2023