PM Modi wishes Mallikarjun Kharge fruitful tenure as Congress president

New Delhi, October 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on his election as party president on Wednesday and wished him a fruitful tenure. “My best wishes to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji for his new responsibility as President of @INCIndia. May he have a fruitful tenure ahead,”…

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Prashant Kishor says don’t be surprised if Nitish joins hands with BJP again, claims Bihar CM in touch with saffron party

New Delhi, October 19Political strategist Prashant Kishor claimed on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in touch with the BJP and that he may go for a tie-up with the party again if situation demands so, a suggestion dismissed by the JD(U) as misleading and aimed at spreading…

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Sidhu Moosewala murder: Accused Deepak Tinu nabbed by Delhi Police from Ajmer

Chandigarh, October 19 Delhi Police have nabbed Deepak Tinu, key accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, from Rajasthan’s Ajmer on Wednesday. A Punjab police AGTF team was also searching for the accused in Ajmer, sources said. However, the Delhi Police succeeded in tracing him first. Tinu had escaped from…

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Sidhu Moosewala murder: Fugitive gangster Deepak Tinu nabbed by Delhi Police from Ajmer

Chandigarh, October 19 Delhi Police have nabbed Deepak Tinu, key accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, from Rajasthan’s Ajmer on Wednesday. A Punjab police AGTF team was also searching for the accused in Ajmer, sources said. However, the Delhi Police succeeded in tracing him first. Tinu had escaped from…

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New Delhi-Una Vande Bharat Express begins regular service; to run six days a week

ANI New Delhi, October 19 Six days after the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi to Amb Andaura Vande Bharat Express commenced its regular service on Wednesday. The Vande Bharat Express, also known as Train 18, is a semi-high-speed, intercity, electric multiple-unit train operated by the Indian Railways….

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Mallikarjun Kharge elected Congress president; party gets its first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 19 Veteran Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday defeated his rival Shashi Tharoor to become the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years, and the first Scheduled Caste chief of the grand old organization in four decades. Kharge polled 7897 of the 9385 votes cast…

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Drug addict, who killed wife, 2 kids, parents-in-law by setting them afire at Jalandhar, commits suicide

Ludhiana, October 19 A man who allegedly killed five persons, including his wife, two children, father-in-law and mother-in-law, by setting them afire in the wee hours on Tuesday, committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Khurshaidpur village near Sidhwan Bet today. The Sidhwan Bet police have shifted the…

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Cong president poll: Tharoor’s team demands all votes from UP be deemed invalid

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 19 Even as counting of votes for the Congress presidential election was underway, election agents of candidate Shashi Tharoor raised serious doubts on the integrity of the election process, alleging voter fraud in Uttar Pradesh and demanding that all votes cast in the state be…

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China blocks India, US proposal to list Pakistan-based LeT leader Shahid Mahmood as global terrorist

United Nations, October 19 China has put a hold on a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to list Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist, the fourth instance in as many months that Beijing has blocked bids to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists at the world…

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Delhi woman kidnapped, gang-raped for 2 days in Ghaziabad, ‘rod inserted in her private parts’

Chandigarh, October 19 The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Ghaziabad police in connection with the brutal gang-rape of a 38-year-old woman recently, with the panel chief saying the attack reminded her of the Nirbhaya case. The woman, a resident of Delhi, was found “wrapped in…

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New airbase coming up in Gujarat near Indo-Pak border to emerge as effective centre for country’s security: PM Modi at DefExpo 2022

Gandhinagar, October 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new airbase coming up in north Gujarat near India-Pakistan border and said it will emerge as an effective centre for the country’s security. Speaking after inaugurating the Defence Expo 2022 in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar, Modi…

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BJP announces 62 candidates for Himachal polls; Suresh Bhardwaj to contest from Kasumpti

Bhanu Lohumi Shimla, October 19 The BJP on Wednesday released its first list of 62 out of 68 candidates for the November 12 assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. Six candidates are yet to be announced. Seats of sitting ministers Suresh Bhardwaj changed from Shimla (Urban) to Kasumpti and Rakesh Pathania…

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Cong president polls: Counting of votes underway in Kharge vs Tharoor contest

New Delhi, October 19 Counting of votes began today in the Congress presidential polls in which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief. The counting of the votes cast on Monday began at 10 am at the AICC headquarters here. All sealed ballot…

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Kharge vs Tharoor: Congress to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years; counting today

New Delhi, October 19The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are counted to cap the election contest, the sixth in its 137-year-old history.The counting of the votes cast…

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