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Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad (second from right), Anand Sharma (right), Kapil Sibal (left) and Bhupinder Singh Hooda attend a meeting in Jammu on February 27, 2021.
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“People say G23 , I say Gandhi 23, with the belief, resolve and thinking of Mahatma Gandhi, this nation’s law and Constitution was formed. Congress is standing strongly to take these forward. ‘G23’ wants Congress to be strong,” Congress leader Raj Babbar said during the ‘Shanti Sammelan’ meeting in Jammu.
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Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (centre) with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra (left) and Rajiv Kumar arrive at a press conference in New Delhi on February 26, 2021 to announce the Assembly election dates for four States and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Elections to Assemblies of four States and the Union Territory of Puducherry will begin on March 27 with West Bengal having the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29. Assam Assembly polls will be conducted in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, while polling for the Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections will take place in a single phase on April 6. Elections for the West Bengal Assembly will be held in eight phases, up from seven last time, beginning with polling for 30 seats on March 27, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora s
Expressing confidence in forming a NDA government in the Union Territory after the Assembly polls, the Prime Minister said, “Such a government will be people’s government and the high command will be people. I want to see the UT the BEST (business, education, spiritual, and tourism hub).”
A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee made the observation while upholding an order of Jharkhand High Court which allowed appointment of 43 persons for post of Police Sub-Inspectors on the basis of their merit after authorities prepared a revised select list correcting the irregularities.
The lives of people lost due to wildlife-human conflicts are not adequately compensated in India, according to a new study which says changing the approach to this estimate can improve conservation efforts, and help understand which species to prioritise at conflict-prone zones.
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After a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that 10 crore people would be vaccinated in this category and the vaccine would be given free of cost across 10,000 government centres and at more than 20,000 private centres. People above 60 and those over 45 with comorbidities will be vaccinated.
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Describing terrorism as one of the gravest threats to humankind, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday that the bodies dealing with human rights should realise that terrorism can never be justified, nor its perpetrators ever equated with its victims.
Agitating farmer union on February 23 objected to Delhi Police putting posters that allegedly warned off protesters at the Tikri border site, even as the force claimed these were not new and only informed the protesters that they would not be allowed to enter the national capital.