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WB Panchayat elections: Counting begins at 696 booths after re-polling

All counting venues will be manned by armed state police personnel and central forces, with prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC being imposed outside the venue to avoid any untoward incidents

Centre's Art 370 affidavit in SC holds no legal value, claim Mehbooba, Omar

'The Centre's defence lacks logic (is) illegal & unconstitutional abrogation of Article 370,' PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said in a tweet

Never trust manufactured headlines: Congress on Foxconn's withdrawal

As Foxconn decided to pull out of the semi-conductor joint venture with Indian conglomerate Vedanta, the Congress took a swipe at the BJP

India's inflation rate lowest among major countries, says JP Nadda

BJP president JP Nadda said India's inflation rate was the lowest among major countries and asserted those who kept talking about food prices were ones who do not read or write much

Unrest and re-polling in West Bengal Panchayat Elections: Details here

The three-tier panchayat elections in 20 out of 30 districts witnessed widespread violence, looting of ballots papers and rigging

Sariska tigers relocation success story started before 2014: Jairam Ramesh

Relocation was then considered to revive Sariska but it faced great opposition including from some tiger experts, he said

Voting rigged in booths, to move HC with evidence: Suvendu Adhikari

The West Bengal SEC has announced that repolling will be held in 696 booths across the state, where voting for the rural elections was declared void following reports of vote-tampering and violence

BJP 'broke' NCP, Shiv Sena to be in power in Maharashtra: Rohit Pawar

The NCP leader also said he feels the people of Maharashtra know who broke the family and who broke the party, and they will not forget this fact

Happenings in West Bengal under CM Banerjee frightening: Digvijaya Singh

Notably, comments of Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, came amid efforts by the Opposition to form a united bloc to take on BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections

Rahul Gandhi running 'mall of hatred', not 'mohabbat ki dukan': Nadda

Nadda accused Gandhi and other Congress leaders of spewing hate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Free rice scheme: Cong says K'taka has given befitting reply to Modi govt

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asserted that the Congress Government in Karnataka will not be shaken in its resolve to implement its guarantee

EAM Jaishankar files Rajya Sabha nomination from Gujarat's Gandhinagar

The Election Commission of India (ECI) earlier announced the schedule for the election across 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal to be held on July 24

BJP creates ruckus, demands Tejashwi's resignation inside Bihar assembly

Proceedings for the day were adjourned minutes later, after obituary references, but the opposition party made it clear that it would keep pressing the issue

Election Commission doesn't have powers to change party's name: Uddhav

In February this year, the Election Commission allotted the name Shiv Sena' and its poll symbol bow and arrow' to the group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

Derek O'Brien, Saket Gokhale among 6 candidates named by TMC for RS polls

The newcomers on the list were Bangla Sanskriti Mancha president Samirul Islam, TMC's Alipurduar district president Prakash Chik Baraik, and RTI activist and TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale

Kapil Sibal backs Stalin's demand of seeking Governor Ravi's removal

In a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Stalin has charged that Ravi "instigates communal hatred" and is a "threat" to Tamil Nadu's peace

Jaishankar arrives in Ahmedabad, to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

Jaishankar landed at the Ahmedabad airport on Sunday and was received by Gujarat minister Raghavji Patel, Ahmedabad Mayor Kirit Parmar and other BJP functionaries

The political impact of Rahul Gandhi's legal woes

Going to jail is a rite of passage for politicians, and they tend to emerge stronger if the punishment is seen to be unfair

Those facing graft charges declared clean after joining BJP: Sanjay Raut

"This is a conspiracy by the BJP. They are breaking other parties. They bring in members of other parties and put them in the BJP'swashing machine to wash off the taint of corruption'' said Raut

WB governor arrives in Delhi, likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah

Governor Bose is likely to call on Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the widespread violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal