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This Sunday, as women script history, NDA readies for a tactical shift

Besides infrastructure changes, the all-male Khadakwasla campus will need sensitisation lessons

LIVE: PM Modi to take part in Nagaland CM swearing-in ceremony on March 7

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Left Democratic Front wins 14 seats in local body bypolls in Kerala

The United Democratic Front (UDF) won 12 seats, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 2 seats and independent candidates won 4 seats in the bypolls held on Tuesday

No hung assembly, NDA to form govt in all three NE states: Himanta

Asserting there will not be hung assembly in either Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya, as predicted in some exit polls, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the NDA will form governments with absolute majority in all the three northeastern states. Sarma, the NEDA convenor, said no NDA (National Democratic Alliance) partner will go into any alliance with either Congress or the Trinamool Congress after the results are declared on Thursday. "There will be no hung assembly. The NDA will form governments in all the three states," he said at a press conference here. Several exit polls have predicted hung assemblies in Tripura and Meghalaya although the NDA will be the largest block. Only in Nagaland, psephology surveys have predicted the return of the NDA to power with an absolute majority. When asked about candidates for the chief minister's post in the three states, Sarma said there will be a status quo in Tripura and Nagaland. "Tripura will have a BJP CM, while we a

BJP-NDA will win Lok Sabha, Maharashtra Assembly polls in 2024: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance would retain power at the Centre and in Maharashtra in polls next year on the basis of development work done since 2014. Speaking at the ABP Network's Ideas of India Summit here, Gadkari, who is the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, also said the NDA government had instilled a sense of confidence in the people through its development work and good governance. "We will win and once again the BJP and NDA will form the government in both Maharashtra and at the Centre. The good work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will yield good results," Gadkari said. The performance audit is more important than the financial audit, he said, adding the (five-year) performance (of elected representatives) is reviewed by the public at the time of polls. "Our performance is our strength and this is what people expect from us as well. We have instilled confide

Answer on LIC, SBI's exposure to Adani stocks: K T Rama Rao to NDA Centre

The ruling BRS in Telangana on Saturday said the NDA government at the Centre needs to answer serious questions on LIC and SBI's large exposure to Adani Group stocks. Who "pushed" LIC and SBI to such a large exposure, the BRS claimed. "There are serious questions that need to be answered by the NDA Govt on #HindenburgReport. Why do LIC & SBI have such large exposure ?77,000 Cr & ?80,000 Crore to Adani group stocks? Who pushed them to do so? Who was aiding & abetting them in this entire episode?," tweeted State Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. BRS MLC K Kavitha, daughter of Chandrasekhar Rao, in a statement, said the Centre should answer all the questions in the wake of the "fall and fluctuations in the LIC and SBI and market on the whole." The recent fall and fluctuations in the LIC, SBI and market on the whole, after the recent report on Adani Group is extremely worrisome. Every Indian deserves an explanation and .

MBBS seats increased by 87%, PG by 105% during NDA rule: Mansukh Mandaviya

The number of MBBS seats has increased by 87 per cent and that of PG by 105 per cent in the last eight years, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday. While interacting with reporters outside Parliament, Mandaviya emphasised that since 2014, several steps have been taken to ease access to quality education in the country for the younger generation. He underlined the impact of several initiatives taken under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime and said, change can be seen happening at every nook and corner of the country. With this momentum and coordination among stakeholders, a holistic ecosystem of education will be created in the country. Highlighting the change in the medical education sector, Mandaviya said, "While India had a limited number of 387 medical colleges in 2014, the system was riddled with far too many problems." "There is a paradigm shift from input-based to outcome-based approaches and reforms under the Modi government. Consequentially,

ED cases against opposition candidates up four-fold under NDA government

Out of the total 121 cases against politicians under Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe currently, 115 or 95 per cent are against Opposition leaders

Live updates: BCI slams Prashant Bhushan, says no one can't ridicule SC

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No PM ambitions, but ready to play role in forging opposition unity: Nitish

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar maintained that he had no prime ministerial ambitions but said he was looking forward to play a positive role in forging opposition unity against the ruling NDA

LIVE news updates: Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for the 8th time

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Why didn't BJP try to stop Bihar CM Nitish Kumar from leaving NDA alliance?

NDA's ally and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar broke off ties with BJP once again to form an alliance with his political opponent Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal

'Everything fine in NDA alliance': JDU leader dismisses rift speculations

With the ongoing speculations about a rift between BJP-JD (U) ie the NDA alliance in Bihar, Upendra Kushwaha cleared the air of any tension between the allies and said that everything's fine

As 2024 LS polls approach, Oppn parties are chopping and changing strategy

Experts and politicians are divided over who the challenger to the NDA/BJP is really going to be: the Congress or regional parties

Latest live updates: Delhi reports 2,311 new Covid cases in past 24 hours

Live news updates: Delhi reported 1,837 Covid-19 recoveries. Positivity rate at 13.84 per cent. Active cases at 7,349

Aiming for cooperative federalism, govt created Centre-states mistrust

There is no love lost between the Centre and the states, particularly those ruled by the Opposition parties on various issues

LIVE: Droupadi Murmu surges ahead of Yashwant Sinha in Presidential polls

Of total 748 votes of MPs, NDA's Droupadi Murmu gets 540, Opposition's Yashwant Sinha gets 208, says Returning Officer

Presidential poll: 10 states, 1 UT record 100% voting; overall turnout 99%

A 100 per cent voting by MLAs was reported from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the statement reads.

Voting ends in presidential election, total turnout at Parliament 98.9%

Going by the stand taken by various parties, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is set to win the poll against joint Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha.

Prez poll: Goa CM Sawant casts vote, says Murmu will get maximum votes

After casting his vote in the state Assembly premises, Goa CM Pramod Sawant told reporters that he has requested all the MLAs to vote for the NDAs candidate Droupadi Murmu in the president