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170 MLAs Left Congress To Join Other Parties To Contest Polls Between 2016-20: Report

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As many as 170 MLAs left the Congress to join other parties during the elections held between 2016-2020, while only 18 BJP legislators switched parties to contest the polls in this period, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR, in a new report, said between 2016-2020, 182 of the 405 re-contesting MLAs, who switched political parties, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), followed by 38 who joined the Congress and 25 who joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). Five Lok Sabha MPs…

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Alia Bhatt Is COVID-Negative And “Back To Work” After Isolating

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Just a few days after Alia Bhatt’s boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor contracted the virus, the actress revealed that she tested negative for COVID-19 and that she was in self-isolation. On Thursday, the actress shared a statement on her Instagram story, in which she wrote: “I’ve been reading all your messages of concern and care. I have tested negative for COVID-19 and after isolating and speaking with my doctors, I am back to work from today. Thank you for all your good wishes. I am taking care and staying safe. You please…

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Attend Parliament, observe debates: RS Chairman to MPs

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Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that members should make it a point to be present in the House to enhance understanding of parliamentary procedures and also use the library facility. On the first day of the second part of the Budget Session, Naidu said that he has been told that some members do not attend the proceedings even when they are in the national capital. “Going to library is going to enhance your knowledge. Attending the session, not missing it, also enhances understanding of Parliament procedures.…

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Race, title and anguish: Meghan and Harry explain royal rift

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In a wide-ranging interview, Harry and Meghan described painful discussions about the colour of their son’s skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate suicide. The interview aired Sunday with Oprah Winfrey was the couple’s first since they stepped down from royal duties and the two-hour special included numerous revelations likely to reverberate on both sides of the Atlantic. Harry told Winfrey that he felt trapped by royal life and was surprised that he was cut off financially and lost his security…

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Asian shares mixed after US stimulus bill, profit-taking

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Asian shares were mixed Monday, as some indexes were lifted by hopes for a gradual global recovery after the US economic relief package passed the Senate over the weekend. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.2 per cent in early trading at 28,926.03. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped nearly 1.0 per cent to 6,776.00, while South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.2 per cent to 3,020.40. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.2 per cent to 3,020.40, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.5 per cent to 3,483.92. Although shares mostly rose at first, some…

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‘I was down’: Federer had hard time before 2nd knee surgery

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Roger Federer never seriously contemplated retirement while he was away from the tennis tour for more than a year. He did have a hard time dealing with the need for a repeat operation on his bad right knee, though. “I was down. Obviously I couldn’t believe I had to do a second one,” Federer said Sunday ahead of his appearance at the Qatar Open. “This is definitely a moment where you maybe question a little bit more.” The 39-year-old Federer’s first match since the 2020 Australian Open will come Wednesday…

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Pope visits Iraq’s war-ravaged north on last day of tour

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Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday, where he planned to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or destroyed by Islamic State extremists and celebrate an open-air Mass on the last day of the first-ever papal visit to the country. The Vatican hopes that the landmark visit will rally the country’s Christian communities and encourage them to stay despite decades of war and instability. Francis has also delivered a message of interreligious tolerance and fraternity to Muslim leaders, including in an historic meeting Saturday with Iraq’s top Shiite…

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Jharkhand devising resource generation plan after ‘unconstitutional harassment’ by Centre: CM Soren

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Alleging “unconstitutional harassment” by the Centre over funds, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said pushed to the brink, the state is now devising its own innovative resource generation mechanism for self-sustenance. Alleging unequal treatment, the chief minister of the JMM-led alliance in the state said tribal-rich state has been all along exploited and plundered. Soren was sworn in as the 11th chief minister of the state in December 2019. “There has been unconstitutional harassment to us…Centre diverted the funds of the state from Jharkhand’s account with the Reserve Bank of…

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From farms to mills, it’s a long wait for Western UP farmers just to get sugarcane weighed

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As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait — at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills. Some pass their time chit-chatting about the ongoing protests, others while smoking bidis or cigarettes, but all of them sound worried about loads of sugarcane drying under a scorching sun,…

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Sharjeel moves HC, seeks quashing of FIR against him over speech

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Activist Sharjeel Usmani has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him by the Pune police for allegedly promoting enmity among different groups in his speech made at the Elgar Parishad event held in January this year. In the petition filed earlier this week, Usmani termed the FIR as “frivolous and baseless”, and said it has been registered “on the basis of certain select statements taken out of context”. The FIR was registered on February 2, 2021 against Usmani (23), an alumnus of the Aligarh…

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