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Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor scripted a major political upset in Bihar by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Bankipur Assembly byelection, a constituency represented for five consecutive terms by the BJP’s national president Nitin Nabin. The BJP retained Manjalpur in Gujarat while the Congress held on to Madhya Pradesh’s Datia in other Assembly byelections.
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday said that, in her opinion, madrasas “should not exist”, alleging that some of these educational institutions were producing “jihadis” and witnessing cases of child abuse.
West Bengal Chief Minister SuvenduAdhikari is the second least wealthy among the country’s Chief Ministers, with declared assets of ₹85.87 lakh, according to an analysis of election affidavits released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch.
Activist SonamWangchuk has broken his fast, announced Leh Apex Body co-convenor CherringDorjayLakruk late on Thursday (July 23, 2026).
Mamata Banerjee believes the streets will show the way to revive her party (Paath hi paathdekhabe). The TMC supremo declared, from her July 21 rally stage, that a rediscovery of her party will begin from the streets and with a reconnection to Bengal’s rural heart.
In the first direct engagement between the Centre and the agitating Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Monday met two representatives of the outfit to discuss their demands.
This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers.
And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears.
A day before the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, holds his second interaction with students at Dehradun, the Congress on Thursday (July 16, 2026) urged educator and innovator Sonam Wangchuk to end his fast unto death. In a post on X, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal assured Mr. Wangchuk that the Congress would carry out its fight against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The Calcutta High Court cleared the way for the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool Congress to hold its annual Martyrs’ Day programme on July 21 at a new venue near Birla Planetarium after refusing to permit the gathering at its traditional site in front of Victoria House.
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