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Candidates for 21 seats were announced on Wednesday by Humayun Kabir in Kolkata for his newly launched Aam Janata Unnayan Party(AJUP).
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamul Congress on Tuesday fielded its candidates in a calculated mix of old and new faces at 291 seats and left the remaining three to its Darjeeling-based ally, Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), for the ensuing Assembly Election here.
The National Democratic Alliance romped home with all five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar and three in Odisha, and one from Haryana on Monday (March 16, 2026)
Sangh will not participate in any temple movements, be it of Mathura or Kashi, said Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday (August 28, 2025). He also clarified that the organisation will not stop swayamsewaks (RSS volunteers), if they want to join the ‘temple cause’.
The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) approved streamlining of the process to grant permission for land transfers between people belonging to different religions. The approval is aimed at ensuring more efficient processing and expeditious disposal of such proposals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media after the Cabinet meeting.
The government has set up three high-level committees to mark the 150th birth anniversaries of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and tribal icon Birsa Munda, as well as the birth centenary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair all three committees.
The Congress is actively debating whether or not to join the proposed joint parliamentary committee (JPC) that will examine a bill that seeks resignation of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers if they remain jailed for over 30 consecutive days over serious corruption charges.
After the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced that it would not participate in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to examine three Bills seeking the removal of the Prime Minister and chief ministers. The Opposition alleges that the Bills are aimed at “bringing down” non-BJP governments.
Twelve bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 14 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long monsoon session of Parliament, which has witnessed repeated disruptions, adjournments and walkouts. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both Houses, the session has seen little business ever since it began on July 21, 2025 due to repeated disruptions and adjournments initially due to opposition demand for discussion on Operation Sindoor and then over demands for a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar.
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