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Amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday dropped three ministers from the council of ministers. Governor Najma Heptulla has accepted the recommendation, according to her letter to the chief minister. The three cabinet members dropped are minister for agriculture and animal husbandry, V Hangkhalian, minister for social welfare and cooperation, Nemcha Kipgen, and minister for education, labour and employment, Radheshyam Singh. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2RQX2iI

Reacting on the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that she resigned under the pressure of Punjab's local politics. However, the party still hopes that the matter will be resolved after discussion with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35LmZbC

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Kishan on Monday raised the issue of drug trafficking in Bollywood, during the Lok Sabha session. He appealed to the Centre to thwart any attempts of drug smuggling from Pakistan and China via Punjab and Nepal. "Problem of drug trafficking/addiction is on a rise. Conspiracy is being hatched to destroy country's youth and our neighbouring countries are contributing to it. Smuggling of drugs from Pakistan and China is done every year. It is brought via Punjab and Nepal," the actor-politician said on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35xzNlO

Ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a pat on his back for ushering in sushasan (good governance) and expressed confidence that the good work will continue under the leadership of the JD(U) chief. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33srhSF

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and the Central Election Authority of the party. The party appointed general secretaries and state in-charges of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had rebelled against party Sonia Gandhi at the recent CWC meet, has been sacked from the general secretary position in the major reshuffle. Along with Azad, Ambika Soni, Motilal Vohra, Luzenio Falerio and Mallikarjun Kharge were also dropped from the list of general secretaries. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3hr1izD

JD(U) MP Harivansh on Wednesday filed his nomination as the ruling NDA candidate to the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman's post and is likely to be elected, even as the opposition is working to field a joint candidate against him to force a contest.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/33a1P3X

Congress has called for reaching out to other like-minded opposition parties to put up a joint candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman for elections scheduled on September 14. The decision comes ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting September 14 and was taken at the virtual meeting of Congress Parliamentary strategy group meeting chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35oAvl8

The Shiv Sena has appointed its Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut as the chief spokesperson of the party. The move assumes significance as it comes at a time when Raut is engaged in a war of words with actor Kangana Ranaut after she likened Mumbai to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Gyp7c8

The Congress is all set to be bombarded with another 'letter bomb', this time it comes from Uttar Pradesh. Nine senior Congress leaders, expelled from the party last year, have sent a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi asking her to save the party before its slips into "history". from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3btGWVk