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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

All Members of Parliament will have to undergo a COVID-19 test to attend the Monsoon Session, which is likely to begin September 14. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday held a meeting with officials of the Health Ministry, AIIMS, DRDO, and other agencies to give a final shape to arrangements. During the meeting, Birla gave directions to ensure that proper caution is exercised with regard to health safety and for this, comprehensive arrangements related to health checkups are being put in place within the Parliament House.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3gEIwVp

The BJP on Wednesday nominated party spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, necessitated by sitting member Amar Singh's death. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/34OVJZx

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that "it is not about a post" but about the country that matters most. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3jaO1fZ

Amid a debate over the leadership issue, top Congress leaders will meet at 11 am through video-conferencing today and are likely to discuss the matter. Sources said Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to offer her resignation in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, the highest decision-making body of the party. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/31nem4s

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, who headed benches that pronounced several key judgements including in the Ayodhya land dispute case, might be the BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Assam in the Assembly election next year, veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has claimed. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3l7pU3E

BJP President J P Nadda said on Sunday that all three NDA constituents in Bihar, the JD(U), LJP and his party, will fight the coming assembly polls in the state together with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the face of the alliance, and expressed confidence that it will emerge victorious. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3aQrxOu

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is expected to witness a major showdown in a debate over the leadership issue on Monday. The highest decision-making body of the party will meet at 11 am through video conference amid a debate raging in the Congress over the uncertainty related to its leadership. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3l6DNPA

Taking a jibe at former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the ex-CM was 15 months ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose coronavirus lockdown. As Nath imposed lockdown in Vallabh Bhavan 15 months before PM Modi ordered nationwide curb.   from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3aOQBFK

Slamming his political opponent and former chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a jibe at Kamal Nath for reciting Hanuman Chalisa. Addressing a rally in Gwalior, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Kamal Nath was reciting Hanuman Chalisa on the day of foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram temple but chanting Hanuman Chalisa helps devotees, not devils. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2YkX8mk

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was ready to work under a non-Gandhi president after Rahul Gandhi's resignation following the defeat in the General Election in 2019. Rahul Gandhi also had said that the party should elect a president outside the family, but in August last year Sonia Gandhi was appointed the interim president of the Congress. from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3iRSSCI

Bihar's Industries Minister, Shyam Rajak, who was expelled from the cabinet and Janata Dal-United (JDU) on Sunday, has joined the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). He was inducted in RJD by the party leader in Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav. Shyam Rajak is currently an MLA from Patna's Phulwari Sharif constituency.  from IndiaTV Politics: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3iMNXTp