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Apr 03, 2019

India Urges Pakistan to Repatriate Fishermen

India urged Pakistan to provide consular access to fishermen and prisoners who require consular and medical support. As per the Ministry of External Affairs, India had assisted Pakistan in such cases but Islamabad had not reciprocated. There are 385 Indian fishermen whose nationality has been conveyed to Pakistan and who have been languishing in Pakistan jails. It is requested that urgent and concrete steps be taken to repatriate them to India at the earliest, along with their boats.

Open to Alliance with AAP

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that the party had constructed alliances across the country and was open to one when asked whether there would be a tie-up with the Aam Aadmi Party.

Call for Lok Sabha Elections Boycott

An umbrella organisation of major civil societies and student associations in Mizoram decided to boycott the April 11 election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat and organise a state-wide indefinite bandh from April 8.
The NGO Coordination Committee said that a decision was taken earlier to boycott the Parliamentary polls if special polling booths are established at the Mizoram-Tripura border Kanhmun village.
The EC is setting up 15 exclusive polling booths in the village for Bru refugees from Mizoram who are housed in six camps in neighbouring Tripura. The step had been taken in the November 2018 Mizoram assembly polls too.

Apr 02, 2019

Karnataka Speaker Accepts Resignation of Umesh Jadhav

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar accepted the resignation of rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election as a BJP candidate.
Jadhav had resigned as MLA of the Chincholi Assembly constituency last month as he was facing proceedings under the Anti-defection laws for violating a whip issued by the Congress party ahead of the Budget session in February.
Jadhav was one of four rebel MLAs who had not attended two meetings of the Congress Legislature Party in January and February.

Congress Includes Sukh Ram in List of Star Campaigners

After allotting party ticket to his grandson Ashray Sharma from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has now included former Union Minister Sukh Ram in its list of star campaigners for the state.
Sukh Ram and his grandson had returned to the Congress two days after the BJP denied party ticket to Ashray from Mandi. The former Union Minister, his son Anil Sharma, who is a Cabinet Minister in Jai Ram Thakur-led government in the state, and Ashray had joined the BJP ahead of 2017 assembly elections.

Apr 01, 2019

JKPM Biggest Platform for Youth

Former IAS officer and founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement Shah Faesal said that his outfit would be the biggest platform for the youth, but will keep its doors open for politicians having unblemished record.

Mar 31, 2019

Big Blow to SP-BSP

The anti-BJP alliance in Uttar Pradesh led by the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party received a setback after a key OBC partner, the Nishad Party, ditched them allegedly for not following alliance dharma and within hours moved towards stitching a deal with the BJP.
The changing equations hold significance as it was the Nishad Party's Pravin Nishad who snatched the prestigious Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat from the BJP's grip in a byelection last year on SP symbol with the support of the BSP.

SP MLA Joins BJP

Six-time Samajwadi Party MLA and former Minister Chaudhary Virendra Singh joined the BJP.
A member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, Mr. Singh joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and State unit chief Mahendra Nath Pandey.

Mar 30, 2019

India Fears Misuse of Kartarpur Corridor

A senior government official said that reports had surfaced about the association of anti-India elements with the Kartarpur Corridor such as Bison Singh, Kuljit Singh, Maninder Singh, and others.
On the role of Gopal Singh Chawla, aide of terrorist Hafiz Saeed, in the managing committee of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, as announced by Pakistan, the official said this raised concerns about the misuse of the corridor for anti-India activities.
The official said that to expedite the infrastructure development for the corridor, India has proposed to hold another meeting of technical experts in mid-April to resolve outstanding issues at the "zero point.

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