Haryana polls: BJP list soon, may drop sitting MLAs, ministers | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Vying for a third straight term amid major losses in recent Lok Sabha polls and the possibility of anti-incumbency, BJP’s central election committee (CEC) meeting took place on Thursday to finalise candidates for the single-phase Haryana assembly polls.Sources said there is a possibility of sitting MLAs, including ministers, being culled based on several…

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3 Pakistani terrorists killed in Kupwara ops | India News – Times of India

SRINAGAR: Three Pakistani terrorists were shot dead early Thursday at separate locations near the LoC in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district as security forces intensified counteroffensives to ensure peace during J&K’s first assembly elections in a decade from Sept 18 to Oct 1.Another shootout between security forces and terrorists was reported late Wednesday night in a…

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BJP-led OBC panel to discuss caste census amid oppn assault | India News – Times of India

New Delhi: With the opposition’s relentless insistence on caste census, Parliament’s Committee on Welfare of OBCs on Thursday included the politically sensitive subject on its agenda, following a strong demand from the members that it be discussed by the panel. BJP ally JDU supported the demand raised by DMK and Congress among others.The committee, headed…

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Bid to twist my remarks, never threatened docs, says Mamata Banerjee | India News – Times of India

KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee spoke out Thursday against “attempts to twist” her statements, saying she supported the protests by junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim.“Let me most emphatically clarify that I have not uttered a single word against the (medical, etc) students or their movements. I totally support their movement.Their…

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