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Nitish Kumar also questioned the benefit of the 15th finance commission, which has sent southern states on a war path against the central government, and said Bihar would not see any benefit from it.

This was Kumaraswamy's first meeting with PM Modi after he took oath as the Karnataka CM after forming the government in alliance with the Congress on May 23.

The battle for Kairana is as much a BJP versus united opposition battle as it is a battle between the 'Singhs' and 'Hassans'. For Kairana’s political ‘gharanas’ (households), there are challenges galore both within and outside the family fold.

Chandrakant Patil said in the case of Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll, which is scheduled for Monday, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray did "wrong politics" and blamed him for the "bitter" relations between the two parties.

Political analysts believe that Singh gaining prominence is not good news for Scindia, who is already facing a stiff challenge from Kamal Nath.

The Kairana Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after the death of sitting BJP MP Hukum Singh in February. Tabassum Hassan is contesting on a Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) ticket, is the joint candidate of the opposition parties. ​

Shah's speech came a day after BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka chief minister since he failed to shore up the numbers ahead of a floor test. The Congress had accused BJP of trying to bribe its MLAs to break their ranks.

From the beginning till a couple of hours into counting, BJP seemed to be cruising towards the halfway mark effortlessly. But trends start reversing in the last 60 minutes.

The police reached the Hyderpora residence of Geelani and Naseem Bagh area residence of Farooq and conveyed to them the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir authorities of placing them under house arrest as a precautionary measure, officials said.

The Supreme Court has now ordered that the Pro tem speaker will conduct the floor test and the Speaker’s discretion will prevail. The SC was hearing a petition filed by the Congress-JD(S) combine in Karnataka against the decision of Governor Vajubhai Vala...

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of Jethmalani seeking urgent hearing and said that a three-judge special bench, which had heard the matter in the early hours, would re-assemble tomorrow.

Yashpal Malik, the national president of the outfit, said, “The Modi government has been making false promises to Jats ever since they came to power."

All eyes are now on Governor Vajubhai Vala who will have to decide whether to call BJP to try to form the government or go with the JD(S)-Congress combine, which together has a clear majority in the Assembly.

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