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Bihar NDA government moves No-confidence motion against Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary as a first blow to RJD after Nitish switched camps

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2024

A day after Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA folds, ditching its erstwhile ruling alliance, BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav moved a notice of no-confidence motion seeking the removal of the Assembly Speaker.

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Punjab: Pro-Khalistanis attack retired Army officer after he removed Bhindranwale’s portrait from Gurdwara

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2024

Pro Kalistani elements attacked former Army officer in Punjab after he removed poster of Bhindranwale

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Maharashtra: Union Minister Narayan Rane says Maratha reservation announcement by CM Shinde is problematic, may upset backward caste communities

ANI - 29 January, 2024

The Union Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) said that he will hold a press conference on this issue later today.

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Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah justifies pulling down Hanuman flag from 108 feet pole in Mandya, says national flag should have been hoisted

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

Speaking on tensions in Mandya, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, "It is not right to fly the saffron flag instead of the national flag. They should have hoisted the national flag."

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Now there is no question of going anywhere else, we will stay together: Nitish Kumar after taking oath as Bihar CM from NDA

ANI - 28 January, 2024

Nitish Kumar on Sunday asserted that his alliance with NDA will remain forever adding that now there is no question of going anywhere else.

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AAP to contest all 90 assembly seats in Haryana against I.N.D.I. Alliance partner Congress, Arvind Kejriwal announces in Jind

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal announced that his party would contest all 90 assembly seats in Haryana on its own, but will be part of INDIA bloc for Lok Sabha polls

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Nitish Kumar becomes Bihar CM for the ninth time, 8 others take oath as cabinet ministers, BJP’s Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha are Dy...

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

The 18-month ruling coalition between Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress came to an end on 28th January when CM Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the Governor.

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