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Scindia files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections

Jyotiraditya Scindia joins BJP in presence of Nadda

8:05 pm March 11, 2020

New Delhi: A day after announcing his resignation from the Congress, Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP on Wednesday in presence of the ruling party’s president JP Nadda. According to sources, the BJP is likely to name him as one of its candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh and is also confident of […]

Scindia quits Congress, likely to join BJP

7:33 pm March 10, 2020

New Delhi: Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress on Tuesday following a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and may join the BJP as the saffron party set in motion its plan to topple the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh to capture power there. Scindia, a leading Congress figure for years, met Union Home Minister […]

Scindia meets Modi, likely to join BJP

2:55 pm March 10, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, peeved with the party leadership over his perceived marginalisation, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday as the BJP moved swiftly to come to power in Madhya Pradesh by aiming to topple the Kamal Nath government. Scindia drove down to the residence of Union Home Minister Amit […]

Had Scindia remained in Cong he would have become CM, but now a BJP 'backbencher': Rahul

Scindia meets PM Modi, Amit Shah

2:53 pm March 10, 2020

New Delhi: Disgruntled Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday amid indications that he might join hands with the BJP to topple the Madhya Pradesh government. Sources said Scindia first met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and then the two leaders met Modi at the prime minister’s residence. Legislators loyal to […]

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‘Women workforce down to 18pc from 37pc in 13 yrs’

9:00 pm March 8, 2020

Guwahati: Women workforce in the country fell to 18 per cent in 2019 from 37 per cent in 2006, non- government organisation Azad Foundation said on the International Women’s Day on Sunday. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report this year ranks India at 149th position out of 153 countries on economic participation and […]