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<p>New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi who asserted that the INDIA bloc will win the upcoming assembly polls in the state with a “massive majority”.</p> <p>The meeting comes days after former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the BJP after resigning from the JMM citing dissatisfaction with the party&rsquo;s current style of functioning and “bitter humiliation”.</p> <p>Soren met Kharge and Gandhi at the Congress president’s residence here. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal and Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren were also present during the meeting.</p> <p>Though Soren termed the meeting as a courtesy call,… Read More »Jharkhand Polls: CM Hemant Soren Meets Congress’s Kharge, Rahul Gandhi As INDIA Bloc Eyes ‘Massive Majority’

AP ICET 2nd Phase Counselling 2024: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has released the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (AP ICET) 2024 2nd phase counselling schedule. Interested candidates can participate in the 2nd phase of the counselling process by visiting the official website, icet-sche.aptonline.in, once the registration window opens. AP ICET 2nd Phase Counselling 2024: Schedule Registration for Web Counselling: September 04, 2024, to September 07, 2024Verification of Certificates: September 05, 2024, to September 08, 2024Exercising of Web Options: September 09, 2024, to September 14, 2024Change of Web Options: September 15, 2024Allotment of Seats for 2nd Phase Counselling: September 17, 2024Self-Reporting and Reporting to Colleges: September 17, 2024, to September… Read More »AP ICET 2nd Phase Counselling 2024 Schedule Released, Check Key Dates

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have reached a ‘principal understanding’ to ally ahead of next month’s Haryana Assembly election, sources told NDTV Tuesday evening. The next step is to discuss seat-sharing, for which Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha for the AAP and KC Venugopal for the Congress will meet either tonight or tomorrow. All of this comes hours after it emerged that Rahul Gandhi suggested the INDIA bloc members continue a partnership formed before the April-June general election. In Haryana the Congress and AAP contested the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats 9:1, with the former winning five and the latter none. Mr Gandhi, sources said, is keen to sweep as many of the… Read More »Congress-AAP Alliance In Haryana? Negotiations To Begin Soon: Sources

A woman and her partner from Cornwall have been sentenced to prison for plotting to drug and rape her six-year-old daughter. The couple, whose identities are being withheld to protect the victim, were sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday, August 30. The woman, from East Cornwall, received a 17-year prison sentence, while the man, from North Cornwall, was sentenced to 13 years. Both were also given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, reported ITV News.  The investigation began in 2021 when the man accidentally left his phone with someone at a pub, who then discovered disturbing messages related to the sexual abuse of a young girl. Police seized the phone as evidence and subsequently… Read More »UK Woman And Partner Jailed After Planning To Drug, Rape Her Six-Year-Old Daughter

The housing of Central Industrial Security Forces, deployed at the hospital where the shocking rape-murder of a doctor took place last month, appears set to be the next flashpoint between Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. The Centre has now gone to the Supreme Court, contending that the Bengal government must house the CISF personnel who have been delegated to ensure security at the hospital. Anything less, it said, would amount to contempt of court.