Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Gunfight Breaks Out Between Security Forces And Terrorists At J&K's Kulgam District
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As the Assembly Elections 2022 draws near, political parties and leaders are making full-throttle efforts to woo voters. While party's are finalising their candidates for various states, some leaders are shifting their bases and pledging under new allegiance.
In Uttar Pradesh, BJP and Yogi Adityanath got jolted as a minister and four MLAs quit the party and joined Akhilesh Yadav's SP. Swami Prasad Maurya, a top minister in the Yogi government, posted his resignation letter on Twitter and joined SP. Later four more MLAs close to him - Roshan Lal Verma, Brijesh Prajapati, Bhagwati Sagar, and Vinay Shakya - announced their resignations.
In Goa, former BJP leader Michael Lobo along with his wife Delilah on Tuesday joined Congress, a day after resigning from the Goa cabinet and quitting the saffron party.
Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the two-day 25th National Youth Festival to be hosted by Puducherry and will also be will inaugurating 11 New Government Medical Colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai at 4 PM via video conferencing.
On January 12, the Army Chief will do the annual media address. The press conference will be held at 2 pm via a virtual medium. Army Chief General MM Naravane will address the annual press conference from Delhi. Every year before Army Day (January 14), the Chief of the Army Staff addresses the annual media conference. Chief of Army Staff Annual Press Conference 2022 is being conducted virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gunfight Breaks Out Between Security Forces And Terrorists At J&K's Kulgam District
An encounter started between terrorists and security forces in Pariwan area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday, offficial sources told news agency IANS.
The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.
Punjab Election 2022: AAP To Announce CM Face Next Week, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party's national convener and Delhi chief minister on Wednesday said that the party's chief ministerial face for Punjab will be announced next week.
Meanwhile, the party announced a 10-point "Punjab Model" that promises jobs to youths, ending drug menace and bringing justice in sacrilege cases, as Arvind Kejriwal asserted people will vote his party to power to break the "partnership" between the Congress and the Badals.
Rocket Scientist S Somnath Appointed As New ISRO Chief, Replaces K Sivan
Senior rocket scientist S Somanath on Wednesday was appointed as the tenth chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and secretary, department of space (DoS). Somanath will replace K Sivan, who will complete his term on January 14.
BREAKING | Arrest Warrant Issued Against Swami Prasad Maurya
An arrest warrant has been issued against Swami Prasad Maurya for an alleged "hate speech" in 2014. The development comes after Maurya resigned from the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet and is expected to join Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
Breaking News LIVE: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Will Not Contest In First Two Phases, Om Prakash Rajbhar Backs SP Chief
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav organised a meeting with the SP allies in Lucknow. After the meeting, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said they have pledged to make Yadav the next CM of UP. "We have pledged to make Akhilesh Yadav the next CM of Uttar Pradesh. The list of candidates of the SP-led alliance will be released in a phased manner. My party will not contest in the first & second phases," Rajbhar said.
Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav holds a meeting with leaders of allies in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/NZ6ik5GGl4
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 12, 2022
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