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“Defeat teaches a lot”: Akhilesh Yadav after BJP’s win in Delhi polls

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 9 (ANI): After BJP’s win in the Delhi assembly polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday stated that defeats are lessons, asserting that the INDIA bloc will gain more strength in the future. Akhilesh Yadav has campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates in the Delhi assembly polls, but AAP suffered a massive setback, securing only 22 seats–a huge drop from its previous tally of 62 in 2020 polls, while the BJP won a historic mandate on Saturday, returning to power in the national capital after 27 years by winning 48 seats in the

India’s remarks on Mujibur Rahman’s residence demolition ‘unwarranted’, says Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb 9 (PTI) Asserting that the demolition of the residence of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the country’s internal matter, the interim government on Sunday said India’s remarks on the incident was “unexpected and unwarranted”. Thousands of protesters on Wednesday last set fire to the 32 Dhanmondi residence of Rahman in Dhaka. Rahman had spearheaded the country’s autonomy movement and independence struggle from this residence, which was later transformed into a memorial. This historic residence was where Rahman proclaimed Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in 1971. India on Thursday voiced anguish over the destruction of the historic residence and

Manipur CM N Biren Singh resigns, says honour to serve people of state

Imphal, Feb 9 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal, officials said. In a letter to the governor, Singh said, “It has been an honour to serve the people of Manipur thus far. I am extremely grateful to the central government for time actions, interventions, developmental work, and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interests of every single Manipuri.” “My sincere request to the Central government through your good office is to continue with the same. I take the opportunity to enumerate the

INDIA bloc runs out of steam as BJP gains further ground

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) Just eight months after its good showing in the Lok Sabha polls, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) seems to be running out of steam with internal bickering and conflicting ambitions resulting in diminishing electoral returns that have once again put the Bharatiya Janata Party in the driver’s seat in national politics. With the defeat of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, the number of INDIA bloc governments in the country has come down to eight — Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The INDIA

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