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Blow to Congress, TRS says no to merger, JD(U) refuses tie-up

March 4, 2014

TRS_refusesNew Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 4: On a day the Janata Dal (United) snubbed its alliance overtures, the Congress was dealt another blow on Monday when in the evening Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) not only ruled out a merger but also indicated it was open to a tie-up with other political parties.

TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao announced in Hyderabad that his party had unanimously decided not to merge with the Congress. After a six-hour meeting of its general body, TRS also set up a five-member committee to discuss alliance with other parties, including the Congress.

The developments are a blow to the Congress’ Lok Sabha math. It braved opposition within and outside to go ahead with the Andhra split, expecting to reap rich electoral dividends in Telangana, which has 17 Lok Sabha seats, in alliance with TRS. With anger against the split, Seemandhra with 25 Lok Sabha seats is largely seen as a lost cause for the Congress.

TRS sources said the majority in the party favoured maintaining an independent identity and having a “level-playing field” with all parties. Another view was that the party should take a decision on tie-ups only after the elections.

Earlier in the day, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav ruled out any tie-up with the Congress and said his party would work to strengthen the Third Front of 11 non-BJP, non-Congress parties. “We will strengthen that and spoil the game of the Congress and BJP,” he said.

In view of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s refusal to concede more than 11 seats to it in Bihar, the Congress opened back-channel talks with CM Nitish Kumar’s party. But the JD(U)’s demand for special status for Bihar remained the biggest stumbling block.

Read : Lalu relents on deadline to Cong, offers 11 LS seats

The JD(U) snub has now left the Congress with two options — to go it alone or accept Prasad’s offer. It has since scaled down its demand for seats from 15 to 12 seats. Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha seats.

Many JD(U) leaders viewed the Congress overtures as a tactic to build pressure on the RJD. The indication that the Congress was inching closer to finalising the deal with the RJD came from party

spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi. “We are moving in the direction that will be proper and effective for both the Congress and RJD,” he said.

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February 28,2020

New Delhi, Feb 28: The months of March, April and May are "likely to be warmer than normal" over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department said today in its summer forecast.

Above normal heat wave conditions are also likely in the core heat wave (HW) zone during the season (March-May), the weather department said.

The core heat wave zone covers the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and parts of Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

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January 26,2020

Guwahati, Jan 26: Four powerful grenade explosions--three in Dibrugarh and one in Charaideo districts--rocked Assam Sunday morning as the country celebrated Republic Day, police said.

In Dibrugarh district, an explosion took place at Graham Bazar and another beside a gurudwara on A T Road, both under Dibrugarh police station.

Another explosion rocked the oil town of Duliajan whose details are still awaited, police said.

Another explosion rocked Teok Ghat under Sonari police station of Charaideo district, they said.

Senior officials have rushed to the explosion sites and details of casualty are awaited, police added.

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April 1,2020

Prayagraj,  April 1: Seven Indonesian nationals, one person from Kolkata and one from Kerala who had attended the event at Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz have been put under quarantine, informed SP (City) Prayagraj, Brijesh Kumar Srivastava on Wednesday.

"Seven Indonesian nationals, one person from Kolkata and one from Kerala, were found at Abdullah mosque here. During the investigation, it was found that they had attended the Markaz gathering in Delhi. These people, along with 28 people who came in contact with them, have been quarantined." he said.

"A case has also been registered against them for not informing the police on reaching here," he added.

Earlier, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said that the officials are not certain of the accurate number of people who participated in the event but it is being estimated that 1,500-1,700 people had assembled at the Markaz building.

The religious gathering was held at the Markaz building in Nizamuddin between March 13 and March 15.

The total number of active cases rose to 1466 in the country, while 132 people have been cured and discharged after receiving treatment, as of 9 am.

The number of deaths due to the infection also rose to 38, while one person has migrated.

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