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Nitish flies 130 MLAs to Delhi for show of support

February 11, 2015

Patna/New Delhi, Feb 11: Former chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar flew to New Delhi along with 130 MLAs supporting him on Tuesday, after waiting for more than 24 hours for a communiqué from Raj Bhavan.

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He is expected to parade his legislators before President Pranab Mukherjee soon.

Most of the lawmakers flew to New Delhi in two batches in separate IndiGo flights, with Nitish leaving in the latter.

The others are expected to reach Delhi on Wednesday “We were left with no option other than to fly our supporters to New Delhi, where we will meet the President and parade our supporters in front of him,” said Shrawan Kumar, who, till a day ago, was Bihar’s parliamentary affairs minister, before being sacked by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Earlier in the day, Nitish conceded that it was a mistake to have appointed Manjhi as his successor.

“I must admit that I erred in choosing my successor. Now it’s time for course correction. Hence we have informed the governor that he should take a decision (on forming new government) at the earliest, or else the game of horse-trading would turn murky,” said Nitish.

Congratulating Arvind Kejriwal on his landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, Nitish said, “We had maintained right from the beginning that there was no such (Modi) wave. But people mistook a ‘blower’ as the ‘BJP wave’ and got carried away. The BJP’s downfall has begun, and it will be decimated in the coming Bihar Assembly elections too.”

Meanwhile, Manjhi, who convened a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, gave his nod to the proposal for reservation of contractors belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe in contracts pertaining to road construction.

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February 26,2020

Kochi, Feb 26: Kerala High Court on Wednesday imposed a ban on strikes in schools and colleges that impact the functioning of the campuses.

''The functioning of campuses should not be hampered by the strikes. The colleges are for study, not for strikes. There should not be any march or gherao on campuses. Do not incite anyone for a strike," a bench of Justice PB Suresh Kumar said in its order.

"The order applies to schools and colleges. Do not harm the rights of others. The college can be a venue for peaceful discussions or thoughts. If actions are contrary to the orders of the court, the authorities can take action. They can call the police and restore peace," the order reads.

The Kerala High Court issued the order while hearing a petition filed by 20 educational institutions against campus politics.

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February 10,2020

Hyderabad, Feb 10: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi continued his tirade against PM Modi and Amit Shah against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). "We are ready to take bullets in our chests but we will not show our papers.

We are ready to take bullets in our chests as we love our country," Owaisi said further.

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February 4,2020

The government suspended all the India-bound air travel from China and has declared all visas 'invalid', on Monday, due to the rapid escalation of cases of novel coronavirus outbreak which originated in Wuhan.

"Embassy and our Consulates have been receiving several queries from Chinese citizens as well as other foreign nationals, who are based out of China or visited China in the last 2 weeks, as to whether they can use their valid single/multiple entry visas to travel to India," tweeted the Embassy of India in Beijing, China.

"It is clarified that existing visas are no longer valid. Intending visitors to India should contact the Indian Embassy in Beijing ([email protected]) or the Consulates in Shanghai ([email protected]) and Guangzhou ([email protected]) to apply afresh for an Indian visa," it said.

Further, regarding the validity of visas, the embassy said, "Indian Visa Application Centres (http://blsindia-china.com) in these cities may also be contacted in this regard. Visa Section of the Embassy/Consulates of India in China can be contacted to ascertain the validity of visa before undertaking any visit to India."

"All those who are already in India (with regular or e-visa) and had traveled from China after January 15 are requested to contact the hotline number of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Government of India (+91-11-23978046 and email: [email protected])," the embassy said.

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