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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The confrontationist ambience between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government worsened with the Governor refusing to budge from his position.

BHOPAL: Year 2021 said good bye to Madhya Pradesh government on a bitter note. The bitter note gave a major setback when the BJP government was forced to repeal an ordinance promulgated by it to facilitate three-tier Panchayat elections. That decision was taken because the government reserved seats for OBC candidates. The Supreme Court ordered to postpone elections. And now the whole issue is being considered by the apex court. The court will also hear several petitions filed by stake holders.

Election is Uttar Pradesh is round the corner and our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying his best to develop the state by inaugurating development projects worth thousands of crore. He seems to have risen from the slumber he was in only couple of months ago when election surveys have started prediction sharp fall in BJP’s electoral fortune, and it was only in the beginning of November 2021, Uttar Pradesh was ranked the big state with worst governance. Modi is also all out to end “cycle of corruption” in the state and had unleashed the central agencies against it that have been raiding continuously, just before the election.

The year 2021 ended with a significant outcome of civic polls in Chandigarh where the Aam Admi Party (AAP) emerged as the single largest party pushing the ruling BJP to the second and the Congress to the third position. This was followed by a survey of Times Now projecting AAP as the single largest party in the new assembly in Punjab, followed by the Congress while the Akalis and the BJP-Amarinder combination will be far behind.

Keen competition is on the cards with over 100 entries in the fray for the fourth round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship commencing in Chennai on Friday.

New Delhi: Ace hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been nominated for the World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award and the former captain says he is truly elated and honoured ‘as this nomination is recognition for great team work.’

On December 16, the union government decided to raise the minimum legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. Pursuant to this, the Union Cabinet introduced a bill of amendment to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 in the Indian parliament.

Gross Bank Credit in India has witnessed only a little improvement compared to last year. The latest data release by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows that both food and non-food credit deployment grew by only 7 per cent during November 2020- November 2021 as against 5.8 per cent a year before. Food credit was -2.6 per cent which deteriorated to a -7.4 per cent. However, non-food bank credit growth improved to 7.1 per cent compared to 5.9 per cent.

Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, has discovered he is ‘Hindu’ and has told it to the world, too, especially the electorate of Uttar Pradesh, which is going to polls and the Yogi may or may not continue to rule Uttar Pradesh if he fails to woo the Hindu vote. So, quite aware of the pits and falls, he revealed the secret and asked the congregation to “Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain.”

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav is giving tough fight to ruling BJP in assembly polls which is evident from sharp attack by top BJP leaders during campaign meetings in different parts of Uttar Pradesh during recent weeks. Massive turn out during Vijay rath yatra of Akhilesh Yatra has unnerved BJP leadership which is now working round clock to retain power in UP.