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• Priyanka Gandhi detained on way to Agra
  
  Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained by Lucknow Police at the Lucknow Expressway while she was travelling to Agra to meet the family of a Dalit man who died in police custody.
• Congress to hold crucial meet on Gujarat on Friday
  
  The meeting will be attended by important leaders of the state including president, working president and other office bearers of the party.
• Akhilesh slams BJP for claiming credit for Kushinagar airport
  
  Akhilesh has repeatedly been accusing the BJP of claiming credit for work initiated by his government. On more than one occasions, he has said that "Let them show me one project that they have initiated and completed."
• Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to announce new party soon; hints at pact with BJP for state polls
  
  An 'upset' Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that he would soon announce the launch of his own political party to serve the interests of the people, including the farmers who've been fighting for their rights for over a year now.
• Dilip Ghosh slams Mamata for keeping mum on Bangladesh violence
  
  Ghosh made this comment while participating at an event organised to protest the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
• Modi-Yogi an 'unparalleled Jodi': Rajnath Singh
  
  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched projects worth Rs 1,700 crores in Lucknow which is his parliamentary constituency.
• PM Modi Selling India's Crown Jewels, NMP Designed to Create Monopoly: Rahul
  
  He also contended that the Congress is not opposing the privatisation process but "the entire NMP is designed to create a monopoly". 
• Modi Govt Pushing NE into Chaos, Break Down of Constitutional Machinery: Cong
  
  Taking note of violence and conflict in several parts of the north eastern states, the Congress on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of pushing the north east into chaos and break down of constitutional machinery.
• Mamata Urges MEA to Bring Back Bengalis Stranded in Afghanistan
  
  However, sources in the state Home Department didn't rule out the possibility of the presence of more people in trouble-torn Afghanistan, which was taken over by the Taliban on Sunday. 
• BJP Anticipating Mass Exodus from Punjab Unit Ahead of Polls
  
  BJP insiders believe that most of the wavering leaders, who are in touch with rival parties, are non-Sikh leaders of its state unit.
• After BJP's Attack on Nehru, K'taka Cong Calls Vajpayee 'a Heavy Drinker'
  
  "Vajpayee used to be a heavy drinker. He needed two glasses of Whiskey every day," Priyank Kharge stated in Kalburgi on Saturday.
• After Sibal's Dinner, Sonia to Host Meeting of Opposition Leaders
  
  Shiv Sena has confirmed that they will participate in the meeting, for which a tentative date of August 20 has been given but it will depend on the availability of the leaders.
• Amarinder Meets Sonia, Says Discussed State Issues
  
  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi here on Tuesday, their first meeting after the latter appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab Congress chief despite the Chief Minister's opposition.
• Cong Names Chidambaram Observer for Goa Polls, Ramesh for Manipur
  
  In both states, the Congress had finished as the largest party just short of a majority and was outmanoeuvred by the BJP, and then saw a mass exodus of party MLAs to it - over a dozen lawmakers in Goa since 2017.
• BJP Says Rahul Is Politicising Rape & Murder of Delhi Minor Girl
  
  Hitting out at former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday asked him whether the "Dalit daughters of Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh are not the daughters of India"?
• Mamata Meets Sonia; Discusses Political Situation, Pegasus
  
  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi here and discussed the current political situation in the country as well as the Pegasus snoogate row.
• Nadda to Meet UP Party MPS to Discuss Poll Preparedness
  
  BJP chief J.P. Nadda will meet party MPs from Uttar Pradesh to discuss preparedness for next year's assembly polls. BJP's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh will attend the meeting with the party chief.
• Pegasus Snoop-gate: Maha Cong Urges Thackeray to Oder Probe
  
  The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday called upon Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to order a judicial enquiry - on the lines of West Bengal - into the alleged snoop-gate scandal.
• BJP MPS Boycott Parliamentary Panel Meet Headed by Tharoor
  
  The BJP MPs led by Nishikant Dubey boycotted the IT Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on Tuesday. They said that they will complain against Tharoor to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. 
• Nadda, Shah Discuss K'taka Situation with Arun Singh
  
  BJP national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh was also present in the meeting held in Parliament House.
• Mamata Accuses Modi Govt of Showing Vindictive Attitude
  
  She again appealed to all the political parties to come forward and unite to defeat the "autocratic government" at the Centre and save the "largest democracy of the world".
• Everything Will Be Remembered: Rahul on Deaths Due to O2 Shortage
  
  Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi once again targeted the government over the deaths due to shortage of oxygen during the second wave of Covid, saying everything will be remembered.
• Pegasus Is a Concocted Hack Story: BJP
  
  Hitting out at Amnesty International's role over the alleged snooping on prominent citizens using Israeli Pegasus spyware, the BJP on Thursday termed it a concocted hack story.
• Snooping Phones of CMS, Politicos, Judges Threat to National Security: Sibal
  
  BJP leader and former IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad questioned the credentials of those behind the story as well as its timing.
• Atal-Advani's Parliament Chamber to Be Used by Nadda Now
  
  Advani used the room till the time he was a parliamentarian, and after that, it had remained locked.

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