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New Delhi: The middle of the week saw a number of major newsbreaks as the Centre announced its COVID vaccination plan from March 1, the world’s largest cricket stadium, Motera s Sardar Patel Stadium was renamed as Narendra Modi Stadium and the National Stock Exchange experienced a glitch. Below are the day’s biggest headlines:
“In 2016, assembly poll dates were announced on March 4. This year, it is my assumption that the EC will announce the dates by March 7,” he said on his third visit in a month to poll-bound Assam.
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After Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, yet another Congress government has fallen. This time it is the Union Territory of Puducherry, and that too at a time when elections are expected soon. Now there is chatter that President’s Rule will be used to delay elections, to help BJP build a base. After all, it does not have a single elected MLA here. It was the vote of the nominated MLAs that was critical to V Naryanasamy’s government losing the trust vote on Monday, alongside the resignation of one DMK and five Congress MLAs in the runup to it.
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