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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicDadra and Nagar Haveli

Topic: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra, Daman local polls: Congress alleges ‘election chori’, maps next move in standoff with EC

Congress is considering moving court after accusing BJP of ‘hijacking’ polls & alleging that 80% of Congress candidates’ & independents’ nominations were rejected at scrutiny stage.

29 men defeated 300 Portuguese soldiers to free Dadra & Nagar Haveli—with 5 pistols, 3 rifles

Neelesh Kulkarni’s new book ‘Uprising’ highlights an overlooked part of the Independence struggle—against the Portuguese.

Allies in Maharashtra, Congress & Shiv Sena set for face-off in Dadra & Nagar Haveli bypoll

The bypoll in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, which straddles the Gujarat and Maharashtra border, has been necessitated by the alleged suicide of incumbent MP Mohan Delkar in February.

Lost in history — role RSS played in liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli on this day in 1954

Dadra and Nagar Haveli were ruled by the Portuguese till an armed revolution liberated them, and the Tricolour was unfurled at Silvassa on 2 August 1954.

Father met Modi & Shah but got no assurances — son of MP who killed himself in Mumbai

Abhinav Delkar, son of ex-Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar, blames UT administrator Praful Patel for his father’s death. He has written to Home Ministry seeking Patel’s removal.

Who is Praful Khoda Patel? Minister in CM Modi’s Gujarat cabinet now booked for MP ‘suicide’

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Administrator Praful Khoda Patel was named, among others, in the ‘suicide note’ of 7-term MP Mohan Delkar.

Administrator Patel threatened MP Delkar with false case, demanded Rs 25 cr: Son of dead MP

The body of Mohan Delkar, 7-time MP from Dadra & Nagar Haveli, was found hanging in a Mumbai hotel room on 22 Feb. His 15-page 'suicide note' named Patel & several govt officials.

EC directs Dadra and Nagar Haveli administrator to withdraw notice to collector

Administrator Praful Khodabhai Patel, ex-Gujarat home minister, had accused the collector, who is also returning officer for the polls, of ‘unbecoming conduct’.

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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.