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Prominent among the 35 candidates are former ministers Krishna Yadav, J. Chittaranjan Das and P. Babu Mohan, Marri Shashidhar Reddy and NVSS Prabhakar.The Central Election Committee of the BJP cleared the third list. With this the party has announced 88 seats out of 119-Assembly seats.The saffron party had announced the first list of 52 candidates on October 22 while the second list had just one name.The names of state BJP president and Union minister G. Kishan Reddy, MP K. Laxman, actor-turned-politician Vijayashanti were missing.Krishna Yadav, who resigned from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to join the BJP recently, will contest from…

On completion of their police custody, which the police had sought on October 25, the duo was produced before Special Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Court.On October 31, the court had granted time till November 10 to Delhi Police to file a reply to an application by Purkayastha seeking release of his electronic devices seized by police.Both Purkayastha and Chakravarty moved the court seeking release of electronic devices seized by police and bail, respectively, in a case lodged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Kaur had granted time to Delhi Police till November 4 to file…

Acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani instructed the construction of shelters during his recent visit to the Torkham crossing point which borders Pakistan, Xinhua news agency quoted a local media outlet as saying in a report.More than 150,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from Pakistan via Torkham over the past few days, the report said.More than 200,000 Afghan refugees, with the majority of them via Torkham border town and some via Spin Boldak and other crossing points, have reportedly returned to their homeland over the past month.The Taliban regime’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post…

According to the BSF, the driver of the truck has been arrested and handed over to the customs department along with the smuggled gold consignment.The arrested truck driver has been identified at Suraj Mog and he is a resident of Jaipur area under Bangaon sub-division.The 60 smuggled gold biscuits that were recovered from the driver’s possession weigh seven kg and are valued at over Rs 4 crore.It is learnt that the goods vehicle, which has an international permit, went to the Benapole Port on the Bangladesh side, with a legal consignment on October 30. The truck was supposed to come…

The Vigilance Court had dismissed the petition stating that evidence was not there.Akhil Vijay, theamicus curiae during his arguments on Thursday said the Vigilance Court’s order dismissing the petition filed byGireesh Babu seeking a probe was not acceptable.Vijay pointed out that it was not right on the part of the Vigilance Court not to examine the order of the Income Tax Settlement Board which gave a full picture of what the case was all about.He further said that the officials of the CMRL have also made their position clear on the payments, and hence the Vigilance Court should have taken…

SAP will support Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence corporate affiliate programme’s research, policy and education efforts to help responsibly build and implement artificial intelligence (AI).In addition, the company said at its TechEd event here that it will commit expertise and resources to help the HAI Corporate Affiliate Programme explore the frontier of generative AI in business and how the new technologies will transform industries and economies.“Generative AI offers a whole new world of opportunities to simplify and optimize business processes. As AI evolves at a rapid pace, we need to ensure that it is developed with three guiding principles: relevance,…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday skipped the Enforcement Directorate summons for questioning in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam and left for Madhya Pradesh for a roadshow.Addressing a press conference, Bhardwaj questioned how Tiwari had made this prediction on October 29, suggesting that the ED summons may be politically motivated. Bhardwaj argued that the ED is being employed as a tool against the opposition.In another press conference, AAP senior leader Gopal Rai said that Kejriwal had provided a response to the ED notice, posing several questions and requesting the withdrawal of the notice.”ED did not respond to…

October 2023 was generally warm with daily maximum temperatures above 34 degrees Celsius on 25 days, reports Xinhua news agency.On October 9, temperatures exceeded 35 degrees Celsius in several parts of Singapore, with 36.3 degrees Celsius recorded in the north of Singapore, according to the MSS.This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Singapore in the month of October, surpassing the previous record high of 35.7 degrees Celsius recorded on October 14, 2001 and October 13, 2019.Following the haze episode which affected Singapore on October 7 and 8, the haze situation gradually improved with increased showers over Singapore and the…

Buenos Aires, Nov 2 (IANS) Emiliano Vecchio scored a late equaliser as Racing Club kept alive their title hopes with 2-2 draw at Defensa y Justicia in Argentina’s Primera Division.Gabriel Hauche gave the visitors the perfect start by scoring in the first minute before Lucas Pratto and Gaston Togni struck either side of halftime for the hosts, reports Xinhua.But Racing refused to yield and Vecchio put his side on level terms when he combined with Maximiliano Romero before sending a cool finish past goalkeeper Enrique Bologna three minutes from time.Racing are due to host Central Cordoba in their next top-flight…

Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka players are wearing black armbands for Thursday’s match in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 against hosts India to pay tribute to the late Percy Abeysekera, the legendary cheerleader of Sri Lanka cricket.Abeysekera passed away in Colombo a couple of days back.Abeysekera was an integral part of the game of cricket in Sri Lanka and did play a pivotal role from beyond the boundary line to support and motivate the players,” Sri Lanka Cricket informed in a statement on Thursday.”His towering legacy spans across Sri Lanka’s pre- and post-Test eras, and his name…