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Kharge chaired the meeting of the CEC at the party headquarters, which was also attended by party MPs Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal, Telanagana Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy, Screening Committee Chairman K. Muralidharan, state incharge Manikrao Thakre and many others. The senior leaders discussed the candidates for at least three hours. Briefing the media later, Muralidharan said: “Today we have discussed 70 out of 119 seats and more discussion is required to finalise all the seats.” He said that the Congress will soon announce the list of all candidates at one time. The Congress is gearing…

Stern warning to Maharashtra SpeakerThe Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker for the delay in hearing and deciding the disqualification petitions filed by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).It orally asked the Speaker to take a decision before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.N. Chandrababu NaiduThe Supreme Court on Friday asked Andhra Pradesh to “stay its hand” in arresting TDP supremo and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the alleged Fibernet scam case.It issued notice and orally asked the investigative agency to not arrest TDP chief in the…

The seized weapons, which include carbines, rifles, pistols, grenades, country-made mortars and a cannon, besides explosives, were recovered from Imphal East, Kakching, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts. The combined team of security forces during their day-long searches on Friday in about 150 houses in three villages — Kameng, Khamran and Mana Ingkhol – of Imphal West district recovered arms and ammunition, including three sophisticated carbines. The recovered arms and ammunition have been handed over to Lamshang police station for taking further legal action. During the search operations three United National Liberation Front (UNLF) cadres were also arrested from Imphal…

The bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra gave two weeks’ time to the Centre to respond to the plea.The apex court was hearing petitions filed by the AFT Bar Association in Chandigarh that challenged the transfer of judicial member Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary from Chandigarh to the Kolkata bench of the tribunal.While the bench refused to interfere with the plea against the transfer, it decided to consider the plea against the MoD’s control over the AFT.The petitioner’s counsel submitted that as the Ministry itself is a major litigant before the AFT,…

Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said: “They have come back to the party today. There are seven leaders – four from BJP and three from SAD.” He said that the perception of Congress is growing day in and day out in Punjab, and also said that many important leaders of the AAP will also come back to Congress. Besides Bajwa, Congress state unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was also present at the party headquarters. –IANSaks/vd

AICC Media Coordinator and in-charge for Mizoram Mathew Anthony said that Gandhi would be in Mizoram from October 16 and on the first day, would interact and walking along with the people from the Chandmari junction to the Treasury Bhawan in Aizawl. Before returning to Delhi on October 18, he would attend a number of organisational and campaign related events. The Congress was voted out of power in 2018 by the Mizo National Front (MNF). State Congress chief Lalsawta recently said that the party would field candidates in all the 40 Assembly seats and the Central Election Committee would soon…

A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal issued notice to the Union government and others in the matter and sought their response by November 3. The elections – which were set to be held on August 12 – were stayed by a bench of Justice Vinod S, Bhardwaj of the High Court just one day before they were supposed to be conducted. The special leave petition stated that the impugned HC order has caused grave prejudice to the WFI and the wrestling athletes in India because the United World Wrestling (UWW) – the international governing body for…

The incident is said to have taken place in June this year.The accused minor boy allegedly showed pornographic clips to the 7-year-old boy, and sodomised him.The boy eventually told his parents about the incident, following which they confronted the accused’s kin. Both families reside in the same locality, and are neighbours.A “compromise” was reached between both families, with the parents of the 7-year-old boy demanding the accused minor be sent off somewhere else. Later, the accused boy was sent to a relative’s place.However, the 12-year-old accused came back a few days ago, following which the father of the Class 3…

Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey, who presided over the case, gave the time for additional arguments or clarifications since both the defence and prosecution completed their arguments last week. The court also directed all the accused to be present in court when the judgment is pronounced. Vishwanathan tragically lost her life on September 30, 2008, when she was shot dead on Nelson Mandela Marg while returning home from work in her car. Five individuals – Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, Ajay Kumar, and Ajay Sethi – were arrested in connection with the murder and have been in custody…

Manama : Heads of local Majlises in Muharraq have lauded the keynote speech delivered by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa while opening the second session of the sixth Legislative Term of the National Assembly, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. In statements to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA), they commended HM the King’s order to preserve the historical and cultural identity of Bahraini buildings and cities, as well as revive the Isa Al Kabeer Palace. They also praised HRH the Crown Prince and Prime…