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The much awaited list was released just 32 days before the election date scheduled on November 17 on the first day of auspicious festival Navratri at sharp 9 a.m. believing on numerical addition of 9 (1+4+4= 9).With fielding 27 per cent (39 out of 144) candidates from the Other Backward Class (OBC), the Congress also tried to justify its claim of 27 per cent reservation for the community-already a battle on this issue going on between the Congress and BJP in Madhya Pradesh.To counter the possible resentment from the upper caste, it has fielded an equal number of candidates –…

Arora’s application sought bail on ground that the financial probe agency had filed an incomplete charge sheet against him. He claimed that the ED had filed an incomplete charge sheet just to defeat his “statutory right” to get default bail in case the probe agency fails to file a charge sheet within the statutorily period granted by the law to complete the investigation from the arrest of an accused. Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala House Courts, Devender Kumar Jangala, who had taken cognisance of the charge sheet against Arora on September 26, dismissed the application observing that the ED had completed…

Asked what is its stand on the allegations by female wrestlers of sexual harrassment against former president of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, an IOC spokesman said such questions should be directed to the international federation, the United World Wrestling in this case”We are closely monitoring things but questions on this issue should be directed at the wrestling federation,” said Mark Adams, IOC’s Director of Media and Communications, during a press briefing at the end of the opening day of the 141st IOC Session here on Sunday.Olympian wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat had…

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said, “Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who was born in Punjab, passed away on October 11, 2023, in the Rajouri sector while on duty at the Line of Control.”He said that when his mortal remains were brought to his village in Punjab’s Mansa district, the truth of the Agniveer scheme came to the light in front of the country.”When the BJP government launched the Agniveer Yojana concerning the recruitment of soldiers in the army, many concerns were being raised about this scheme. The AAP also expressed significant concerns…

With healthy amount of support for them in the crowd of 26, 440, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil slammed half-centuries in carrying Afghanistan to 284 in 49.5 overs. In defence, Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman took three wickets each in an impressive bowling performance to bowl out England for 215 in 40.5 overs.With this, Afghanistan end their 14-match losing streak in World Cups with the biggest win of their ODI history till date, to send shockwaves in the tournament as well as in the cricketing world. Afghanistan are now at sixth place in points table, just behind England, while…

Cairo has said the expulsion of so many Palestinians from their homes would be breach of international law, and a national security risk for Egypt that is liable to bankrupt the country’s ailing economy, The Guardian reported.Palestinians themselves, and other Arab states, fear refugees would never be allowed back to their homes.Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has said that Palestinians in Gaza must “stay steadfast and remain on their land.”Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he was in full agreement with Egypt. Speaking in Cairo he said: “I repeat once again that we are inviting Israel to comply with international…

The fresh cases are reportedly due to the new variant nicknamed BA.2.86, dubbed as Pirola.The variant has led to a five-month high spike in hospitalisations (3,366 patients) in England in the week ending October 6 — the highest figure since mid-April.According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the cases will “further increase” as the season progresses, along with other “winter respiratory viruses like flu”.”This week’s surveillance indicates a slight increase in Covid infection rates. As we enter the colder months and people begin to mix more indoors, we expect to see further increases in Covid,” said Mary Ramsay, UKHSA’s…

AAP National Spokesperson Reena Gupta on Sunday said that the ED kept Singh in remand for eight days but interrogated him for only three hours. “In the Modi government, agencies like the ED, CBI, Income Tax, and the police are being used only to harass opposition leaders. The ED should change its name to the Entertainment Department,” Gupta said while addressing a press conference.”What’s even more ironic is that the ED asked him mostly irrelevant questions. For example, the ED asked, ‘Why did you take money from your parents?’ If the ED had to ask such questions, they should have…

“This project — the development of the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport — has been the most challenging project that we have ever taken on and executed,” Adani said speaking at the inauguration of the Vizhinjam port.In addition to being the first exclusive trans shipment port, Vizhinjam will also make history as the first semi-automated container terminal in India.Vizhinjam will also be a Global Bunkering Hub, supplying clean, green fuel like hydrogen and ammonia.When completed, this port will be one of the greenest ports in the world, a fitting complement to the natural beauty of environment-conscious Kerala, Adani said.“We also…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday made it clear that it has not received any formal proposal or letter of interest from India regarding their intention to bid for the 2036 Games.It also made it clear that as far as the bidding process for the Games, it only recognises the National Olympic Committee (NOC), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in this case. As of now, India’s interest has been shown by Prime Minister Modi, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and the Gujarat Government through the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), which hired PwC as its consultant and gave a final…