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Officials said that Sivapraksam had completed the Pre University Course (PUC) system which was later abolished by the Tamil Nadu government and this led to his disqualification. The 61-year-old retired zoology teacher was undecided on taking the seat or not as his son advised him against it as it would mean a young aspirant would be deprived of the seat.

The CSL has received orders for building nine such FBOPs. The Ministry of Home Affairs in March 2019 had placed orders for the design, construction, and supply of nine FBOPs for the water wing of the BSF. The FBOPs with an overall length of 46 meters and a breadth of 12 meters are designed for deployment in the inland waters of India, specifically in the Creek area of Kutch (Gujarat) and Sunderbans of West Bengal.

"All the farm unions associated with the Morcha will observe this protest with great fervour. It is expected that this programme will be organised in at least 500 districts of the country," SKM, a consortium of farmers' organisations, said in a statement after the meeting of its coordination committee. "In the protest demonstrations on January 31, a memorandum will also be submitted to the Union government. The preparation for this programme was reviewed during the meeting," the statement said.

She told the media here that Sidhu had abandoned her mother and she passed away on a railway station in 1989. In the run up to the assembly elections in Punjab when the race is 'hot' between Sidhu and his bete noire and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over the chief ministerial face, Sidhu's sister claimed her brother had 'forced' her and her mother to leave the house in 1986 to grab the property.

A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and C.T. Ravikumar said: "Suspension beyond the remainder period of the ongoing Session would not only be grossly irrational measure, but also violative of basic democratic values owing to unessential deprivation of the member concerned and more importantly, the constituency would remain unrepresented in the Assembly."

Meanwhile, High Ground police have lodged a case of unnatural death following the complaint by her husband Dr Neeraj. The police are awaiting the statements from the family of Soundarya on ascertaining what made her take the extreme step. According to sources, Dr Soundarya conducted naming ceremony of her baby three months ago. Police sources say that there are very less chances of family dispute and reason for the suicide is yet to be ascertained.

The victim, Soundarya, is the daughter of Padmavathi, Yediyurappa's second daughter. The incident came to light at around 10.30 a.m. when the domestic helper came to wake her up for breakfast. When she didn't open the door of her room, the helper informed others. The apartment staff arrived and the victim hanging from the ceiling of the balcony and informed the police.

The two-seater aircraft M-102 was being used by the Air Force Station of Gaya for training purposes. The official said that there were two pilots, one of whom was undergoing training in the aircraft when a technical glitch arose. The two pilots managed to land the aircraft in the agricultural field in the Bagdaha Beli Ahar village under Bodh Gaya police station. The training had started in the OTA ground on Friday morning from where it took off.

There would be rains in several states also, it said. The Western Disturbance lies as a trough in middle tropospheric level and there is a north-south trough in lower tropospheric levels, and another trough runs from south Tamil Nadu to south interior Karnataka in lower tropospheric levels, the IMD said. Cold wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha, Bihar and Chhattisgarh during next 2-3 days and over Odisha during January 28 to 30.

Ansari's comments have now drawn flak from Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who has hit out at the former Vice President over his "cultural nationalism" remarks, media reports said. While participating in a virtual panel discussion organised by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Ansari expressed concern regarding the rise of Hindu nationalism