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EC starts distribution of ballot box, materials for Presidential poll
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar along with EC Anup Chandra Pandey supervised the distribution and dispatch of ballot box and other poll related materials for the Presidential Election 2022 to Assistant Returning Officress from states /UTs at Nirvachan Sadan here. In a two-day exercise, the poll materials will sent to the state Assemblies where polling will be held.
Will Trinamool suspend Mahua Moitra, asks BJP
Sharing a video, West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya tweeted, "Y'day, Suvendu Adhikari, BJP's LoP in West Bengal led a massive march in Krishnanagar, constituency represented by TMC MP, whose obnoxious portrayal of Maa Kaali and Mamata Banerjee's silence on it, has angered Hindu Bengalis, both in and outside WB. When will TMC suspend Moitra?"
President poll: Shiv Sena may 'back' NDA's Murmu, 'betray' Sinha
Shiv Sena MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut indicated this while interacting with the media, saying party President Uddhav Thackeray will announce his decision in a day or so. "Backing Murmu does not mean supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party. The decision will be taken keeping in view the public sentiments," Raut made it clear, amid a clamour from its former saffron ally to toe its (BJP) line.
Will stop misuse of agencies a day after taking oath, says Oppn Prez candidate Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha also questioned the silence of the current President on vital issues and said, "If we talk about the last five years, it was a period of silence in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. We saw a silent President." Sinha also said that his former party BJP is dead and gone. However, he termed former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a consensus builder who always consulted the Opposition. "Politics based on consensus has ended and now it is the era of politics of confrontation," he said.
Days before Presidential poll, NNPG & NSCN-IM intensify media turf war
The statement from NSCN-IM issued on Sunday claimed that NNPG leader N. Kitovi Zhimomi has nexus with Indian security forces and that a contingent from Assam Rifles accompanied Kitovi during his recent visit to the Naga areas of Arunachal Pradesh. Denying the charge, the NNPG said on Monday that NNPG convener N. Kitovi Zhimomi and other members "never travelled" to Tirap, Changlang and Longding Naga areas of Arunachal Pradesh in the last couple of years.
PM to launch development works worth Rs 16,800 cr in Jharkhand on Tue
In a series of tweets on Monday, Modi said, "I look forward to being in Jharkhand and Bihar tomorrow to attend various programmes. In the afternoon, I will reach Deoghar where I will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development works worth Rs 16,800 crore." The Prime Minister will dedicate the in-patient department and operation theatre services at AIIMS, Deoghar, to the people of the state.
Oppn memorandum against 'Agnipath' scheme not signed by Manish Tewari
In past also, Tewari has supported the 'Agnipath' scheme. Speaking to IANS, Tewari had said, "The process of Defence reforms including right sizing the military started in the US way back in 1975 when Donald Rumsfield was Defence Secretary in the Ford Administration and every successive administration has seen it through. Rumsfeld initiated the conceptual basis of preparing armed forces for future warfare as he could envision the changing nature of the battlefield.
Yogi Adityanath expresses concern over population imbalance
He said a population control programme must go ahead successfully but at the same time "population imbalance" should not be allowed to happen. The chief minister said, "On one scale, population is an achievement of the society, but this will remain an achievement only when the society remains healthy and disease-free."
Congres, Shiv Sena term BJP-propped Maharashtra government 'unconstitutional'
Following the SC decision to hand over the matter pertaining to disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena legislators to a larger bench, Congress' chief spokesperson Atul Londhe said after the apex court considers the legal issues involved, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis may face problems. "The BJP-supported state government is unConstitutional and all decisions taken so far regarding the formation of the regime are also against the Constitution," he claimed.
Mumbai court refuses default bail to Anil Deshmukh, 2 others
Special Judge of the Special CBI Court S. H. Gwalani refused the default bail pleas of Deshmukh and his former aides Kundan Shinde and Sanjeev Palande. The trio of Deshmukh, Shinde and Palande had moved the Special Court seeking a default bail contending that only a 59-page "incomplete' charge sheet without any accompanying documents, had been filed by the CBI.
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