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Gehlot govt is responsible for Udaipur 'terrorist attack': Rajyavardhan Rathore
In conversation with IANS, Rathore said that the Chief Minister's focus is entirely on keeping his chair safe, and due to Congress' vote bank and appeasement policy, such violent incidents are happening repeatedly in the state. He holds Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accountable for such incidents and says that if he cannot handle his responsibility, he should relinquish his position.
Sanjay Raut to join ED probe in Patra Chawl scam case
On Monday, he didn't join the probe and skipped questioning. He had said he wouldn't join the investigation and had dared the anti-money laundering agency to arrest him. But now he has said that he would get his statement recorded before the ED. The ED on Monday had taken Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale into custody in the DHFL Yes Bank case.
UP bans processions after Udaipur killing
Director-General of Police (DGP) D.S. Chauhan said security has been stepped up across the state and action would be taken against anyone making provocative remarks. Additional DG, law and order, Prashant Kumar, said that permission would be needed for any religious or political function on the issue.
EPS faction leaders meet OPS to settle dispute but latter unrelenting
The AIADMK General Council meeting will be held again on July 11 after the Madras High Court's division bench had ordered that no change must be made in the resolutions adopted at the June 23 meeting. This had upset the move of the EPS faction to get the General Council pass a new resolution making him the single General Secretary of the party.
People of Seemanchal will not forgive 4 rebel MLAs: Bihar AIMIM leader
Akhtarul Imam said, "the four MLAs have cheated the people of Seemanchal area and will not forgive them. People will teach them lesson in the next election. Those four MLAs have also cheated our national president Asaduddin Owaisi," Imam said while comparing rebel MLAs with Mir Jafar. The RJD is a party based on Muslim-Yadav equation and now they are talking about A to Z these days. When I left RJD, 5 MLAs won the assembly elections in 2020."
Don't cross 'Lakshman Rekha', Jairam Ramesh cautions Acharya Pramod
Krishnam had questioned the police 'laxity' in the Udaipur incident, saying "after being threatened, why security was not given to Kanhaiya Lal (the Udaipur victim), police with murderers, why no action being taken against SSP DIG". Acharya is a known supporter of Sachin Pilot and has been critical of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
BJP in Goa wishes ex-Maharashtra CM Fadnavis; shares his catchphrase
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Goa were in jubilant mood to receive rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena in Goa. Tight police security was provided to these leaders by the state government after arriving at Dabolim airport in the coastal state from Guwahati. BJP leaders and supporters were present in large numbers at Taj Resort and Convention Centre in Panaji, where these MLAs have checked in for overnight stay.
Vijayan is lying, scan CCTV footage from his house and Secretariat: Swapna Suresh
"The Chief Minister first said he doesn't know me, then he said she has come with UAE diplomats to his official residence. Let me tell you, I have gone to his official residence several times with UAE officials and also alone. I was allowed to walk into his residence and his office in the Secretariat without any security issues.
Disqualification proceedings have no bearing on the floor test, Shiv Sena rebels to SC
Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing the rebel MLAs, submitted before the bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala that the top court, in its judgments, had said the disqualification proceedings against the MLAs have no bearing on the floor test in the House. Kaul said that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is "in a hopeless minority within the party itself, forget the House".
Need 'thinking and speaking' President, not 'rubber stamp': Yashwant Sinha
"The country is now going through inflation, unemployment and an absence of recourse for the people have made life difficult and that's what prompted me to accept the candidature... I am starting from Kerala," said Sinha, who landed here on Tuesday night. To a query about if he had the numbers to get elected, the former Union Minister said that the numbers might not be in his favour but "also every election need not be a numbers game".
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