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Monthly Archives: July 2017

EC seeks report from Gujarat govt over Congress’ allegation of effecting defection of its MLAs by BJP The Election Commission has sought an enquiry report from the Gujarat Government over Congress’ allegation of effecting defection of its MLAs by BJP. The Poll panel has asked the State Chief Secretary to submit its report by 5 PM tomorrow. The Commission has also asked the State government to ensure proper security to all the MLAs and their family members. A Congress delegation led by senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met the Election Commission last evening in New Delhi and alleged that BJP government is misusing power and authority ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat. They asked the Commission to constitute a high powered committee to enquire into the charges of money and muscle power to engineer defection of Congress MLAs. Meanwhile in a bid to protect its MLAs in Gujarat from any form of horse trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, the Congress leadership flew more than 40 MLAs from Gujarat to a private resort in Bengaluru on Saturday. AIR correspondent reports that te MLAs arrived in two batches and were taken to a private resort near Ramanagara. They were escorted by party MP D.K.Suresh, who is overseeing the arrangements. He said, that the Congress MLAs from Gujarat came to Karnataka for rest and tourist purpose. This operation is being monitored by AICC General Secretary incharge of Karnataka K.C Venugopal. Meanwhile Karnataka Energy Minister D.K Sivakumar met Gujarat MLAs at the resort.

The Election Commission has sought an enquiry report from the Gujarat Government over Congress’ allegation of effecting defection of its MLAs by BJP. The Poll panel has asked the State Chief Secretary to submit its report by 5 PM tomorrow. The Commission has also asked the State government to ensure …

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Ahead Of Nandyal Bypoll, Exodus To YSRCP Continues

Kurnool: Exodus of TDP workers and leaders to the opposition party — the YSRCP continued on Sunday as councillor of Ward No. 12 in Nandyal municipality, Haneef Basha along with some 300 supporters joined the party. They were welcomed into the party fold by YSRCP’s Nandyal bypoll candidate Silpa Mohan …

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Women Cricket Players Won Nation’s Hearts, Says Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the Indian women’s cricket team, saying it had captivated the country despite losing the World Cup final. “Banish the thought from your mind that you were unsuccessful. Whether you won the match or not, you definitely won over the nation,” Modi …

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Two Killed As Car Plunges Into Canal

Eluru: In a tragic incident, two people have been killed after the car they were travelling in plunged into a canal. The incident occurred near Thallapalem village of Nidadavolu mandal in West Godavari district on Sunday morning. The two occupants in the car died due to drowning, the police said. …

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RSS Worker Hacked To Death; Five Arrested

Thiruvananthapuram: Five persons have been taken into custody in connection with the killing of an RSS worker even as the BJP called for a dawn-to-dusk state-wide hartal on Sunday to protest the incident here in the city. A day after the incident, Home Minister Rajnath Singh voiced concern over attacks …

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