In this issue

March 17, 2024

Maximum plan for Maximum City

The BJP has drawn out an ambitious plan to capture all the six seats of Mumbai in the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for May 20.

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44 days of reckoning

The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 and the counting of votes will be taken up on June 4, the Election Commission of India announced on Saturday.

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Shivaji Park primed for Nyay Yatra sign-off

Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka, Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray (Shiv Sena - UBT), Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu C.M. M.K. Stalin (DMK), Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Tejashwi Yadav (RJD) and others will participate

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India abstains on Pak's Islamophobia resolution

India has abstained on a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly on Islamophobia that was introduced by Pakistan on Friday and co-sponsored by China.

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NAVY CONFRONTS HIJACKED CARGO SHIP OFF SOMALIA

The Indian Navy confronted Somali pirates in a dramatic gun battle on a cargo ship, foiling an attempt by them to hijack ships in the high seas off the east coast of Somalia, officials said on Saturday.

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Woman with penchant for filing cases

The woman who has filed a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has a history of filing cases against people in positions of influence, according to police officials.

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Kejriwal gets bail in ED case

A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Directorate's Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal after he appeared before it following the Enforcement (ED's) complaints that he was skipping summons in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy scam.

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EC's Ten Commandments

The Election Commission has identified the four M’s – muscle power, money power, menace of misinformation and Model Code of Conduct violations – as the four biggest challenges before it and spelt out a slew of steps, from reining in criminal elements to getting banks and various police forces to track movement of money and material as means of curbing their use during the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

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UP, Bihar & Bengal: Hum SAAT hain

Spearheaded by Modi, govt aims for an unprecedented third term, while Oppn, aligned loosely under INDIA, aspires to make significant inroads into NDA’s electoral performance

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‘Links’ with Dear Lottery: Will TMC face heat?

In West Bengal, even as alleged corruption has been reported in recruitment, and the School Service Commission has not been held for quite some time now, youths operating lottery kiosks have mushroomed across the state over the years and the results are immediate and disheartening for thousands of jobless youths, who spend their hard-earned money to buy 'cheap' lottery tickets.

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PM: CORRUPT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE SPARED

A day after the arrest of BRS leader K Kavitha in a money laundering case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged BRS entered into a partnership with other \"hardcore corrupt parties\", while asserting that no corrupt person will be able to escape.

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Former PS of Anil Deshmukh reinstated

Sanjeev Palande has been posted as the Deputy Commissioner Entertainment Tax), Konkan Bhavan, Navi Mumbai

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5-phase fight in Maharashtra: Alliances yet to pick candidates

Ajit Pawar is extremely miffed since he has been offered only four seats in sharp contrast to 49 seats in 2019; within the MVA too differences persist over Nashik and a few other seats

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ED tears fake art sale canvas

Searches at six locations of Art India International’s Rajesh Rajpal in complaint by US equity firm TPG Capital’s India head Puneet Bhatia who was sold fake paintings of Manjit Bawa and FN Souza

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‘IT’S ALL ABOUT POLITICS

Residents from 34 merged villages react to Ajit Pawar's instruction to PMC to reduce property tax

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Fergusson College students drive voter engagement efforts

The youth of Pune district have taken the initiative in voter awareness campaigns aimed at boosting voter turnout in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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AIMIM to go solo, realy to contest 6 Lok Sabha seats

The Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) plans to contest at least six of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state, a top party leader said here on Friday.

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Deputy Speaker orders probe into ZP tender fraud

The Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Legislative Narhari Zirwal, has directed the Chief Executive Officer to investigate alleged fraudulent activities surrounding a tender submission.

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Despite economic crisis, Pak a threat: CDS

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Saturday said Pakistan may be in a kind of economic turmoil but militarily there has been \"no denting\" in its capabilities and its armed forces \"remain a threat for us\".

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Former Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy to undergo third heart surgery

Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy will undergo a heart surgery for the third time.

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Left-wing extremism-hit dists down from 72 to 58

Extremism-hit The number of Left Wing districts in the country covered under the special SRE funding scheme has come down to 58 from 72 following a \"comprehensive\" review by the Union home ministry and the 10 affected states, official sources and records state.

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Nitish Kumar distributes portiolios, retains home, general administration

A day after the expansion of his cabinet, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday allocated portfolios to the ministers of the NDA government.

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Tribals threaten to boycott bs polls

The tribal community in Bagli threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if, Коор village of Sewanyakhurd gram panchayat relocated owing to the proposed Hatpipalya Micro Irrigation Project.

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BJP aims to sweep all seats, Cong hopes for better show

BJP announced candidates for 29 constituencies | Congress yet to finalise names for 18 seats

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PAK FACES HEAT AT UN

United Kashmir People's National Party chairman highlights grave human rights situation in Pok | Activist highlights appalling conditions of Baloch community, seeks immediate action

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From glory to grace

CHAMPS Foundation honours sporting legends past and present

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