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Victory for Subramanian Swamy in TTD case
The police also conveyed to the court that it was framing charges against three persons of the newspaper for carrying a report which incited people.
Amit Shah's home has become centre of anti-Dalit politics: Cong
Congress general secretary and party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted after the meeting of Singh and Shah, saying: "The arrogance of those in power has been hurt... since a Dalit has been made the Chief Minister, they ask who takes the decisions in the Congress? They did not like idea of the top position being given to a Dalit."
EC prepared for Bengal bypolls
The Bhabanipur assembly seat became vacant after TMC veteran Sovondeb Chattopadhyay resigned making room for the chief minister. There was no election in the other two assembly constituencies - Samserganj and Jangipur - both in Murshidabad in the recently concluded assembly polls because the contesting candidate died just before the poll day.
Commonwealth award for Indian to invent low-cost housing for quarantine
He has invented low-cost portable housing for Covid-19 quarantine and shelter from extreme weather such as earthquakes and flooding.
Ajay Maken hits back at Sibal, defends Gandhis
Reacting to Kapil Sibal's press conference earlier in the day, Maken said, "the Congress leadership is listening to everybody in the party, and wanted to tell that they should not degrade the organisation which gave them back so much."
Amarinder calls on Shah, discusses 'farm issues'
On Tuesday, IANS had first ran the story -- "'Upset' Amarinder likely to meet Shah, his office denies". Since then, speculation was doing the rounds about a likely meeting between the two leaders.
Assam bypolls: Congress to go alone, BJP in alliance
According to the Election Commission announcement on Tuesday, bypolls to Gossaigaon, Tamulpur, Bhabanipur, Mariani and Thowra would be held on October 30. Congress' chief spokesman Bobbeeta Sharma said on Wednesday that as of now, her party would contest the bypolls alone. "However, senior party leaders would discuss all the aspects of the by-elections," Sharma told IANS.
DDMA allows Ramleela, Durga Puja, Dussehra celebrations in Delhi
After the meeting with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, the DDMA has decided that festivals will be celebrated with restrictions on crowd gatherings, number of eateries, fairs and separate entry and exit points. Compliance with Covid-19 guidelines is mandatory. The DDMA will soon issue a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document about the other restrictions, if any, said a DDMA official.
Delhi reports 41 new Covid cases, no fatality
The Covid infection rate in the national capital has climbed to 0.06 per cent, as the active case tally has went up to 392, while 22 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,13,342 so far, it said. A total of 107 Covid patients are being treated in home isolation at present. The Covid recovery rate was 98.23 per cent, while the active Covid cases rate stands at 0.027 per cent, and the death rate continues to be at 1.74 per cent.
Defence Ministry approves proposals worth Rs 13,165 crore
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for Capital Acquisitions proposals for modernization and operational needs of the Indian Armed Forces amounting to approximately Rs 13,165 cr. Of the total amount approved, procurement worth Rs 11,486 crore (87 percent) is from domestic sources.
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