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Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in post-poll violence in Bengal
The court also directed the state government to immediately process the compensation for the victims of the post-poll violence. The CBI will be investigating into the serious crimes like rape and murder. A separate division bench has been formed to monitor the CBI investigation. The Bengal government had hit back saying that the reports of violence were greatly exaggerated, with fake videos and images circulated to create incorrect narratives.
Vasundhara Raje is back in BJP's posters
The poster carries the first picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, followed by party president J.P. Nadda and Bhupender Yadav. Next comes Poonia, then Raje, and then the leader of opposition, Gulabchand Kataria who is then followed by union ministers including Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kailash Chaudhary.
AIMPLB distances itself from Taliban statements
"Opinion of some Board members has been portrayed as the Board's stand by few media channels and they are being attributed to the Board. These practices are against the spirit of journalism. Media channels must refrain themselves from such acts and no news regarding Taliban should be attributed to the AIMPLB," the statement said.
Tamil Nadu: Palaniswami accuses DMK govt of trying to frame him in murder case
Palaniswami, who is also the Leader of Opposition the Assembly, made the allegation just before the house commenced on Wednesday. At this, members of his AIADMK immediately stood up from their seats, raised a sheet of paper at the Chair that read:"Don't foist false cases . We condemn this move", and then walked out.
Bihar: State RJD president back in office, 11 days after being 'humiliated' by Tej Pratap
The rapprochement came after Jagadanand Singh, who is considered as leader of upper castes in the RJD, was called by Tejashwi Yadav to his 10 Circular Road residence on Wednesday evening. At their closed door meeting, he was understood to be given an assurance that he would not be humiliated by Tej Pratap Yadav or any other leaders of the RJD.
Naidu expresses anguish over disruptions in Parliament, state legislatures
Speaking after presenting the 'Sir M Visvesvarya Memorial Award' to MS Ramaiah Group of Institutions' Chairman M.R. Jayaram in Bengaluru, Naidu, who's also the Chiarman of Rajya Sabha, said that he was saddened by the 'new low' witnessed in the Parliament recently as also in some state legislatures, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
In a first, Leh to hold civil services prelims on Oct 10
Leh is the capital city of the Union Territory of Ladakh. Sharing the information on Wednesday, the Minister for Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Jitendra Singh, said that this will address a long-pending demand of the youth from the Ladakh region whose grievance was that they found it difficult to reach the examination centres in other parts of the country, because of the constraints of affordability of airfare and uncertain weather conditions.
Delhi falls 5 positions in Prime Global Cities Index
In a statement, Knight Frank India said that Delhi saw a marginal decline of 0.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in prime residential prices, leading to the drop in global position from 32nd rank in Q1 2021 to 37th rank in Q2 2021. The premium micro-markets of the city remained unchanged on a QoQ basis in Q2 2021 to record an average price of Rs 33,572 per square feet.
India's priority in Afghanistan is getting citizens home safely: Jaishankar
India has been running an airlift of its citizens from Afghanistan and Jaishankar discussed it with Blinken, whose country is controlling the Kabul airport. He said that these were "early days" of the new situation in Afghanistan and "at the moment, we are like everybody else very carefully following developments in Afghanistan". As regards future relations with Afghanistan, he emphasised the historic people-to-people ties.
SC announces nine recommendations for elevation to top court, three women on list
The names, finalized by Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising the four senior most judges of the top court, are: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Justice Hima Kohli, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Justice C.T. Ravikumar, Justice M.M. Sundresh, Justice Bela Trivedi, and senior advocate P.S. Narasimha.
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