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LS polls: Jana Sena and alliance partners finalize seat sharing in Andhra Pradesh
The BSP, CPI, CPM and JSP on Monday finalized their seat sharing agreement in Andhra Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The BSP will contest on three seats, while CPI and CPM will contest on two Lok Sabha seats each in the state. The rest of the seats will be contested by JSP.Following the agreement, the Pawan Kalyan-led party also announced its second list of candidates for the general elections.Meanwhile,in Assembly elections out of 175 seats, the BSP will contest on 21 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh while CPI and CPM will contest seven Assembly seats each. The remaining will be contested by the JSP.The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that Andhra Pradesh will go to polls in a single phase on April 11. Both the Lok Sabha and legislative assembly polls will be held in the state simultaneously.
Modi regime suppressing people: Priyanka (2nd Lead)
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday kicked off her three-day Lok Sabha campaign by taking a boat ride on the Ganga river from here, accusing the Modi government of slapping sedition charges against dissenters.
1 jawan killed, 4 injured as Pak violates ceasefire for 2nd day, shells LoC in Rajouri
An Army jawan was killed and four others were injured when the Pakistan army violated ceasefire for a second day Monday, resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said. The Pakistani army initiated unprovoked firing about 05:30hours targeting the LoC area in the Sunderbani Sector with mortar bombs and small arms, a defence spokesman said. The Indian Army retaliated effectively, he said. "In the incident, rifleman Karamjeet Singh was critically injured and later succumbed to injuries," the spokesman said, adding four other soldiers were injured and condition of two of them was critical. The 24-year-old deceased rifleman belonged to Janer village, under Dharam Kot Tehsil in Moga district of Punjab and he is survived by his parents, he said. The defence spokesman paid tribute to Singh describing him as a brave and sincere soldier. "The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to ..
Asaduddin Owaisi files nomination from Hyderabad
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed his nomination from Hyderabad parliamentary constituency on Monday for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."Alhamdulilah, filed my nomination papers today. Hyderabad Parliamentary Constituency has been the voice of India's impoverished, oppressed and weak. Inshallah, it will continue to be so," he tweeted soon after filing his nomination papers.The Lok Sabha elections in Telangana will be held in a single phase on April 11 for its all 17 Lok Sabha seats.Owaisi has been representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha from past three terms. The ruling TRS has already declared that it would extend support to the Owaisi.
No dynasty politics in naming candidates: DMK
The DMK Monday denied dynasty politics in naming its candidates for the April 18 Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu and asserted that only loyal party workers have been rewarded with a ticket. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi said only those who have been serving the party for long have been given a ticket to fight the elections. Kanimozhi herself is the daughter of late party chief M Karunanidhi and the DMK is now headed by her brother M K Stalin. She will be trying her luck for the first time in the Lok Sabha polls after Stalin announced her candidature from Tuticorin constituency in southern Tamil Nadu. "Those who have been working for the party for long only have been given a seat, not that someone has been brought from outside," Kanimozhi told reporters when asked about dynasty politics dominating the list of DMK candidates. She said that there was no need to deny ticket to somebody just because the person happened to be a political heir. She was speaking to ...
UK prime minister in last-minute push to win Brexit support
British Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-minute push to win support for her European Union divorce deal, with attention focused on wooing Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. The DUP's 10 lawmakers are pivotal to May's effort to overturn two overwhelming defeats in Parliament, because their support could influence hard-line members of May's Conservative Party. Opposition has focused on the so-called backstop, designed to ensure there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. But May suffered a setback Monday when former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refused to support her deal. Johnson used his column in the Daily Telegraph to say that further changes are needed to the backstop, claiming it left the U.K. vulnerable to "an indefinite means of blackmail" by Brussels.
Indonesia summons Australian envoy over senator's Christchurch remarks
Indonesia summoned Canberra's ambassador Monday after an Australian senator blamed last week's mosque attacks by a white supremacist in New Zealand on immigration. Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi said she had called ambassador Gary Quinlan to her office to convey the Muslim majority country's "strong condemnation" of Queensland Senator Fraser Anning's controversial comments. The 50 Muslims killed in Friday's massacre in Christchurch included one Indonesian, while another was seriously injured. "Ambassador Quinlan conveyed his reassurance that the statement made by Senator Anning does not reflect the position and sentiments of the government and the people of Australia," Marsudi wrote on her official Twitter account. She added: "Indonesia strongly condemns this act of terrorism which has no place in New Zealand or anywhere else in this world." On Friday, Anning said in a statement the attack in the southern New Zealand city was the result of Muslim immigration into the ...
Pakistan's Qureshi in China on 3-day visit
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in China on Monday on a three-day trip during which he is scheduled to attend the first Islamabad-Beijing foreign ministers' strategic dialogue.
India, Guinea must continue to work to further enhance bilateral trade: President
Asserting that trade between India and Guinea has reached almost USD 900 million, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said both the countries must continue to work to further enhance bilateral trade. Welcoming Guinea's Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, who had called on the president at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and his delegation to India, Kovind said that recent high level visits have imparted a new momentum to India-Guinea bilateral ties. Kovind expressed confidence that this visit will mark yet another high point, a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said. He was happy to note that India is among the top trading partners of Guinea. He said that India-Guinea bilateral trade in 2017-18 reached almost USD 900 million, representing an increase of nearly 40 per cent from the previous year, the statement said. Kovind said that both sides must continue to work to further enhance bilateral trade in the coming years, the statement said.
Haryana declares one-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Parrikar
The Haryana government declared a one-day state mourning on Monday as a mark of respect to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday. "The State government has decided to observe a one-day state mourning as a mark of respect to the departed dignitary. The national flag will fly at half-mast on March 18," an order issued by Haryana Chief Secretary's office said. Parrikar, a four-time chief minister, died at his private residence Sunday evening after battling the pancreatic ailment since February last year. The IIT graduate represented Panaji Assembly seat in the state for over two decades. Parrikar's final journey will begin after 4 pm. He would be accorded a state funeral with full military honours, according to the home ministry. The central government has announced national mourning on Monday.
Owaisi files nomination for 4th term from Hyderabad
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday filed the nomination for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat.
We are capable of defeating BJP in UP: SP, BSP
A day after the Congress announced that it will not contest on seven Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP leader Mayawati on Monday said that their alliance was capable of defeating the BJP.
One of us should lead Goa, opines BJP MLA
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Glenn Ticlo on Monday opined that one of the 12 BJP MLAs should lead Goa, following the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.Ticlo's reaction came after the opposition Congress, which is the single largest party in the 40-member Goa assembly, wrote to Governor Mridula Sinha, the third time in past two days to stake claim to form government in the state."Definitely, one among the 12 of us BJP MLAs should lead the state, it is but obvious," Ticlo told ANI.The four-time Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle against cancer at the age of 63.The present strength of the Goa Assembly stands at 37 instead of 40.The Congress is currently the single-largest party in Goa with 14 MLAs. The BJP has 13 legislators and its government is supported by three MLAs each of the Goa Forward Party and Maharashtra Gomantak Party, and three Independents.
AP Chief Electoral Officer announces deadline for filing nominations, withdrawals
Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh Gopal Krishna Dwivedi on Monday released a formal notification of details of dates for the nomination, withdrawal, etc."March 25 is fixed as the last date for making nominations and March 28 as the last date for withdrawal of candidatures," the release read."According to the release, candidates of political parties can file their nominations from today. All nominations will be scrutinised on March 26," it further read.Currently, there are 15 sitting MPs from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), three from YSR Congress Party and two from the BJP.BJP had fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with TDP which later walked out of alliance over special category status to the state.All 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh will go to polls on April 11.The election for 175 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh shall take place on April 11 in single phase along with the Lok Sabha election in the state.In 2014 assembly elections, N Chandra Babu ...
Gunupur MLA quits BJD
Trinath Gomango, the BJD MLA from Gunupur assembly seat in Odisha, on Monday resigned from the ruling party citing "neglect" meted out to him by the party. Like Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi and Nilgiri MLA Sukant Kumar Nayak, who had resigned from the regional party recently alleging "neglect", Gomango said he had also been "ignored" and "sujected to neglect" in the party. Gomango, the brother-in-law of former Congress chief minister Giridhar Gomango who had later joined the saffron fold, was elected to the Assembly from Gunupur seat in Rayagada district in 2014. The Gunupur MLA sent his resignation letter to BJP president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "I have today tendered my resignation from the primary membership of Biju Janata Dal (BJD). I joined the BJD in 2009 and have worked for the party for five years," the tribal leader said. "The party has let me down by organising a rally at Gunupur without my presence," Gomango told reporters outside the residence .
Officers backing early Assembly polls harassed: Omar
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged on Monday that officers of Jammu and Kashmir favouring early Assembly elections were being harassed by a lobby of senior officers who oppose such a move.
Goa's new CM will be sworn in after 3 p.m.
Goa's new Chief Minister will be sworn in after 3 p.m., state BJP President Vinay Tendulkar announced on Monday.
DMDK names candidates for LS polls in TN
NDA constituent DMDK Monday announced its candidates for the four Lok Sabha seats allotted to it in the AIADMK-led alliance, fielding among others, party founder Vijayakanth's brother-in-law LK Sutheesh. Sutheesh is the party's Deputy Secretary. In a statement, DMDK founder Vijayakanth announced the candidature of R Azhagarsamy from Virudhunagar and Alagapuram R Mohanraj from Chennai North, while Dr V Ilangovan will fight from Tiruchirappally. Sutheesh has been nominated from the Kallakuruchi Parliamentary constituency. Azhagarsamy is a senior party leader while Mohanraj is a former MLA who represented Salem North in the 2011-16 state Assembly. He was DMDK's Deputy leader in the Assembly then. Ilangovan is the party's Presidium Chairman. Elections to 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state are scheduled on April 18, the second of the seven-phase polling to a total of 543 parliamentary seats. AIADMK and DMDK had last week agreed upon the seat-sharing pact after much deliberations, .
After Mayawati, Akhilesh asks Cong not to spread confusion
After Mayawati's retort to the Congress, the Samajwadi Party Monday asked the grand old party not to spread any kind of confusion while maintaining that the BSP-SP-RLD alliance is capable of defeating the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress on Sunday said it would leave more than a dozen Lok Sabha seats for other parties, including seven for the SP, BSP and RLD alliance in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, the grand old party also said that it will leave two seats for the Apna Dal, and entered into an electoral agreement with the lesser known Jan Adhikar Party. "In Uttar Pradesh, the SP, BSP and RLD alliance is capable of the defeating the BJP. The Congress party should not spread any kind of confusion," SP president Akhilesh Yadav wrote on Twitter. Earlier in the day, Mayawati advised the Congress to refrain from spreading misunderstanding about leaving seven Lok Sabha seats for the SP-BSP-RLD combine. In a series of tweets, Mayawati also made it amply clear that
Sushma Swaraj calls on Maldivian President Solih
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday called on Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih. The two leaders took stock of the progress made in bilateral relations since Solih's visit to India last year."Strong convergence in India's 'Neighbourhood First' & Maldives' 'India First' policy. EAM @SushmaSwaraj called on President of Maldives @ibusolih in Male. Took stock of the progress made in bilateral relations since President Solih's State visit to India in December 2018," tweeted MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.Swaraj also met former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and the two exchanged views on strengthening bilateral relations."Old and cherished friend. In the last engagement of her trip to Maldives, EAM @SushmaSwaraj met former President of Maldives @MohamedNasheed. Exchanged views on strengthening bilateral relations," Kumar tweeted.Swaraj, who arrived in Male on Sunday for a two-day visit to the island nation at the invitation of Shahid, is accompanied by Foreign ...