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Court grants Kejriwal exemption in defamation case
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Babbar.
Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah to campaign in MP
Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Tuesday will be in Madhya Pradesh to campaign for their party candidates.
I caught Presiding Officer standing behind EVM machine, says Babul Supriyo
Refuting the allegations that he intimidated polling officers, Union Minister Babul Supriyo has said that the Presiding Officer was stage managing the entire voting process, which he just opposed."The windows adjacent to electronic voting machine (EVM) were open. People from outside can actually see what is going on inside the booth. The entire set up was wrong. We had the information about all this," Supriyo told ANI."When I entered the booth, I caught the Presiding Officer standing right behind the EVM. He would have protested if I were wrong. I warned him that he is a government officer and so behave like that and do your duty accordingly," he said.On Monday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the state police to register an FIR against Supriyo for allegedly trespassing into the polling booth (Number 199, Kashidanga FP School under Barabani police station) and threatening the polling officers.Union Minister Supriyo claimed the BJP agents were thrown out of the polling .
India set to have Defence Cyber Agency in May; Rear Admiral Mohit to be its first chief
In a bid to bolster its capabilities to tackle threats emanating from hackers, mostly from China and Pakistan, India is all set to have Defence Cyber Agency (DCA) by next month, headquartered in the capital. Senior Navy officer Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta will be the first head of the DCA."We are working to raise the Defence Cyber Agency in May itself. The work has almost been completed. A new building has been hired in the national capital which will act as the headquarters of the formation," sources in the Defence Ministry told ANI here.As agreed upon by the Defence Ministry and the three services, the cyber agency would be headed by Rear Admiral Gupta. The Navy is expected to announce his formal appointment anytime, sources said.DCA is one of the three agencies along with the Special Forces and Space to be set up as per the clearance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Combined Commanders' Conference in Jodhpur last year.The DCA will include a lot of existing capability ..
Congress releases list of 40 star-campaigners for Punjab, Chandigarh
Congress has released a list of 40 star-campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab and Chandigarh, including party president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi.Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Ahmed Patel, Ambika Soni, KC Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, Sheila Dikshit, Manish Tiwari, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Raj Babbar and Jaiveer Shergill are among others who figure in the list released on Monday.Newly inducted member Udit Raj has also made it to the list.Polling in Punjab and Chandigarh will be held on May 19 in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Indian Army finds the abominable snowman in the Himalayas?
The Indian Army has claimed to have stumbled upon footprints of a 'Yeti' in the Himalayas.Taking to Twitter, the Army said its mountaineering expedition team spotted the "mysterious" footprints on April 09 close to Makalu Base Camp.This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past, the Army claimed. The images, however, show the imprint of only one foot..
COMCASA to grow India-US military ties: Indo-Pacific US Air Force chief
The top US Air Force commander for the Indo-Pacific region has said that the US-India agreement to share highly sensitive information will help grow military ties and the different origins of the aircraft of the two countries were not a barrier to working together.
EC to decide complaints against Modi, Rahul on Tuesday
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday is set to decide on complaints of alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congres President Rahul Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah.
Akhilesh seeks '72-year' ban on Modi for 'shameful' speech
Attacking Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday said the prime minister should be "banned for 72 years" for his "shameful" speech. The Election Commission has recently barred several leaders including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours due to poll code violations. "Vikas (development) is asking... Did you hear the shameful speech of Pradhanji (PM)? After losing the faith of 125 crore countrymen, he (Modi) is now relying on the unethical assurance of defection allegedly given by the 40 MLAs," he tweeted. "This reflects his (Modi) black money mentality. He should be banned for not 72 hours but for 72 years," he said. On the campaign trail in West Bengal's Serampore Lok Sabha seat in Hoogly district and Barrackpore constituency in North 24 Parganas, Modi assailed TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over her prime ministerial ambitions, ...
Guterres raises Xinjiang Uyghurs during China trip
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during his visit to China last week, reminded Beijing that its treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs in the troubled Xinjiang region was still under close watch, according to a UN spokesman.
Sealing, injustice to government employees to rule New Delhi constituency: Maken
Congress leader and former Union Minister Ajay Maken is raking up the issues of sealing drive against unauthorised constructions and "injustice meted out to government employees" by the Modi dispensation in his bid to wrest from BJP the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency which he represented earlier.
Trump orders changes to asylum case handling
US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to charge fees for asylum claims and handle cases within 180 days, the White House said in a statement Monday night. The announcement came as Trump blasted what he described as the United States' "weak, ineffective and dangerous" immigration laws on Twitter. The memo outlined other changes including charging asylum seekers to file work permit applications, and barring people who enter the US illegally -- or attempt to -- from receiving temporary work permits before being approved for relief. It also directed officials to revoke the work permits of immigrants who receive final deportation orders. The order came two weeks after Attorney General Bill Barr directed immigration judges to no longer allow asylum seekers apprehended after entering the country illegally to post bail, according the US media reports. Trump has staked his presidency on his insistence that the United States is being overrun by migrants and asylum ...
US Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein steps down
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, submitted his resignation letter to the White House.
Biden says Trump abused his office, ignored most Americans
Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump of abusing the powers of his office and ignoring everyone but his political base Monday in his first public rally as presidential candidate, arguing in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania that strengthening unions and promoting social and economic unity can restore Democrats to the White House. The former vice president told hundreds of supporters and labour activists that Saturday's deadly shooting at a California synagogue proves a new that the country is "in a fight for its soul." But he spent more time criticising Trump for his political behaviour than for the president's past comments concerning white supremacists, unlike Biden's video formally kicking off his presidential campaign last week. "There's only one thing that stands in our way. It's our broken political system that's deliberately being undermined by our president to continue to abuse the power of the office," Biden said. He called Trump "the only president who has ...
Mueller report: US Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein resigns
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel two years ago over investigation into the possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 US elections, submitted a long-expected resignation letter to Trump on Monday.
Trump approved plan to pay $2 mn to free Otto Warmbier, says former envoy
Former US State Department Special Representative for North Korea, Joseph Yun, who was handed over the medical bill of American school student Otto Warmbier, on Monday, agreed that he had signed an agreement to pay North Korea USD two million for the release of Warmbier in 2017.In an interview with CNN's Jim Sciutto, Yun said that he signed the bill with the approval of then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump had also agreed to bring Warmbier back to the United States."As soon as North Korea side told me that this bill for USD two million would have to be paid ... I contacted my boss then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson," Yun said, noting that Tillerson "got back very quickly thereafter to say yes, go ahead and sign."When asked if he believed Tillerson had Trump's approval in the matter, Yun said, "I never asked him, but that was my understanding."On April 26, the Trump administration had said no money has been paid for the release of Warmbier, who was in a ..
Three LDF cadres involved in 'bogus voting' in Kasaragod, says Kerala CEO
Kerala's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena on Monday said three ladies affiliated to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) were involved in "bogus voting" in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.The development came two days after Meena directed returning officers to submit a report following complaints by Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) regarding bogus voting by the Left cadres across Kasaragod district in the elections that were held on April 23."After receiving a factual report from the collector officers we have found that three ladies, affiliated to Left party, voted twice in polling booth 19 of Payyannur in Kasargod parliamentary constituency. Particularly, two of them were not voters of that booth. It is an offence under Sections 171 C, F and D of Indian Penal Code," Meena told ANI.The accused have been identified as Padmini, Saleena NP, and Sumayya KP.On being asked if polling agents were involved in this case, Meena said, "If the polling agents knew about it then
Rod Rosenstein tenders resignation
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Robert Mueller to investigate alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential elections, tendered his resignation on Monday.Rosenstein, who wrote a letter to the White House, will serve in his current capacity till May 11, CNN reported."I am grateful to you for the opportunity to serve; for the courtesy and humour you often display in our personal conversations; and for the goals you set in your inaugural address: patriotism, unity, safety, education, and prosperity because 'a nation exists to serve its citizens'," Rosenstein wrote in his letter."We enforce the law without fear or favour because credible evidence is not partisan, and truth is not determined by opinion polls," read the letter cited by CNN. "We ignore fleeting distractions and focus our attention on the things that matter because a republic that endures is not governed by the news cycle," it added.On January 10, CNN had quoted a source as stating that the attorney
In Chitrakoot, Shah claims 'mahamilawat' has given tickets to 'bahubalis'
BJP president Amit Shah claimed that the 'mahamilawat' (a reference to the grand alliance) has fielded 'bahubalis' in the ongoing polls, but asserted that these strongmen would have no impact on the state under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath."The leaders of gathbandhan have not understood till date that Uttar Pradesh has changed. They have given tickets to bahubalis. They think that people of Chitrakoot will get scared, but they do not know that Uttar Pradesh has changed and progressed under Yogi government. Such strongmen would have no impact on our government," he said during an election rally here on Monday.Shah went on to say that during the BJP government's tenure in the state, the musclemen are 'hung upside down' and 'set right'. (Ab bahubalion ko ulta latka kar seedha kar diya jata hai).Taking a jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the BJP chief quipped that Gandhi travels abroad during the summers as he cannot withstand the season."Rahul baba is a mahamilawati leader of
Trump, Erdogan discuss Turkey's S-400 purchase
US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the issue of Ankara's purchase of S-400 missile defence system, said the White House.