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Congress fields most candidates with criminal cases, BJP has more crorepatis in Gujarat elections: ADR

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An analysis of affidavits of 923 candidates by ADR shows that Congress has 31 (36%) candidates having criminal cases whereas ruling BJP which has fielded 22 (25%) candidates with criminal record. The Congress has more candidates with criminal records than the BJP in 89 seats that is going to polls in the first phase on December 9, says a report of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released on Friday. An analysis of affidavits of 923 candidates by ADR shows that Congress has 31 (36%) candidates having criminal cases whereas ruling BJP which…

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Delhi hospital declares twins dead, family finds one alive on way to last rites

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The newborn twins, born pre-mature, had been declared dead by a Max hospital in Shalimar Bagh. The parents, however, found later that one of the babies was breathing. In a case of alleged medical negligence, one of infant twins — born pre-mature and declared dead by Max hospital in Shalimar Bagh — was found to be alive by parents who were on their way to perform the last rites. The family has alleged that the hospital declared their alive newborn baby boy dead but they saw him move when they…

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UP civic poll results today; Test for Yogi government, make or break for SP, BSP

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While victory in some corporations could act as a morale booster for Congress ahead of the Gujarat elections, wins at some places could signal a comeback for the SP which was humbled by the BJP in the assembly polls. The results of the Uttar Pradesh civic body polls, which began on November 22, will be announced on Friday, and will be seen as a referendum on Yogi Adityanath government’s performance in the last seven months. The counting for all 652 local urban bodies, including 16 nagar nigams began at 334…

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After Diana, Ivanka Trump first woman to get red carpet

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US President Donald Trump’s advisor and daughter Ivanka Trump has become the first foreign woman leader to get the unparalleled hype, publicity and security cover in Hyderabad. Ivanka landed in the city early on Tuesday morning and reached her hotel at Madhapur in a convoy of 34 vehicles. The police held up road traffic from the airport in Shamshabad to Madhapur to enable Ivanka’s convoy a free passage. The convoy included an ambulance, which normally accompanies the President, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister. Ivanka was also provided with…

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Bookies see BJP victory in Gujarat elections, say likely to win 118-120 seats

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The bookmakers are offering Rs 1.25 for every Rs 1 placed on a BJP win, and Rs 3 for every Rs 1 placed on a Congress win. The Bharatiya Janata Party will most likely win between 118 and 120 seats in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections, although it is possible that it could win just around 100 with the Indian National Congress winning up to 80 seats in the 182-member assembly, according to bookmakers in Gujarat and Mumbai. Although betting is illegal in India, a huge underground betting business sprouts…

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Hafiz Saeed’s release ‘Celebrated’ in Begum Bagh Uttar Pradesh

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Police were on their toes in Lakhimpur city on Friday morning after members of a community allegedly celebrated the release of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan. Some residents of Begum Bagh colony in Shivpuri area allegedly decorated their houses with green flags and also raised slogans like ‘Hafiz Saeed zindabad’ and ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. The issue was immediately brought to district magistrate Akashdeep’s notice after which police force was rushed to the colony. Officials said that the administration acted promptly as members of some…

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UP will celebrate another Diwali if BJP wins all municipal seats: CM Yogi Adityanath

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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is sparing no efforts to target Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party before the upcoming state municipal elections. With the second phase of UP Municipal elections to be held soon, the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is sparing no efforts to target Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party. Addressing an electoral meeting in Firozabad, Yogi Adityanath said that in the Samajwadi Party rule, the Municipal Corporations of UP had become bases of corruption. Now these industries of corruption, Gundaraj, anarchy and kidnappings won’t function. He…

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Nirmala Sitharaman raises Kashmir Issue to attack Congress in Gujarat

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Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress “talks in separatists’ voice and enthusiastically joins them. The Congress vice-president supports those misdirected youths of the JNU who talk about break-up of the country”. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the last leg of the BJP’s mega campaign in Gujarat today, in which the party plans to carpet-bomb the state with 26 cabinet ministers, 6 Chief Ministers and a dozen parliamentarians. At a press conference in Ahmedabad, the Defence Minister, who never campaigned in Gujarat, took on the Congress, alleging that the party spoke…

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Woman forced to remove burqa at Yogi Adityanath’s rally, probe ordered

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The district administration has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident of a woman being forced to take off her burqa in public at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s rally, officials said on Wednesday. A video showing the woman taking off her black burqa minutes before the chief minister makes an appearance at the rally on Tuesday has gone viral. “The city magistrate has been asked to conduct an inquiry into it and action will be taken against those found guilty,” district magistrate Surendra Vikram said. The chief minister…

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Clear stand on Kashmir, Rohingya: Amit Shah to Rahul Gandhi

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Addressing a rally in poll-bound Gujarat, Amit Shah said Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should state what the situation in Kashmir was when the party was in power. BJP president Amit Shah today asked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to make his stand clear on Rohingya Muslim refugees as well as the issue of autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a rally in poll-bound Gujarat, he said Mr Gandhi and the Congress should state what the situation in Kashmir was when the party was in power. “Terrorists killed our soldiers…

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