BJP trying to buy 20-30 TRS MLAs, topple government, alleges Telangana CM KCR

Hyderabad, 30/10: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday accused the BJP of ‘trying to buy’ 20 or 30 MLAs of the ruling TRS and topple his government and claimed that ‘brokers’ from Delhi offered the sitting legislators Rs 100 crore each.     Addressing a poll rally at the bypoll-bound Munugode segment, Rao…

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SC to hear 232 pleas on CAA issue on October 31 on reopening after Diwali

New Delhi, 30/10: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear around 240 PILs, including a large batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), on Monday when it would reopen after a nine-day Diwali vacation. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and…

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of C-295 transport aircraft production facility

New Delhi, 30/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a manufacturing facility in this city of Gujarat for the production of C-295 medium transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force.     The aircraft will be produced by a consortium of European aerospace major Airbus and the Tata Group.  …

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After Rijiju criticises Nehru over Jammu and Kashmir, Congress asks PM to rein in ministers from making false statements

New Delhi, 30/10: The Congress on Saturday demanded an apology from Union minister Kiren Rijiju over his criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru’s handling of the Kashmir issue and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in ministers from making “irresponsible statements”. Hitting out at Rijiju, the Opposition party said insulting the country’s first prime minister’s contribution…

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Dozens suffer cardiac arrests in Seoul Halloween crush

Seoul, 29/10: Dozens of people suffered from cardiac arrest in the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday, after thousands crowded into narrow streets in the city’s Itaewon neighbourhood to celebrate Halloween, local officials said.     A fire brigade official confirmed the incident to AFP, saying that more than 140 ambulances had been dispatched to…

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Congress demands judicial probe into cash gifts to journalists on Diwali in Karnataka

Bangalore, 29/10: The Congress on Saturday alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai tried to bribe journalists by sending Rs 1 lakh cash gifts to them on Diwali and demanded the registration of a graft case as well as his resignation.     The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee demanded a judicial inquiry into what it…

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