EC notice to BJP, Congress chiefs over complaints against PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, 25/4: : In a first, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda seeking his “comments” on complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indulging in “hate speech” in Rajasthan during the Lok Sabha campaign. Similarly, it also sent a separate notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for…

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CBI registers first case in Sandeshkhali land grab, sexual assault allegations: Officials

Kolkata, 25/4: CBI on Thursday registered first case in Sandeshkhali land grab and sexual assault allegations, PTI stated quoting officials. Recently, a 10-member team of the CBI on April 20 visited Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged crimes against women and land-grabbing, an official said.

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ECI to deploy central forces at all polling stations in Bengal in second phase

New Delhi, 25/4: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday said that 98 per cent of the polling stations in the three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal that are going to polls in the second phase are ‘critical’, because of which, central forces will be deployed. Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj Lok Sabha constituencies in…

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Vote bank-hungry Congress wants to implement quota on basis of religion, impose inheritance tax: Modi

Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at the Congress, saying the ‘vote bank-hungry’ party wanted to implement reservation on the basis of religion. Addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Ambikapur, the headquarters of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh, he also alleged that the Congress wanted to impose inheritance tax in the…

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Two soldiers injured in ongoing encounter in Kashmir’s Bandipora

Bandipora, 24/4: Two Army personnel were injured in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Reports said the encounter started when a joint team of the army and the J&K police launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Renji forest area of Chintibandi village in Bandipora, after receiving input of a…

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