No campaigning on religious lines, don’t politicise defence forces: EC pulls up BJP, Congress

New Delhi, 22/5: The Election Commission on Wednesday asked the BJP and the Congress to desist from campaigning along caste, community, language, and religious lines, asserting that India’ socio-cultural milieu cannot be made a casualty to elections. Nearly a month after it issued notice to BJP president J P Nadda on opposition charge that Prime…

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Delhi Police arrest man behind graffiti targeting CM Arvind Kejriwaal

New Delhi, 22/5: The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested one Ankit Goyal for death-threatening graffiti against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at a metro station, news agency ANI reported. The Metro Unit of Delhi Police had registered an FIR against the 33-year-old and was investigating the matter. This comes after the Delhi Police on Tuesday said…

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Bihar BJP expels Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh for contesting against NDA candidate Re

Patna,22/5: The BJP on Wednesday expelled Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh for contesting Lok Sabha elections against NDA’s official candidate, as an independent candidate. Singh, who had earlier refused BJP’s offer to contest the Lok Sabha election as the party’s nominee in West Bengal, on May 9 filed his nomination papers as an independent in his…

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Wrote to MEA to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport: Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara

Bangalore, 21/5: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that the Karnataka government has written to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) seeking the cancellation of the diplomatic passport held by absconding JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. This follows an arrest warrant issued by a special court against the Hassan MP wanted in multiple rape and…

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Delhi court frames charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case

New Delhi, 21/5: A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot and…

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‘Lord Jagannath bhakt of PM Modi’: Sambit Patra’s gaffe sparks stir

Bhubaneswar, 21/5: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appealed to the BJP to keep Lord Jagannath above the political discourse, after the saffron party’s Puri candidate Sambit Patra’s remark that the state’s most revered deity is a “devotee of  PM Modi” Patra, however, later clarified that it was a slip of tongue and he…

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