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Congress to attack govt over Arunachal, Ukhand, failed NSG bid

July 17, 2016

New Delhi, Jul 17: Buoyed by the restoration of its governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Congress today said it will target the Modi dispensation for "using all tricks" to destabilise opposition ruled states which no longer trusted the Centre.azad

The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad also cited developments in Kashmir and India's failed bid for NSG membership as other issues on which his party will attack the treasury benches in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow.

The Congress will extend merit-based support to bills which are pro-people and pro-growth, he told reporters after attending the all-party meeting called by the government.

Taking potshots at Modi over his call for cooperation between the Centre and states at the Inter-State Council meeting yesterday, Azad said even Punjab government in which BJP is junior partner, attacked it for "undermining" states.

Congress agreed with the Prime Minister's comments that states should share terror-related intelligence with the Centre, he said, adding BJP itself did politics over terrorism.
He also referred to the "abuse" of Governor's office to topple state governments.

"All tricks were used. States no longer trust the Centre," he said, referring to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's suggestion for abolishing the post of Governor.

He also referred to UP Governor Ram Naik's reported defence of arms training to Hindu right organisation Bajrang Dal's cadres.

"If government starts giving training to such organisations, then you can understand....where does terrorism begin from," Azad said.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia played down the talks between his party and the government to break the impasse over the long-pending GST bill and said they wanted the government to share with them the draft legislation.

"We can give a response only after we receive a written draft from the government," he said as he rejected the contention that the Congress was blocking the bill, saying GST was "a baby given birth" by his party.

He also referred to the issue of alleged migration of Hindus from Kairana town in Uttar Pradesh, contending it was aimed at stoking communal tension. He said Congress party will take it up during the session.

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May 28,2020

New Delhi, May 28: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police will file 12 chargesheets against 536 Tablighi Jamaat members from three countries, officials said on Thursday.

Till now, the police has already filed chargesheets against 374 foreigners from 32 countries.

The officials said the charges against the Tablighi Jamaat members pertain to violation of visa rules, government guidelines regarding the Epidemic Disease Act and acting negligently in a way that was likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.

The Tablighi Jamaat, a religious organisation in Nizamuddin in South Delhi, had allegedly organised a congregation in March in violation of mass gatherings.

The Tablighi Jamaat’s Nizamuddin Markaz (centre) had become a coroavirus hotspot in the national capital.

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February 20,2020

Tirupur, Feb 20: Nineteen people died in a collision between a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus and a truck near Avinashi town of Tirupur district on Thursday morning here.

The bus was on its way to Ernakulam in Kerala from Bengaluru in Karnataka when the mishap occurred.

Deputy Tehsildar of Avinashi Town informed, "19 people that include 14 men and 5 women, died in the collision between the bus and the truck near Avinashi town."

The bodies have been taken to Tirupur government hospital.
Further details are awaited.

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January 24,2020

New Delhi, Jan 24: The Election Commission of India on Friday told the Supreme Court that its 2018 direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in electronic and print media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics. The poll panel suggested that instead of asking candidates to declare criminal antecedents in the media, political parties should be asked not to give tickets to candidates with criminal background.

A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat asked the ECI to come up with a framework within one week which can help curb criminalisation of politics in nation's interest.

The top court asked the petitioner BJP leader and advocate Ashiwini Upadhyay and the poll panel to sit together and come up with suggestions which would help him in curbing criminalisation of politics.

In September 2018, a five-judge Constitution bench had unanimously held that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election Commission before contesting polls and had called for a wider publicity, through print and electronic media about antecedents of candidates.

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Satya Vishwasi
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Saturday, 25 Jan 2020

What about those criminals who were already in parliament and vidahan sabhas? shall the ECI cancel their positions?

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