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Congress moving closer to power in Rajasthan

Agencies
December 11, 2018

Jaipur, Dec 11: The opposition Congress has consolidated leads on 101 of the 199 Assembly seats in Rajasthan, trends of counting indicated.

The ruling BJP nominees were leading in 74 constituencies, BSP in four, CPM in 02 and while others were ahead 18 seats, official reports reaching here said.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was leading in her bastion in Jhalrapatan by over 9,000 votes, her predecessor and AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot was ahead of his rivals in Sardarpura-Jodhpur and Congress state chief Sachin Pilot was leading in Tonk.

Former Union Ministers CP Joshi(Nathdwara-Cong) and Dr Girija Vyas (Cong-Udaipur) were also maintaining their early leads.

However, leader of the Opposition in the state assembly Rameshwar Dudi (Nokha-Cong), Rajasthan Ministers Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Arun Chaturvedi, Yunus Khan, former BJP state president Ashok Parnami(Adarsh Nagar-Jaipur) were trailing behind in their respective constituencies.

Assembly Deputy Speaker Rao Rajendra Singh (Shahpura-BJP) and newly-floated Bharat Vahini Party supremo Ghanshyam Tiwari(Sanganer) were also lagging behind on their seats.

Former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's son-in-law Narpat Singh Rajvi(Vidhyadhar Nagar-BJP) and nephew Pratap Singh Khachariyawas (Civil Lines-Jsipur-Congress) were leading in their constituencies.

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader Hanuman Beniwal-(Khimsar) and Congress rebels Babu Lal Nagar (Dudu) and Sanyam Lodha(Sirohi) were also leading.

Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Mr Gehlot and Congress state president Mr Pilot have claimed that the grand old party was all set to stage a come back to power in the state with clear majority.

'The trends and reports gathered so far indicated that our party is going to form next government in the state with good numbers,' they asserted while talking to the media at different places in the capital.

Polling was held on December 7 on 199 Assembly seats and it was countermanded on Ramgarh seat in Alwar district following death of BSP nominee Laxman Singh Chaudhary.

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August 8,2020

Kozhikode, Aug 8: Minister of State (Mos) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday reached Kozhikode where Air India Express flight (IX-1344) crash-landed yesterday. 

He is likely to meet those injured in the crash and their family members.

At least 17 people including two pilots have lost their lives in the incident. However, the four-cabin crew members are safe, said the Air India Express in a statement. 

The injured are admitted to hospitals in Malappuram and Kozhikode, as per the state government officials.

Informing about his visit to Kozhikode, Muraleedharan tweeted: "Taking off to #Calicut by @airindiain
special flight. Hope to visit the crash site at the Calicut Airport and also meet those injured in the crash and their family members."

Muraleedharan on Friday expressed grief after an Air India Express plane carrying 190 passengers including 10 infants skidded while landing at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode.

"Deeply anguished to hear about the mishap in Calicut airport involving the flight from Dubai to Calicut. Was informed that the plane overshot the runway and seemingly nosedived," the Minister tweeted.

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: With the highest spike of 7,466 more COVID-19 cases and 175 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally reached 1,65,799 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The number of active coronavirus cases stands at 89,987 while 71,105 people have been cured or recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The death toll due to the infection has reached 4,706 in the country.

Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 59,546 cases. Tamil Nadu has recorded as many as 19,372 cases while Gujarat and Delhi have recorded 15,562 and 16,281 coronavirus cases respectively.

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March 1,2020

Allahabad, Mar 1: Shabista Khan, wife of suspended pediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan, fears that her husband's life is in danger.

In a letter written to the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court and senior government authorities, Shabista has sought security for her husband who is lodged in Mathura jail for allegedly delivering provocative speech during anti-CAA protest at Aligarh Muslim University.

"My husband is being mentally tortured in jail and is being subjected to inhuman behaviour," Shabista wrote in her letter to the chief justice of Allahabad High Court, additional chief secretary (home) and director general (jail), among others.

She said that she apprehended that an attempt could be made on her husband's life in jail and demanded adequate security for him.

She also demanded that her husband should be kept away from active criminals and lodged with common prisoners.

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