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Raje meets legislators amid her ouster call

June 25, 2015

Jaipur, Jun 25: Under pressure to resign for allegedly favouring former IPL chief Lalit Modi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Thursday met BJP legislators to gauge her support in the party.VASUNDHARA

Raje met at least 20 Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including cabinet colleagues, legislators and BJP functionaries at her official residence since the morning, BJP sources said.

More BJP leaders, including legislators, were expected to meet her on Thursday and Friday, the sources added.

"It seems the meeting with MLAs and others is a pressure tactic. She wants to tell the BJP leaders that she enjoys the support of the BJP state unit," a BJP leader told IANS on the condition of anonymity.

BJP leaders admit that Vasundhara Raje was passing through one of the worst periods of her political career.

The BJP national leadership is apparently divided over Vasundhara Raje since the Congress alleged that she signed a witness statement in support of Lalit Modi's immigration application to Britain.

Lalit Modi faces charges of financial irregularities.

But Rajasthan Health Minister Rajendra Rathore, a known backer of the chief minister, ruled out her resignation.

"The BJP is fully behind the chief minister. There is no question of her resigning," he said here.

What has seriously embarrassed the BJP is Vasundhara Raje's reported statement that she did not want her support to Lalit Modi to be made known to Indian authorities.

The BJP, which crushed the Congress in the 2013 assembly elections, has 160 legislators in the 200-member assembly. Most support the chief minister, party sources say.

Vasundhara Raje is in her second innings as the Rajasthan chief minister. She was the first woman chief minister of the state from 2003 to 2008.

The Congress has taken an aggressive stand against Vasundhara Raje. The CPI-M and the Aam Aadmi Party have also demanded her immediate resignation over the Lalit Modi affair.

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July 22,2020

New Delhi, Jul 22: With a spike of 37,724 cases and 648 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India stands at 11,92,915, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total number of cases includes 4,11,133 active cases, 7,53,050 cured/discharged/migrated and 28,732 deaths, the Health Ministry informed.

Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 3,27,031 cases and 12,276 deaths.
The second worst-hit state, Tamil Nadu has reported 1,80,643 COVID-19 cases so far while Delhi has reported 1,25,096 cases, according to the Ministry.

Other states that have witnessed a higher number of COVID-19 positive cases include, Andhra Pradesh with 58,668 cases, Karnataka with 71,069 while Telangana has reported 47,705 COVID-19 positive cases.

Meanwhile, as per the information provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of samples tested up to July 21 is 1,47,24, 546 including 3,43,243 samples tested yesterday.

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April 4,2020

Srinagar, Apr 4: Two militants were reportedly killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.

The security forces launched a cordon and search operation based on intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Hardmand Guri village in Kulgam, a police spokesperson said.

"This operation based on a credible police input was launched this morning. Two terrorists have been reportedly killed so far," the spokesperson said, adding that the exchange of fire was going on.

Earlier, the police tweeted on its official handle that three militants had been trapped in the cordon. "Same group of #terrorists trapped who killed 3 civilians recently," the police said.

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June 30,2020

New Delhi, Jun 30: With a spike of 18,522 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count now stand at 5,66,840, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry, 418 deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths in the country now stands at 16,893.

There are 2,15,125 active coronavirus cases in the country while the number of cured/discharged patients stands at 3,34,821 and one patient migrated.

As per the Ministry, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state with regard to the COVID-19 cases and has reported 1,69,883 cases, including 73, 313 active cases 88,960 cured/discharged patients and 7,610 fatalities.

Tamil Nadu has a total of 86,224 cases including 1,141 deaths. Delhi's COVID-19 count stands at 85,161 cases and 2,680 fatalities.

The total number of samples tested up to 29 June is 86,08,654 of which 2,10,292 samples were tested yesterday, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research.

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