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Varun Gandhi ready to join Cong? Rahul to take a call

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November 28, 2017

New Delhi, Nov 28: In what could create a major political ripple, rumours are rife that Rahul Gandhi, who is all set to take over as Congress president, would welcome estranged cousin and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi to join India's Grand Old Party.

Senior Congress leader Haji Manzoor Ahmed was quoted as saying by a TV channel that Varun could be inducted into the Congress Working Committee as a member or an office-bearer.

He added that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could become the catalyst for Varun quitting the BJP.

On the other hand, Agra city Congress ex-president and UPCC member Ram Tandon was also quoted as saying that with Rahul set to become the Congress chief, it was likely that Varun may join the Grand Old Party. He added that the BJP MP had never directly attacked Rahul.

Varun, son of former youth icon late Sanjay Gandhi, currently represents Sultanpur in the Lok Sabha. He is said to have a notable following in Pilibhit-Sultanpur-Lakhimpur Khiri areas.

His mother Maneka Gandhi is an important BJP leader and is Women and Child Development minister in the Narendra Modi government.

Interestingly, on November 11, 2017, Varun had said that his surname Gandhi had helped him become a parliamentarian at the age of 29.

“I am Feroze Varun Gandhi. If my surname was not Gandhi would have I become an MP at the age of 29 years?” he had said.

However, the firebrand BJP leader had vouched for people getting equal opportunities and had hoped that an individual is not judged by his surname in India.

“Want to see an India where it doesn't matter if I was Varun Dutta or Varun Ghosh or Varun Khan. All must get equal opportunities,” he had asserted.

Meanwhile, earlier on November 20, 2017, the Congress Working Committee had passed a resolution to make Rahul party president.

Notification for Congress president poll will be issued on December 1. The last date to file the nomination papers is December 4.

Voting will be conducted on December 16 and the results will be declared on December 19. Rahul is expected to be the only candidate in the fray.

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June 22,2020

Geneva, Jun 22: The global count of coronavirus cases has surpassed 8.7 million, with 183,020 new cases recorded on Sunday, the World Health Organisation said in its daily situation report.

Over the last 24 hours, 4,743 people died from COVID-19 worldwide, taking the death toll to 461,715 fatalities, according to the report.

The cumulative global toll of confirmed cases has now reached 8,708,008, as stated in the report.

The WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, shared that Europe accounts for 31 per cent of COVID-19 cases and 43 per cent of COVID-19 deaths globally.

Dr Kluge highlighted that several countries continue to face increasing disease incidence and that "preparing for the autumn is a priority now at the WHO Regional Office for Europe"

The United States continues to be worst affected by the contagion with the highest count of cases and fatalities -- 2.2 million and 118,895, respectively.

The novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic by WHO on March 11.

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Agencies
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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August 7,2020

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central government as India crossed the 20 lakh COVID-19 positive cases.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader reiterated his earlier tweet, sent out on July 17, which stated "The 10,00,000-mark has been crossed.

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in the country. 

The government must take concrete, planned steps to stop the epidemic."
"20 lakh-mark has been crossed, Modi government is missing," the Congress leader tweeted today.

The Union Health Ministry has said active cases as a percentage of total cases have seen a significant drop from 34.17 per cent on July 24 to 30.31 per cent.

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